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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.
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The tech policies that could change everything
Edward Pollitt | May 3, 2019As the Federal Election approaches, the Australian Computer Society has suggested 17 “gamechangers” to boost Australia’s digital economy and increase the number of technology jobs.
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Australia’s aging voters may hold the key to election victory
Danielle Wood | May 3, 2019If Labor is relying on a surge of younger voters to deliver it victory then its hopes may be misplaced as Australia’s voters are ageing.
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We want our dreams back
Greta Thunberg | May 3, 2019In this speech to British parliamentarians, 16 year old Swedish student Greta Thunberg told today’s decision makers that their failure to act on climate change will be remembered as as “one of the greatest failures of humankind.”
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Global ocean winds and waves are changing
Ian Young | May 2, 2019New research by Ian Young and Agustinus Ribal at the University of Melbourne, recently published in the prestigious journal Science, shows that ocean waves, and the winds that generate them, have been increasing in magnitude for the last 30 years.
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Calculating cost-effective conservation
Open Forum | May 2, 2019Maintaining existing conservation areas might be a more cost-effective investment than expansion, according to new research led by The University of Queensland.
