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The case for making space for Taiwan
Thom Dixon | June 8, 2018Australian airline Qantas has bowed to Chinese pressure and will now refer to the independent, democratic nation of Taiwan as a ‘Chinese territory’. Rather than kowtow to Chinese demands than Taiwan be marginalised and delegitimised as a nation state, the international community should defend its identity.
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When should you get your flu shot?
Open Forum | June 7, 2018Research from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney shows that due to waning in the effectiveness of the flu vaccine over time, getting the vaccine in June or July could be the best time for overall protection against the illness.
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Comprehensive coercion: China’s ‘political warfare’ campaign against Australia
Ross Babbage | June 7, 2018The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington has released a new report, “Countering Comprehensive Coercion”, which explains how China has been conducting political warfare against Australia for more than a decade.
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Make your home more energy-efficient with these eco upgrades
Derek Lotts | June 7, 2018Installing more efficient and ecologically friendly insulation and heating can reduce your energy bills as well as help reduce carbon emissions.
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Remember Turnbull’s 2015 ‘ideas boom’? We’re still only part way there
Beth Webster | June 6, 2018Malcolm Turnbull’s innovation agenda failed to resonate at the ballot box. However the inexorable and exponential rise of sophisticated technologies will affect every job and we need to be investing in this future for our children.
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We don’t have to be related to be a family
Sofa Gradin | June 6, 2018We can’t choose our biological relations but we can choose our friends. Moving beyond traditional family structures to embrace a wider definition of what ‘family’ means can be both personally and politically liberating.
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Australia’s real choice about China
Hugh White | June 6, 2018Australia’s problem with China is bigger and simpler than we think, and thus harder to solve. The central issue is that China wants to replace the United States as the primary power in East Asia, and we don’t want that to happen.
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Australia needs to reset its Pacific policy
Joanne Wallis | June 5, 2018Australia tends to pay attention to the Pacific when it is perceived as a source of threat, but the quest for better relationships requires a more holistic and sustained approach.
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The hype and the science of nanotechnology
Andrew Maynard | June 5, 2018Nanotech has been touted as the ‘next big thing’ for years. Just what is nanotech, and where does the hype end and the actual science begin?
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How Australia got so many law schools
Gwilym Croucher | June 5, 2018Law is cheap to teach and promises high career rewards, but Australia’s boom in law schools after policy changes in the 1980s left too many students chasing too few careers.
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Many millennials are priced out of the suburbs they grew up in
Julia Cook | June 4, 2018Remaining close to family and friends matters to millennials, but few can afford to buy their own home in the neighbourhoods that mean the most to them.
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Lab coats help students see themselves as future scientists
Megan Ennes | June 4, 2018Australian educators have tried, and largely failed, to encourage more students to study STEM subjects. Could a simple step like giving students lab coats in classes encourage more young people to pursue careers in science?