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Best of 2022: Australia’s damaging and deluded retreat from Asia
Obsessed with demonising China, the Morrison government appears to exult in its destruction of one of Australia’s most valuable relationships. (more…)
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Our democracy is decaying from within. A repost from 16 September 2021
We need a summit of community leaders to help chart democratic renewal. (more…)
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Cavan Hogue: Ukraine is not just about goodies and baddies
Russians believe they were promised that NATO would not move east as a quid pro quo for accepting German unification. (more…)
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Australians live high on the proceeds of stolen land, but we have ways to atone
We’ve been offered a real path towards healing. The Makarrata holds out to us all a chance for truth-telling, understanding and reconciliation.
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The threat of nuclear winter hangs over our warming planet
Even a limited nuclear war would inject enough smoke and dust into the atmosphere to threaten the survival of our species. (more…)
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Women’s rights in Indonesia: progress amid the division
Resistance to proposed legislation against sexual violence underlines the uphill task faced by moderates seeking change in a male-dominated society.
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Confronting racism: the white privilege embedded in our institutions
The world is not equal or democratic when the rich and powerful who set standards, norms and rules are mostly white.
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Token taxes: the gas industry’s great royalties ripoff
LNG producers insist they bankroll crucial government services — but the royalties they pay are paltry and the jobs they create are relatively few.
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Djokovic case highlights need for change in how we check vaccination status
With international travel ramping up, changes to passenger visa checks should already be in place — and could’ve prevented the Djokovic debacle.
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The Jews of Asia: why Chinese Australians feel threatened
Playing the Chinese card may be politically rewarding for some, but it is the ordinary people in the street who suffer the consequences of this Sinophobia.
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How to learn from our Covid history (no, not with a royal commission)
What we have learnt from decades of experience about analysing what to do when things go wrong in healthcare should be applied to public health too.
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Omicron wave has exposed the battle lines of a new ‘ethics’ war
From my Omicron sickbed, I am watching my healthcare colleagues deal with a true disaster, writes Paul Komesaroff.
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Big Media’s diet of deceit and diversions
A small group of elites determines what ordinary people do not see or hear. (more…)
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Our post-pandemic healthcare system will need massive investment
Understaffed hospitals and care facilities, burgeoning surgery backlogs, insufficient medical graduates, rising mental health problems – the list of challenges ahead is formidable. (more…)
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China is deftly outmanoeuvring US across the Indo-Pacific region
Beijing understands that economic security created through trade is more enduring than when done through military superiority. (more…)
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Wake up Australia: ASEAN has lost value and purpose
ASEAN is throttled by a policy prohibiting members from interfering in each others’ affairs. The results are clear in relation to Myanmar. (more…)
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In the Asian media: what our media ignored; caution on China, a problem for ASEAN, and grief tourism
Around Asia, the newspapers are covering how to deal with China, ASEAN’s Myanmar problem, and a surprising side effect of the pandemic in Singapore.
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From our readers: Gearing up for a climate change election
In letters to the editor: making climate change an election issue, government secrecy and protecting our children’s future.
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New Australian republic model gives everyone a say on our head of state
Other than allowing us to choose our head of state, the Australian Choice model leaves intact the Westminster system’s checks and balances.
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A year of living dangerously for vocational education and training in Australia
Will the Covid-19 Omicron variant devastate vocational education and training (VET) again in early 2022? Early indicators are not good.
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A quarter century of failure in foreign policy mars Australian credibility
Antagonistic towards China and Asia-Pacific neighbours and in thrall to America, Australian governments have presided over the demise of Australian diplomacy. It has been sidelined by exaggerated defence and security concerns.
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Nature outcomes in 2021: the good, the bad and the sad
Australia’s natural environment won some significant skirmishes in 2021 but serious challenges for biodiversity and ecosystems remain.
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Scott Morrison, Novak Djokovic and the dark arts of political manipulation
An errant tennis star may be only another piece of the jigsaw being assembled by the Prime Minister as he seeks another term in The Lodge.
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Global warming: the nine essential questions for candidates at election 2022
Providing thoughtful answers should be the minimum requirement for candidates. Even more exhaustive answers should be demanded of cabinet hopefuls..
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Morrison government fiddles as the economy stagnates
The government’s economic forecasts are highly questionable and the uncertain budget outlook raises doubts about the future funding of essential services. (more…)
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Space invaders: better broadband or sky vandalism?
We must ensure that private companies placing objects in space don’t create another environmental disaster like the plastic pollution in our oceans.
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Critical thinking shoved aside: wilful blindness rules media
It’s not just the Murdoch press. Lack of critical engagement and willingness to act for the powerful has hampered the effectiveness of journalists.
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Health policy hazard: Covid is here to stay, so where is the plan?
It is a pipe dream to imagine that living with the variants will be seamless. This pandemic will be keep throwing up new challenges for a while yet.
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Don’t mind if we do: Victorian private schools deep in JobKeeper trough
A scheme designed to save Australia from long unemployment queues has been a gravy train for the private schools serving the most advantaged families.
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