• Environment

    White reef


    Open Forum |  April 18, 2024


    The summer of 2023−24 saw substantial climate driven impacts across the Great Barrier Reef, with widespread coral bleaching, two cyclones and several severe flood events.


  • Environment

    Bouncing back from the dead


    Open Forum |  April 18, 2024


    Palaeontologists from Flinders University have identified three species of giant kangaroos from Australia and New Guinea which lived from around 5 million to 40,000 years ago before they were wiped out by man.


  • Pacific

    Buying friends and influencing people


    Teuku Riefky |  April 18, 2024


    The Solomon Islands election will be watched closely by both Beijing and Washington, and test the success of China’s policy of buying political influence in the region.


Latest Story

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    Alison Howe     |      July 12, 2020

    Improving the cyber resilience of thousands of small businesses would help strengthen the nation against serious cyber threats.

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    James Arvanitakis     |      July 11, 2020

    After one of the most traumatic years in American political history, less heralded, but still highly significant shifts in the demographic make-up of the United States are set to have a crucial influence on the outcome of November’s election.

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    Victoria Tichá     |      July 10, 2020

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    Geoffrey Barker     |      July 9, 2020

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    Ebony Stansfield     |      July 9, 2020

    The cost of not reducing greenhouse gas emissions can no longer be ignored by business, and in this landscape, all asset owners and investors should be planning now for the ongoing viability of their portfolios.

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    Derek Lotts     |      July 8, 2020

    The world needs more long-term strategies that focus on sustainability rather than profit. With such an approach, even today’s oil and gas giants can stand the test of time, manage to reduce their carbon footprint, and enable growth.

  • How COVID-19 exposed the flaws in aged care

    Tracey Bruce     |      July 8, 2020

    There are many critical lessons arising out of COVID 19 for all sectors but governments, policy makers and bureaucrats need to pay particular attention to the deficiencies it has underlined in Australia’s aged care sector.