Opinion: how mainstream services are failing the many Indigenous people with hearing loss in custody Monday June 22, 2020 By Damien Howard and Jody Barney Australian Capital Territory The extent of the ear disease that leads to Indigenous people’s hearing loss is a well-known health issue. But how this hearing loss influences communications… Read more
GE will 3D print the bases of wind turbines taller than Seattle’s Space Needle Monday June 22, 2020 By Jason Dorrier Editors' Picks Limited by manufacturing, labour, and transportation challenges, current wind turbine technologies have faced some stiff headwinds. GE thinks 3D printing can double the height of… Read more
Opinion: COVIDFail. The IT debacle that could cost lives Friday June 19, 2020 By Laurie Patton Communications & Technology The government just hasn’t convinced enough of us that it is sufficiently in our interest to be loading up our phones with a mysterious app… Read more
Premium Insights and analysis Restoring corporations’ obligation to serve the public interest Friday June 19, 2020 By Geoff Edwards Economy & Industry There is a simple solution to corporate malfeasance, and it would cost petty cash to implement. It would be vastly cheaper than tolerating corporate malfeasance,… Read more
University funding crisis threatening to undermine the health sector’s capacity Friday June 19, 2020 By Nicole MacKee Editors' Picks Public funding of Australia's universities has fallen from 70-80% in the late 1990s to just 30% in recent years. The universities train the doctors and… Read more
Premium Insights and analysis What your youngest employees need most right now Thursday June 18, 2020 By Lauren Stiller Rikleen Editors' Picks Having been tested at a very young age, Gen Zers are bound to bring a special blend of resiliency and humanity to the workplace, writes… Read more
Opinion: why we need to save Australian charities to win the war on COVID-19 Thursday June 18, 2020 By Kristy Muir & Ioana Ramia Community & Social The latest ABS figures show 7.1% are now unemployed across Australia – the highest it’s been in 19 years. 227,700 jobs have been lost. With… Read more
Premium Expert briefings Hugh Heggie: pandemic policy advisor making a difference Thursday June 18, 2020 By The Mandarin Editors' Picks Dr Hugo Heggie is chief health officer and executive director of public health and clinical excellence at the Northern Territory Department of Health. Read more
Opinion: we’re ‘not natural teachers’ – COVID-19 shows parents the high value of early childhood education and care Wednesday June 17, 2020 By Jane Hunt Editors' Picks New data reveals that early childhood education and care (ECEC) is having an enormous impact on Australian families during COVID-19. A survey of over 1,000… Read more
Opinion: the case for a national preparedness agency Tuesday June 16, 2020 By William A. Stoltz Defence Australia has established its national security institutions to predominately address military and state-based threats as opposed to the natural and human security crises that will… Read more
Opinion: COVID-19 lessons for Australian training and skills Tuesday June 16, 2020 By Don Perlgut Editors' Picks How our success in preventing widespread pandemic illness and death can inform the future of Australian training and skills institutions. Read more
China takes another step towards uncrackable quantum communication Tuesday June 16, 2020 By Edd Gent Communications & Technology Uncrackable quantum communication is a step closer after Chinese researchers demonstrated a practical way to share security keys over 1,120 kilometres using entangled photons sent and received… Read more
The national cabinet has worked. Can it last? Monday June 15, 2020 By Cheryl Saunders Editors' Picks An outline for the structure of new arrangements for the national cabinet has been released. It calls for 30 ministerial forums or regulatory councils that… Read more
Premium Expert briefings Leanne Wells: pandemic policy advisor making a difference Monday June 15, 2020 By The Mandarin Federal Leanne Wells is CEO, Consumers Health Forum of Australia. Read more
Why has Beijing branded Australia racist? Monday June 15, 2020 By John Fitzgerald Economy & Industry While Xi is running things, we can expect to hear much more about Australian racism, about Australian lapdogs dancing to American tunes, and about steering… Read more
