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Why it’s so hard to fight online misinformation
Rosalie Gillett | April 15, 2020Before sharing something, think carefully about where it came from. Verify the source and its evidence, double-check with independent other sources, and report suspicious content to the platform directly. Now, more than ever, we need information we can trust.
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One billion hours of time
Emil Temnyalov | April 15, 2020If the economy has shed the equivalent of one million jobs, then we’ve gained about one billion hours of available time, so how can we use it productively?
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COVID-19 will shape a better response to future pandemics
Lucio Blanco Pitlo III | April 15, 2020Entering its fourth month, COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc worldwide and challenge earlier notions of how best to respond to epidemics. Its geographic scope, high infection and casualty toll and severe economic effect raise the bar for responses to future pandemics.
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A long term crisis needs long term solutions
Tom Uren | April 14, 2020The government should immediately create a Covid-19 funding body with a mandate to identify critical capacity and capability shortfalls and to encourage, lead and drive solutions to tackle the unfolding health crisis.
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The world fractures when cohesion is vital
Tony Walker | April 14, 2020The further splintering of an international consensus and retreat from a globalising world as individual states look out for themselves may well prove one of the enduring consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Australia in a post-COVID-19 world
Allan Gyngell | April 14, 2020COVID-19 has done more to close borders, reverse globalisation, decouple supply chains and marginalise multilateral institutions than the most fervent efforts of the world’s populist nationalists.
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The novel coronavirus requires novel economic solutions
Shiro Armstrong | April 14, 2020The economic priority for governments today is to keep the economy ticking over, to keep businesses and their employees tied together, to avoid a deeper downturn that will create huge numbers of unemployed and position for a sharp recovery.
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Rethinking our food supply
Rachel Carey | April 14, 2020Shocks to our food supply, like COVID-19, provide an opportunity to transform our food systems in a way that is healthier, more sustainable and equitable.
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Gaia’s revenge
Mark Beeson | April 14, 2020If this crisis does nothing else, it ought to dramatically bring home to us how deeply interconnected we are with the natural environment upon which we ultimately depend.
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Rebuilding the wall around the world
Roman Darius | April 14, 2020Narratives of isolation and self-sufficiency have arisen in attempt to curb the spread of disease. Like the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and the migration crisis of 2015/2016, the Coronavirus pandemic is likely to feature as a catalyst in the shift towards deglobalisation.
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National security should reframe the coal debate
Tom Smethurst | April 14, 2020Environmental arguments against coal haven’t worked, so it’s time to mobilise a new argument against Australia’s harmful addiction to fossil fuels – the national security interest.
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Getting the right balance in fighting COVID-19
Jim Molan | April 14, 2020The government’s response to both Covid-19 and climate change strikes a balance between managing risks and mitigating costs to maintain a strong economy and protect the livelihoods of working Australians.
