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Can pre-schools cut youth crime?
Jacqueline Allen | October 28, 2024A new evaluation finds that preschool programs can cut the number of young people appearing before the courts by more than 50% and the right types of family support can reduce the chances of children committing crimes even further.
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Reading together
Open Forum | October 28, 2024Research suggests that reading groups, in which people from all walks of life meet regularly to read and discuss literature, can provide the kind of meaningful social connections which alleviate loneliness, particularly as we age.
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Getting more teachers in schools
Open Forum | October 28, 2024Teaching needs to be made more attractive to a wider pool of graduates to tackle shortages in the profession, according to new international research comparing 18 countries.
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Pacific nations will ‘not sit quietly’ on climate change
Liam Moore | October 27, 2024How can Australia offer itself as the partner of choice in the Pacific while continuing to explore for, extract and export coal and gas?
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Triple threat
Bill Wyman | October 27, 2024It seems incredible that a failed pro-Putin President with a string of criminal convictions and an attempt to overthrow American democracy itself under his belt may still be re-elected to power, so what might explain Trump’s apparently impervious appeal to his cult followers?
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The moral shock of war
Michael Pezzullo | October 27, 2024Going to war is an uneasy and difficult compromise for democratic nations, forcing us to balance our love of peace and our conscience against the risk of being coerced and subjugated by authoritarian aggressors.
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Can treaties end the war in Ukraine?
Open Forum | October 26, 2024A peace treaty ending Russia’s disastrous war against Ukraine will be hard to draft because Russia has never declared war, despite waging more than a decade of aggression against its democratic, western-leaning neighbour.
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The biggest game in town
Open Forum | October 26, 2024The global health impact of commercial gambling is worse than previously understood and stronger regulatory controls are needed, according to a new Lancet Public Health Commission report.
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Battleground USA
Emma Shortis | October 26, 2024The upcoming American Presidential election will be fought and won in the key swing states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, North Carolina.
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Could a “circular economy” envelop the world?
Kris Hartley | October 25, 2024A global “circular economy” could reduce waste, encourage innovation and tackle climate change but its potential benefits are tempered by political and social challenges.
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A wake-up call ahead of COP29
Liz Ritchie-Tyo | October 25, 2024As the world gears up for COP29 in Azerbaijan, the urgency to address climate change has never been more pressing, as recent extreme weather events, including devastating tropical cyclones, underscore the critical need for global cooperation and decisive action.
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Ukraine needs NATO and NATO needs Ukraine
Michael Lawriwsky | October 25, 2024Putin objects to Ukraine’s future membership of NATO not because he fears a western invasion of Russia, but because NATO membership would preclude further incursions and annexations of Ukrainian land.
