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Editor's note
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It has all the ingredients of a potential Cold War: two powerful countries engaged in intense geopolitical rivalry, mixed with militarised competition and dangerous nationalism. Only this time, as Nick Bisley writes, it’s not the USSR and the US, but China and the US. The risks of the current rivalry escalating into a new Cold War are real, unless the two countries step down from the escalatory cycle they are on.
And we’ve got genuinely good news on the state of the government’s finances. Ten years after the global financial crisis, Professor Warren Hogan declares the budget deficit as good as eliminated. He says the budget outcome released on Tuesday shows us back to where we were before the crisis and ready to fight the next one.
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Amanda Dunn
Section Editor: Politics + Society
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Top story
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The US and China find it extremely difficult to see the world from the other’s perspective.
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Nick Bisley, La Trobe University
Cold War 2.0 may not be fanciful: The US and China are plainly entering a period of significant geopolitical rivalry, and each has ambitions that are mutually incompatible.
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The hard work’s been done and the latest Treasury team is taking the credit. Mathias Cormann and Josh Frydenberg.
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Warren Hogan, University of Technology Sydney
The budget deficit is as good as dead. For practical purposes we are back to normal with financial firepower recharged for the next crisis.
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Science + Technology
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Rose O'Dea, UNSW; Shinichi Nakagawa, UNSW
Large gaps in the representation of women in science careers later in life are not due to lack of ability in the classroom.
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Vipul Bansal, RMIT University
UV ratings indicate risk of skin damage – but they're based on pale skin. New wrist bands designed for six different tones of skin provide a more personalised way to track safe UV exposure.
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Health + Medicine
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Sandy Matheson, Neuroscience Research Australia
Genes, drugs in early life, and stress have been linked to the development of schizophrenia.
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Cities
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Peter Newman, Curtin University
For 40 years the author has argued that trains and trams are better than buses. New 'trackless trams', which take innovations from high speed rail and put them in a bus, have changed his mind.
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John Watson, The Conversation
Residential tenancy reforms are before the NSW parliament, but a key reform is missing. In this open letter, housing academics call for an end to landlords' power to terminate leases with 'no grounds'.
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Arts + Culture
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Andrea Witcomb, Deakin University
The desire to eulogise, as often appears to be the case in this exhibition, does not allow space for questions that might allow for a fuller explication of the nature of Mandela’s legacy and its relevance beyond South Africa.
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Environment + Energy
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Jabin Watson, The University of Queensland; Craig E. Franklin, The University of Queensland; Harriet Goodrich, University of Exeter; Jaana Dielenberg, The University of Queensland; Rebecca L. Cramp, The University of Queensland
Our new invention tackles one of the greatest impediments to fish migration in Australia: culverts, those tunnels or drains often found under roads.
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Melinda Waterman, University of Wollongong; Johanna Turnbull, University of Wollongong; Sharon Robinson, University of Wollongong
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Business + Economy
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The budget outcome for 2017-18 shows a deficit of A$10.1 billion – dramatically less than expected in May, and just 0.6% of GDP. In this year’s May budget, a mere four months ago, the outcome for the last…
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Rebecca Giblin, Monash University
Individual creators get too small a share of copyright's rewards. What Bryan Adams is proposing in Canada could also work in Australia to help authors get paid and keep works available to the public.
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Politics + Society
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Adrian Beaumont, University of Melbourne
The Coalition's recent hit in the polls seems to be subsiding, while Kerryn Phelps may have made a damaging error by announcing she'll preference the Liberals in the Wentworth byelection.
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Benjamin Habib, La Trobe University
The Pyongyang Declaration between the two Koreas is about much more than nuclear power – and leaves the US on the outer.
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Bridget Laging, La Trobe University; Amanda Kenny, La Trobe University; Rhonda Nay, La Trobe University
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