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Digital connectivity to boost educational opportunities in the Solomon Islands
Benjamin Blackshaw | October 10, 2018Education and training are of fundamental importance to the use of cable connectivity and the future of the Solomon Islands. Benjamin Blackshaw reports from the Pacific Connect workshop in Honiara.
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The entrepreneurs of hate
Ian Hughes | October 10, 2018Where does hate come from, and why has it played such a role in recent political history? Ian Hughes’ new book “Disordered Minds: How Dangerous Personalities are Destroying Democracy: examines the issue in depth.
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The universal acid of cyber
Lesley Seebeck | October 10, 2018To address cyber issues, we need fewer blunt instruments such as legislative, system-wide interventions and more adaptive, targeted instruments attuned to the disparate and changing nature of the system.
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Why we need a radically new defence policy
Paul Dibb | October 10, 2018Australia’s international security outlook is starting to look very unpredictable and potentially threatening. Australian defence planners must now deal with a world which is very different from any they have known before.
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Floriculture to alleviate poverty
Aileen Burness | October 9, 2018A Fijian couple is changing lives of the poorest women across the country through floriculture. Aileen and Don Burness are pioneers of a growing floriculture industry in the Pacific and have been working with AusAid on their poverty alleviation project.
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How are we doing on a ‘Green New Deal?’
Edward Robinson | October 9, 2018As the IPCC publishes its new report on global warming of 1.5 degrees, we need a political and economic stock-take on the measures we’re taking to fight climate change.
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On the side of the angels?
Graeme Dobell | October 9, 2018Nations are never angelic, but in these fraught and disruptive times, the smart national interest should be to stand on the side of the angels.
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Dummies don’t cause speech disorders
Open Forum | October 9, 2018New University of Sydney research shows bottles, dummies, and thumb sucking in the early years of life do not cause or worsen phonological impairment, the most common type of speech disorder in children.
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Protecting thirsty urban trees from ever harsher summers
Stephanie Choo | October 8, 2018Urban forests are great for keeping our cities cool, but as temperatures go up they need water to survive – and that’s where redirecting storm water to street trees comes in.
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How democracy ends
Mark Beeson | October 8, 2018The rise of populists, a growing number of authoritarian regimes and an apparent loss of confidence in democratic politicians have all contributed to the idea that democracy is in serious trouble.
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Lilly Pilly fossils reveal snowless Snowy Mountains
Open Forum | October 8, 2018Leaf fossils discovered high in Australia’s Snowy Mountains have revealed a past history of warmer rainforest vegetation and a lack of snow, in contrast with the alpine vegetation and winter snow-covered slopes of today.
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Sky hopping with Australia’s first space telescope
Michele Trenti | October 7, 2018Australia has entered a new chapter in the exploration and understanding of space by creating a National Space Agency. Now innovative design is combining with new, low-cost nano-satellite technology to build Skyhopper, Australia’s first space telescope.
