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Giving driverless vehicles the human touch
Stephan Winter | November 3, 2018Can driverless vehicle technology replicate the human rules of engagement between pedestrians and drivers?
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Older Australians aren’t getting the exercise they need to stay healthy
Open Forum | November 3, 2018A national survey by Australia’s national science agency has today revealed how the health of older Australians could suffer if they don’t flex their muscles at least twice a week.
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A GFC 2.0 would remake the world in dangerous ways
Mark Triffitt | November 2, 2018It may be comforting to listen to talk of temporary market corrections as stock prices fall, but the bigger question being asked by many market analysts and commentators isn’t if we are at risk of another Global Financial Crisis, but actually when the next crisis will happen.
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Facing up to the bear in the Asia-Pacific
Alexey Muraviev | November 2, 2018Russia continues to menace its former possessions in Europe and is increasingly looking to increase its influence in the Pacific, in alliance with China and in its own right, a growing threat which Australia must take seriously.
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Saving the last of the Earth’s wilderness
Open Forum | November 2, 2018The world’s last wilderness areas are rapidly disappearing, and explicit international conservation targets critically needed to protect them.
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Australia should become a leader in strategic space diplomacy
Annie Handmer | November 1, 2018Now that we have a dedicated space agency, we have an opportunity to influence international behaviour through strategic space diplomacy by overtly espousing a non-militaristic approach. The key question is whether the Australian Space Agency’s strategic focus should be on science or on commerce.
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Australia’s changing relationship with alcohol
Open Forum | November 1, 2018New research from La Trobe University has revealed that 30 per cent of Australians recently reduced the quantity of their alcohol consumption and a further 29 per cent reduced the frequency of their drinking, while six per cent kicked the habit for good.
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How research in the West boosts China’s military
Alex Joske | November 1, 2018Helping the Chinese military bring its scientific talent and knowledge up to world-class standards is not in Australia’s interests and the problem demands a response from the government and universities.
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Why has Halloween caught on with young adults?
Linus Owens | October 31, 2018Young adults’ embrace of Halloween could have something to do with the fact that adulthood itself has changed. Traditional markers of adulthood have become less clear and less attainable and young people are defining their identities in new ways.
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We can do better than win at all costs
Jack Anderson | October 31, 2018The ‘withering’ findings in the review of Cricket Australia’s culture and governance in the wake of the Test team’s ball tampering scandal have implications for all Australian sports.
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Shorten proposes investment bank to help Pacific nations’ development
Michelle Grattan | October 31, 2018Bill Shorten has hinted that Labor would set up a government-backed infrastructure investment bank to promote concessional financing for nation-building projects in the Pacific.
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Global trade digitisation – An opportunity for Australia
Open Forum | October 30, 2018Michael Lim, Head of Trade and Supply Chain at ANZ, outlined the opportunities for digitising regional trade documents at GAP’s Economic Summit in Sydney.