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Facing up to the global extinction crisis
Michelle Lim | May 7, 2019We are witnessing the loss of biodiversity at rates never before seen in human history. Nearly a million species face extinction if we do not fundamentally change our relationship with the natural world, according to the world’s largest assessment of biodiversity.
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Sydney’s hidden housing problem
Open Forum | May 7, 2019A new report released by the Sydney Policy Lab has found low income and vulnerable groups are being forced into informal and sometimes illegal housing arrangements, due to a lack of affordable alternatives.
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Cricket balls and “shadow values”
Benjamin Day | May 7, 2019Like the Cameron Bancroft and Steven Smith ball tampering scandal, Australia’s foreign aid spending exemplifies the disconnect between our rhetoric and the reality of who we are and what we value as a nation.
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The fight to stamp out student cheating
Phillip Dawson | May 6, 2019A host of online essay mills openly advertise their services to help students cheat on their assignments. Stamping out such scams and protecting academic integrity and honest students won’t be easy, but it must be done.
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Improving conditions in aged care
Open Forum | May 6, 2019A new report has called for urgent reform of the working conditions in the aged care sector, which will address the shocking stories emerging from the aged care royal commission.
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Fixing the gap between Labor’s greenhouse gas goals and their policies
Mark Diesendorf | May 6, 2019More substantial policies are needed to reduce emissions from both electricity and other sources to achieve Labor’s greenhouse target.
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Here’s how to renew Australia’s democracy
Shaun Carney | May 5, 2019Citizen juries, an independent speaker, and ensuring MPs get to sit with their opponents, not opposite them, are all proposals at the heart of a new push to improve how Australian democracy works.
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Is it OK to hire friends at work? It’s maybe not as simple as you’d think
Ibrar Khan | May 5, 2019How people react to someone hiring a personal acquaintance depends on their cultural background and where they are in the world, according to UNSW’s Josh Keller.
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The foreign policy impact of Australia’s growing Asian minority
Derek McDougall | May 5, 2019Will Australia’s growing Asian minority mean the government’s foreign policy looks towards China rather than the USA?
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Nice try Pauline but your crocodile tears won’t work on us
Stuart Thomas | May 4, 2019While the major parties scrap it out this month for office, the poor performance of Pauline Hanson’s “One Nation” in the polls may indicate a long term trend towards broader public acceptance of a multi-cultural Australia.
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An agenda for Australia’s lead cyber negotiator
Bart Hogeveen | May 4, 2019Australia’s place on a U.N. cyber-security body offers a unique opportunity to help shape the international agenda.
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Foreign aid cuts are damaging our national interests
Tania Miletic | May 4, 2019Given the geopolitical competition in our Pacific region, bolstering aid funding, rather than reducing it, would better serve Australia’s diplomatic, trade and security interests.