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The growing spectre of domestic food insecurity
Sue Kleve | May 9, 2019A million Australians worry about where their next meal is coming from and additional help is required to prevent more people falling off the “food security tightrope”.
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All image, no vision
Mark Kenny | May 8, 2019Scott Morrison ditched the hat, and Bill Shorten started smiling more, but it hasn’t helped either candidate generate genuine charisma. Australia’s image-conscious but visionless leaders have made for a dreary Federal election campaign.
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It’s time to pin the blame for the Parliament hack
Michael Shoebridge | May 8, 2019Whoever becomes prime minister after the election will face a sobering moment in Australia’s China policy.
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The Pacific can be more than a ‘nursery’ for Australian exporters
Lori Youmshajekian | May 8, 2019The Pacific Islands are a strategic playing field for Australian exporters before expanding to Asia and beyond, but Australian policymakers should also respect the economic independence of Pacific nations, according to UNSW expert Tim Harcourt.
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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.
