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Arvanitakis on American Politics: This week’s controversies, chaos and why Trump keeps his base
James Arvanitakis | January 18, 2020This week’s events in the United States once again highlight how the Trump Administration continues to move from chaos to controversy (and back).
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Out of the ashes
Open Forum | January 18, 2020Rather than an untidy mess, fire-damaged trees and half burnt logs left behind by a fire are valuable habitat for recovering wildlife, according to a group of leading Australian environmental scientists.
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BlackRock is the canary in the coalmine
John Quiggin | January 18, 2020The government’s case for doing nothing about climate change has been the “economy-wrecking” costs of serious action, but as investments associated with coal become toxic, inaction will cause even greater economic harm.
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Do we need a bushfire royal commission?
Paul Barnes | January 17, 2020The prime minister has announced that the cabinet will consider a royal commission into aspects of the ongoing fire disaster once the bushfires are under control, so how might this be organised to ensure it produces results?
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Time out for TikTok
Fergus Ryan | January 17, 2020The news that Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok is not approved for use on devices owned by Australia’s Department of Defence should come as no surprise.
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UniSA expert calls for ‘fire-line’ to future-proof against bushfire disaster
Open Forum | January 17, 2020UniSA sustainability expert, Dr Sukhbir Sandhu, is calling for Australia to consider drawing a bushfire demarcation line to identify high-risk areas unsuitable for human habitation.
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How bad is breathing bushfire smoke?
Robyn Langham | January 16, 2020Once the smoke clears, and the immediate issues of infrastructure, jobs and lives are being rebuilt – there will be ongoing questions about the health impacts of urban populations breathing air heavy with bushfire smoke for weeks on end.
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Appealing to duty may encourage organ donation
Open Forum | January 16, 2020The shortage of blood and organ donors could be eased by appealing to people’s sense of duty to others, rather than advertising ‘the gift of life’ according to QUT researchers.
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Bushfires, bots and the spread of disinformation
Elise Thomas | January 16, 2020As fire wreaked havoc across large swathes of the country, online Australia battled another crisis in the form of waves of misinformation and disinformation sweeping across social media.
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The human cost of ‘fast fashion’
Sophie Mayo | January 15, 2020The global fashion industry is increasingly under pressure to address issues of sustainability, from both an environmental and human perspective. How has the globalisation of the fashion industry functioned to empower and oppress women across the global north/south divide?
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A season in hell
Sarah Legge | January 15, 2020Until the fires stop burning, we won’t know the full extent of the environmental damage. But these fires have significantly increased the extinction risk for many threatened species.
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The fires expose celebrity faultlines
Open Forum | January 15, 2020The connection of the bushfire disaster with climate change is also increasing scrutiny of celebrities and their endorsements.
