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Was it The Sun wot won it?
David Rowe | July 6, 2024It is common wisdom that right-wing British newspapers help shape its political climate, so why has the Labour Party swept to power in a historic landslide victory?
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Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
Andrew Henderson | July 6, 2024Eggs are the latest staple food to be in short supply in Australia’s supermarkets, amplifying calls for a proper food security strategy.
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Playing by the rules
William Winberg | July 6, 2024The much-vaunted “rule based international order” needs the support of mid-tier nations to survive the aggression of authoritarian states.
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ASIC under the microscope
Jason Harris | July 5, 2024A new Senate report calls for Australia’s corporate watchdog, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), to be replaced by 2 more responsive regulatory agencies.
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Early warning alert
Chris Taylor | July 5, 2024Dictators and hostile states from Hitler’s Germany to Putin’s Russia and Xi’s China tend to flag their actions long before the shooting starts, and a new national Centre to issue strategic warnings of all types could help Australia prepare.
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Four wheels bad, two wheels good
Dorina Pojani | July 5, 2024Encouraging more people to cycle rather than drive could involve ditching mandatory helmet laws.
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A healthy Australia
Open Forum | July 4, 2024Australians’ overall health continues to fare well when compared with similar countries despite significant impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing burden of chronic conditions.
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NATO at 75
Robert Wihtol | July 4, 2024NATO’s visibility has waxed and waned, but Russia’s war of aggression on Ukraine has put the alliance firmly in the spotlight and may be its greatest challenge to date.
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It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it
Sherry Landow | July 4, 2024It’s not every day that you find out you’ve been sharing your desk with an ancient life form which may be half as old as Earth itself.
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America v America
Emma Shortis | July 3, 2024A new book, The Forever War, argues that America’s extreme polarisation has been 250 years in the making as the roots of its modern-day malaise can be found in its troubled and unresolved past.
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Farewell transmission
Mark Taylor | July 3, 2024He performed in bars and small town halls and drank himself to death in relative obscurity, but Jason Molina may just be the best American songwriter of his generation.
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Send lawyers, guns and money
Potter Wellett | July 3, 2024Record labels are suing tech companies for training their models on classic songs and the results could shape the legal future of generative AI.
