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  Liz MacLeod: pandemic policy advisor making a difference

  Wednesday July 8, 2020

  By The Mandarin

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  Liz MacLeod is chief executive, COVID Health Operations.

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  Jeff Smith: pandemic policy advisor making a difference

  Wednesday July 8, 2020

  By The Mandarin

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  Jeff Smith is CEO, People with Disability Australia, a disabled people's organisation run by and for people with disability.

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  ‘The Father of the Senate’: an interview with Kim Carr

  Tuesday July 7, 2020

  By Scott Hamilton & Stuart Kells

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  Of his nearly 28 years as an Australian senator, he spent 23 of those years on the front bench. When we spoke he was in…

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  Op-ed: in Canberra, three decisions in 25 years

  Tuesday July 7, 2020

  By Michael Easson

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  Reflecting on a quarter of a century as a director of ACT government corporations Dr Michael Easson AM, discusses the role of boards and the…

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  Working hard to get energy-transition policy right: learning from Gippsland’s Latrobe Valley’s efforts

  Tuesday July 7, 2020

  By Chloe Ward & Emma Shortis et. al.

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  Chloe Ward, Emma Shortis, Leo Goedegebuure and Bruce Wilson explore the lessons learned about innovation and regional development from three years of research and engagement…

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  COVID-19 is the biggest setback to gender equality in a decade

  Monday July 6, 2020

  By Sofia Sprechmann

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  Full economy parity was 257 years away, even before the crisis. Women around the world are losing paid work and doing more unpaid work as…

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  The road less travelled: women and disarmament

  Monday July 6, 2020

  By Renata Dwan

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  A number of countries, including Australia, are beginning to explore how gender analyses can be incorporated into disarmament frameworks and policies.

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  Nicola Spurrier: pandemic policy advisor making a difference

  Monday July 6, 2020

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  Nicola Spurrier is Chief public health officer for the Department for Health and Wellbeing, South Australia.

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  The Tour de France is going virtual, and it starts this weekend

  Friday July 3, 2020

  By Vanessa Bates Ramirez

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  Rather than consecutive days, the race will happen over three weekends in July, with six stages lasting one to two hours apiece.

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  Opinion: we must turn R&D toward more holistic outcomes

  Thursday July 2, 2020

  By David Knox

  • Economy & Industry

  Turning towards more holistic rebuilding outcomes will be a significant step towards a restored system that places at its heart the long-term, sustained growth of…

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  What’s your negotiation strategy? How to avoid reactive deal-making

  Thursday July 2, 2020

  By Jonathan Hughes & Danny Ertel

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  For the Harvard Business Review, Jonathan Hughes & Danny Ertel outline how well-thought-out strategies can suppress a negotiator’s urge to react to counterparts or to…

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  In a first discovery of its kind, researchers have uncovered an ancient Aboriginal archaeological site preserved on the seabed

  Thursday July 2, 2020

  By Jonathan Benjamin et al.

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  The early peopling of Australia took place on land that is now under water. To fully understand key questions in human history, as ancient as…

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  Alison Verhoeven: pandemic policy advisor making a difference

  Thursday July 2, 2020

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  Alison Verhoeven is chief executive of the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association.

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  David Russell-Weisz: pandemic policy advisor making a difference

  Thursday July 2, 2020

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  David Russell-Weisz is director general, WA Department of Health.

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  Opinion: the NBN is a debacle. Where art thou, minister?

  Wednesday July 1, 2020

  By Laurie Patton

  • Communications & Technology

  A project the Coalition said would cost less than $30 billion has so far blown out beyond $50 billion, and they’re still counting. And apart…

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