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  Vonda Malone: pandemic policy advisor making a difference

  Friday July 17, 2020

  By The Mandarin

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  Vonda Malone is the mayor of the Torres Shire Council.

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  Randomness still deserves respect

  Friday July 17, 2020

  By Stephen Bartos

  • Community & Social

  There is an element of randomness to hotspots and lockdowns. If not the Crossroads Hotel, another COVID-19 cluster might have sprung up somewhere else in…

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  Opinion: the Sino-Indian Clash leaves Russia the biggest strategic beneficiary

  Thursday July 16, 2020

  By Jon (Yuan) Jiang

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  By being a peaceful negotiator, Moscow shows Beijing that Russia has the capacity to be more than an oil/gas station or commodity-exporting market.

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  Four ways to be a real youth activist

  Thursday July 16, 2020

  By Abdullahi Alim

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  Youth movements need to embrace a more mature form of activism, distinct from the popularized puritanism that traditionally dictates the behaviour of young change-makers.

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  How McKinsey is making $100m (and counting) advising on the US government’s bumbling coronavirus response

  Thursday July 16, 2020

  By Ian MacDougall

  • Economy & Industry

  For the world’s best-known corporate-management consultants, helping tackle the pandemic has been a bonanza. It’s not clear what the government has gotten in return. Ian…

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  What does the governor-general do — and how much does it cost the country?

  Thursday July 16, 2020

  By Amber Schultz & Kishor Napier-Raman

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  With a staff of 76 largely Canberra-based employees, the office has about $24 million to play with in 2019-20, according to budget estimates.

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  Opinion: how urban design can help reduce homelessness

  Wednesday July 15, 2020

  By Hayley Edwards

  • Community & Social

  With any luck, opening up unused hotels as a safe place for homeless to sleep while maintaining social distancing will be turning point in the…

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  COVID-19 has let the virus of inequality run rampant

  Wednesday July 15, 2020

  By Nabil Ahmed

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  COVID-19 entered a world already struggling with unprecedented levels of inequality. There can be no return to the neoliberal order that was 'normal' prior to…

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  Strategies for covering white supremacy and far-right extremists

  Wednesday July 15, 2020

  By Denise-Marie Ordway

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  White supremacists and other far-right extremist groups are among the greatest threats to domestic security. Denise-Marie Ordway outlines the top 10 strategies of social policy…

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  Kerry Chant: pandemic policy advisor making a difference

  Wednesday July 15, 2020

  By The Mandarin

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  Kerry Chant is the CHO for NSW.

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  Op-ed: Victoria not alone in latest COVID-19 response

  Tuesday July 14, 2020

  By Paul Kelly

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  The Victorian response – involving the three-pronged approach of test, trace and isolate, plus physical distancing and movement restrictions – is precisely the approach we…

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  Opinion: we need a 21st century fix to 1960s public housing

  Tuesday July 14, 2020

  By Scott Hamilton & Stuart Kells

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  Social housing is ideal for super funds and other investors wanting a steady, long-term return, but they don’t replace the desperate need for more direct…

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  This robotic chemist does over 600 experiments a week and learns from its own work

  Tuesday July 14, 2020

  By Edd Gent

  • Communications & Technology

  A mobile robot can carry out experiments using standard lab equipment designed for humans and can make decisions on the fly about what experiments it…

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  Can environmental conservation mitigate the impact of recession on regional Australia?

  Monday July 13, 2020

  By Cassian Drew

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  Governments and philanthropic groups have long been involved in the purchase of private land to achieve conservation outcomes. The challenge in any conservation activity is…

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  Schools as service hubs for collaborative placed-based service delivery

  Monday July 13, 2020

  By Annette Michaux & Amy Conley Wright

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  School structures daily life for children and families, providing safe harbour for all, including during life’s storms such as family breakdown and financial or housing…

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