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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.
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Free trade or bust
ANU Editorial Board | July 2, 2024Despite calls for inward economic strategies due to the perceived vulnerability of integrated supply chains, access to international markets has proven to be a form of insurance in times of crisis, responding quickly and efficiently to COVID-19 and energy trade disruptions.
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The silicon Prometheus
Mark Taylor | July 2, 2024The development of AI may be the ultimate test of our species, forcing us to confront our own limitations, grapple with questions of consciousness and free will, and redefine our place in a world where we are no longer the sole possessors of reason.
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Playing for life
Open Forum | July 2, 2024Physical recreation and group activities can boost mental health and sports clubs can help by adopting more evidence-based techniques to understand their members.
