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The burning question for Australia’s politicians
Graeme McLeay | March 24, 2018Bushfires threaten lives, property, wildlife and public health and will only intensify in number and severity as global warming continues. When will Australia’s politicians admit the link between bush fires and climate change and pursue real measures to mitigate it?
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Salt is one big snag to improving your diet
Vic Health | March 23, 2018It may be a classic of Australian barbecues, but the humble sausage rolled in a slice of white bread with tomato sauce hides a half an adult’s suggested daily salt intake.
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Don’t shoot the messenger when confronted with inconvenient ideas
Russell Blackford | March 23, 2018To make progress, we will need to reboot our thinking. We need to focus on evidence and arguments, and on ordinary fairness and compassion to others, even when we disagree.
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What is happening in the Arctic?
Annika Dean | March 23, 2018While North America shivers, the Arctic has experienced soaring winter temperatures for the fourth year in a row. Such extreme weather events will only intensify unless there is a rapid and deep reduction in rising greenhouse gas levels.
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Servant or partner? The role of expertise in our democracy
Darrin Durant | March 22, 2018Should expert knowledge be limited to providing a servant role in a free society, or elevated to that of a partner? Darrin Durant, a lecturer at Melbourne University, examines the tension between democracy and technocracy.
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Will Queensland’s new land clearing bill save the state’s trees?
Anita Cosgrove | March 22, 2018Will new legislation in Queensland slow rampant land clearing or will farmers and landowners continue to ignore the law or exploit loopholes to raze more of Australia’s fast disappearing forests?
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How Oz politics works
Graeme Dobell | March 22, 2018A twenty year veteran of the Canberra Parliament reporting scene, Graeme Dobell takes a wry look at the cut throat world of Australian politics, a place where you’re always on your own and, in the end, you’ll let everyone down.
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Pursue drug harm reduction, not a punitive response
Deborah Rice | March 21, 2018A Melbourne roundtable organised by Australia21 argues that the social and personal toll of drug use should be tackled through harm reduction measures rather than prosecution and imprisonment.
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Harmony Day – Everyday ways to reduce racial discrimination
Sue Ellson | March 21, 2018March 21st is Harmony Day, a day for both adults and children to celebrate Australia’s diversity and encourage acceptance and understanding across the whole community.
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Humanizing technology
Kaliya Young | March 21, 2018Blockchain expert Kayila Young argues that it’s easier to turn technology in the direction of democracy and social justice when it’s developed with social and emotional intelligence.
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How forests support sustainable cities
Bob Gordon | March 21, 2018While the plight of the Amazon and other tropical forests threatened by clearing and plantations draws headlines, International Forests Day stresses the importance of trees to the world’s conurbations too.
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ASEAN and Australia peer from the summit
Graeme Dobell | March 20, 2018Southeast Asia is where Australia’s geography collides with our economic and perhaps political future. Australia has always thought ASEAN a good thing – the harder question for us is what to do with it.
