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Limiting the loss of nature
Open Forum | December 24, 2019With only about half the Earth’s land remaining covered by natural vegetation, a University of Queensland-led team has proposed an international goal to halt its continued destruction.
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Who gives a flying fox?
Max Thomas | December 23, 2019Flying Foxes or Fruit Bats are fascinating native creatures but nobody welcomes them to their neighbourhood.
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Tackling the real climate challenge
Ian Dunlop | December 23, 2019As the nation burns, the Australian people must demand real action on the climate, but do we have political leaders ready to rise to the greatest threat – and opportunity – this country has ever faced?
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Free trade isn’t dead yet
David Uren | December 23, 2019Conflict over trade dominated the economic headlines in 2019, so it’s heartening that the year ended with significant progress on three trade agreements.
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Eating right this Christmas
Sherry Landow | December 23, 2019Food variety, food quantity, and added social pressure are the three main reasons we overeat during the holidays. A psychologist weighs in on why our brain tells us to overeat during the holidays – and how we can manage those signals.
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A ghost story for Christmas
Sally O'Reilly | December 22, 2019Our fascination with ghostly tales around Christmas time goes back thousands of years and is rooted in ancient celebrations of the winter solstice.
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Australia needs a northern launch platform
Malcolm Davis | December 22, 2019Australia is well placed to launch payloads into space from its far north, given its proximity to the equator, and a northern launch centre could help boost the nation’s space and technology industry.
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It’s Boris, actually
Bran Nicol | December 22, 2019Britain’s Conservative’s fought a smart campaign focused on the major issue of the day, tapping into the public’s weariness with Parliamentary wrangling over Brexit, while the opposition tried to ignore it altogether.
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Protecting the last refuges of nature
Open Forum | December 21, 2019Logging, land clearing and development continue to ravage Australia’s natural environments, and even supposedly protected areas are increasingly open to assault by commercial interests.
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Soldiers shouldn’t fight fires
Marcus Hellyer | December 21, 2019As bushfires become the norm, rather than the exception, new strategies must be found to fight them, but using soldiers to augment volunteers is not a tenable way forward.
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Keeping your food safe this Christmas
Open Forum | December 21, 2019The Chair of Australia’s Food Safety Information Council, Cathy Moir, is encouraging Australians to make sure the food they prepare, serve and eat is safe over the Christmas holidays.
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Nuclear cost and water consumption – The elephants in the control room
Peter Farley | December 20, 2019Expert engineer Peter Farley offers a detailed breakdown of the costs and water consumption required by any move to build nuclear power stations in this country.
