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The long history of ‘non traditional threats’
James Goldrick | July 6, 2020Many of the ‘new’ threats to international security as are old as the organised military forces which contain them.
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The truth behind planned obsolescence in product design
Ben Knight | July 6, 2020It’s not just your imagination, products used to have a longer lifespan, says a UNSW industrial designer.
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The death of Hong Kong
Keith Richburg | July 5, 2020Communist China’s brutal assault on Hong Kong’s last vestiges of freedom through its controversial new ‘security law’ is yet more chilling evidence of its repressive and expansionist nature.
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Stamping out stamp duty
Richard Holden | July 5, 2020It’s time to reform stamp duty, one of the most inefficient and distorting taxes collected by Australia’s state and territory governments.
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Time to ramp up Australian cyber-security
Ebony Stansfield | July 5, 2020The announcement of the biggest-ever funding package to combat cyberattacks confirms just how vulnerable Australia’s cybersecurity really is – and it’s not just because of China.
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The growing global food crisis
Open Forum | July 4, 2020The Commission for the Human Future’s second Round Table Conference on global threats and solutions has called for a worldwide effort to transform global food production to a system that is renewable, healthy and fair to all.
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Understanding ‘eco-cultural’ identity
Ben Knight | July 4, 2020The importance of the environment is often downplayed as merely one in a sea of global issues. However, the environment is not only indistinguishable from these issues, it is fundamental to who we are.
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The future of virtual reality in tourism
Open Forum | July 4, 2020Tourism has been brought to a standstill around the world, but new doors are opening for virtual and augmented reality to reshape the industry as it edges towards recovery.
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A league of their own? Why the NRL wins on male privilege
Karen Brooks | July 3, 2020Rugby League’s preferential treatment in the COVID-19 shutdown while women’s sport was shutdown reveals both male privilege and the power of its commercial partnerships. It also makes a mockery of the NRL Chairman’s claim that “we’re all in this together”.
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Graduates need better career education
Jason Brown | July 3, 2020A deliberate and well-resourced strategy to support university students’ career education and boost links with industry will boost labour market productivity more effectively than higher prices for arts courses.
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A new agenda for more resilient supply chains
Heiko Borchert | July 3, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic, the lockdown ordered by governments to contain its spread and the unexpected oil price drop in March 2020 have crippled the world economy. These multiple shocks were a harsh wake-up call illustrating inadequate levels of national preparedness.
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The barbarians inside the gates
Jason Beale | July 2, 2020Urban protests against the death of George Floyd in the USA have metastasized into a wider assault against western culture and history, with figures from Winston Churchill to Captain James Cook feeling protestors’ ill-informed wrath.