Page 491 – Openforum https://www.openforum.com.au Open Forum offers an independent platform for Australian debate Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:27:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 Living without the essentials https://www.openforum.com.au/living-without-the-essentials/ Mon, 26 Nov 2018 20:59:23 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=18122 A new report, produced with UNSW Sydney, allows young people to explain in revealing detail their experiences of poverty.

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Australia can learn from Canada’s immigration success story https://www.openforum.com.au/australia-can-learn-from-canadas-immigration-success-story/ Sun, 25 Nov 2018 21:11:23 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=18116 Australia should follow Canada’s lead by giving the states a bigger seat at the immigration policy table and resisting the temptation to blame immigration for complex growth problems in our overcrowded cities.

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Why tropical trees die https://www.openforum.com.au/why-tropical-trees-die/ Sun, 25 Nov 2018 21:11:16 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=18045 Scientists have shed light on tropical tree deaths – with results predicted to have important implications for managing forest biodiversity.

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In the post-APEC scramble to lavish funds on PNG, here’s what the country really needs https://www.openforum.com.au/in-the-post-apec-scramble-to-lavish-funds-on-png-heres-what-the-country-really-needs/ Sun, 25 Nov 2018 21:11:07 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=18111 If foreign powers really want to make a difference to PNG, one of the poorest nations in the Pacific, then funding telecommunications and solar power kits would be widely welcomed, alongside schemes to use mobile phones to transfer money.

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Building our own warships is Australia’s path to the next industrial revolution https://www.openforum.com.au/building-our-own-warships-is-australias-path-to-the-next-industrial-revolution/ Sat, 24 Nov 2018 23:56:31 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=18096 The Federal government's substantial investment in new frigates and submarines may prove as important to our nation's economy as it is to our military security.

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Designing cities to counter urban loneliness https://www.openforum.com.au/designing-cities-to-counter-urban-loneliness/ Sat, 24 Nov 2018 23:56:23 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=18073 Loneliness is bad for individuals and societies, and the way we build and organise our cities can help or hinder social connections.

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Photos encourage people to believe ‘fake news’ https://www.openforum.com.au/photos-encourage-people-to-believe-fake-news/ Sat, 24 Nov 2018 23:56:06 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=18102 People are more likely to believe a true or false claim if it is paired with a photograph, a researcher from The Australian National University has found.

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We need an ecological civilization before it’s too late https://www.openforum.com.au/we-need-an-ecological-civilization-before-its-too-late/ Fri, 23 Nov 2018 20:58:39 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=17638 One way or another, humanity is headed for the third great transformation in its history: either in the form of global collapse or a metamorphosis to a new foundation for sustainable living.

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How can universities stop ‘contract cheating’? https://www.openforum.com.au/how-can-universities-stop-contract-cheating/ Fri, 23 Nov 2018 20:58:35 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=17349 If we view tertiary education as a commodity rather than an enlightening pursuit, practices such as essay buying will become more common. What can be done to stamp out plagiarism in our universities - or does nobody really care?

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Lifting the lid on quantum computing https://www.openforum.com.au/lifting-the-lid-on-quantum-computing/ Fri, 23 Nov 2018 20:55:30 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=17427 Newly developed software for learning quantum computer programming allows students to see inside the ‘black box’ and start using the ‘weird’ physics to solve problems

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Accepting our own limitations builds empathy for others https://www.openforum.com.au/accepting-our-own-limitations-builds-empathy-for-others/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 21:28:44 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=17847 Susan Dodds, the Dean of Arts and Social Science at UNSW, gave a Festival of Dangerous Ideas audience food for thought on how we can support the most vulnerable people in our society.

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Preserving the power of ancient Indigenous oral traditions https://www.openforum.com.au/preserving-the-power-of-ancient-indigenous-oral-traditions/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 21:28:28 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=17999 The Monash Country Lines Archive is an animation program that records stories in Indigenous languages which are often threatened with extinction.

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