Search results for "beyond federation"
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Timtams, wine, and whisky
Conor McLaughlin | December 20, 2020Trade deals have become the single most important issue for a post-Brexit UK. As Australia is experiencing its own trade tensions, the time is ripe for an Australia-UK trade deal to become a reality.
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Optimising Australia’s COVID-19 border policy
Stewart Nixon | September 14, 2020COVID-19 has divided Australia in a manner unprecedented since federation, with the closure of once arbitrary state borders becoming geographical and political fault lines. But Australia’s less-debated international border measures also call for greater scrutiny.
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Democracy has been a victim of COVID-19
Tom Gerald Daly | June 11, 2020COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on democracy worldwide, but some democracies are more resilient than others.
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8 adventures in “coronomics”
Tim Harcourt | April 20, 2020If the 1991 recession is the ‘recession we had to have’ then 2020 is the business slowdown we had to engineer to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, but what will be some of its economic ramifications in Australia and the rest of the world?
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Australia’s response to the Spanish flu tolls a warning for today
Frank Bongiorno | March 25, 2020Australian states are finally enforcing social isolation, as they did a hundred years ago against Spanish Flu, but the worst is yet to come. Neither should restrictions be lifted too quickly, as many Australians were killed by a second wave of Spanish Flu in the autumn of 1919.
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Australia’s long history of Asian engagement
Tim Harcourt | February 23, 2020The need to engage with Asia has been a major issue of 21st century Australian politics, but the roots of this debate go much deeper into Australia’s past and have been shaped by a succession of prime ministers from all parties.
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How bad is breathing bushfire smoke?
Robyn Langham | January 16, 2020Once the smoke clears, and the immediate issues of infrastructure, jobs and lives are being rebuilt – there will be ongoing questions about the health impacts of urban populations breathing air heavy with bushfire smoke for weeks on end.
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This disappointing century
Craig Wallace | January 8, 2020As 2019 came to a devastating close amidst the flames of a national bushfire crisis, there is cause to reflect not on the last decade but the dreary embers of the first two of the 21st Century.
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Can eSports find a role in schools?
Neil Selwyn | September 21, 2019Given the massive youth appeal of eSports, schools and colleges are understandably beginning to explore possible connections between eSports and education.
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A woody meadow blooms in the heart of the city
Claire Bolge | July 25, 2019A unique research project by the Universities of Melbourne and Sheffield aims to grow urban meadows that are as tough as they are beautiful.
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The big kick off
Frank Bongiorno | April 12, 2019History suggests that most governments are returned to power, but the polls have favoured Labor for months. As the election campaign kicks off, the only certainty is a cranky and mistrustful electorate.
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Strengthening the north is a strategic priority
Michael Shoebridge | February 18, 2019Renewing a serious Australian defence presence in the nation’s north should become a compelling and increasingly urgent matter of strategic policy and capability planning given increasing regional threats.
