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Pacific report card highlights threats from climate change
Open Forum | June 22, 2018The first Pacific Marine Climate Change Report Card outlines the worrying effects which global warming, sea level rises and ocean acidification are wreaking on fragile ocean ecosystems and the island nations which rely on them.
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New report casts doubt on Sydney’s affordable housing policy
Open Forum | June 22, 2018Affordable rental options for low-income households in Sydney need to be drastically improved according to the City Futures Research Centre.
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Don’t rush to judge our special forces
Deane-Peter Baker | June 22, 2018Allegations of serious misconduct against Australia’s special forces should be handled with greater consideration for the reputation of soldiers who have done no wrong.
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Australia needs better disaster management and risk reduction education
Paul Barnes | June 22, 2018While there have been some notable moves to improve management of national resilience issues, non-natural hazards pose a range of challenges that need to be factored into current thinking and practice.
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Tackling Melbourne’s homeless crisis
Catriona May | June 21, 2018As Melbourne faces a growing housing crisis, pockets of innovation are offering some people who’ve become homeless a leg up out of social housing and into home ownership.
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Our health report card is in — and here’s what we can learn
Open Forum | June 21, 2018Australia is generally a healthy nation but there are some key areas where we could do better, according to the latest report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
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Ethical limits fracture as Chinese espionage intensifies
Greg Austin | June 21, 2018China’s espionage capability is now so extensive it’s hard to imagine its limits and Western companies and governments are becoming more willing participants.
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Proposed NSW logging laws threaten vulnerable species
Oisín Sweeney | June 20, 2018Controversial proposals to intensify logging in New South Wales’ public forests threatens the survival of threatened species and the long term health of our precious natural environment.
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Hello, 21st century, Australia calling
Graeme Dobell | June 20, 2018Reviving shortwave should be one part of a much bigger project: to revive the ABC as an international broadcaster and to create a 21st-century voice for Australia across the Asia–Pacific.
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Eight lessons from the USA for today’s youth-led movements
Nick Engelfried | June 20, 2018How can the experiences of one young climate activist in the United States over the last decade inform similar protest movements in Australia?
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The First Pacific Connect Business Network Dialogue – Communiqué to key stakeholders
Open Forum | June 19, 2018The Communiqué from the initial Pacific Connect Business Network Dialogue, held in March in Port Moresby, has been released, outlining new projects in PNG based on blockchain and digital identity.
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Tasmania’s ‘Battery of the Nation’ is an expensive boondoggle in the age of distributed resources
Peter Farley | June 19, 2018While pumped-hydro storage can play a role close to existing transmission infrastructure or centres of demand, the process remains expensive and inefficient. Investment in more renewable generation on the mainland would therefore be far more effective than Tasmania’s proposed ‘Battery of the Nation’ scheme.