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Editor's note
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You’d be forgiven for assuming the epic bumbling of our politicians over bushfires and climate change is without precedent.
But in fact it continues a long and very sad political tradition.
From Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s ill-judged trip to Hawaii to Nationals leader Michael McCormack deriding “woke capital-city greenies”, such missteps and failings have been a feature of the political landscape for the past 30 years.
As Marc Hudson writes today, leaders of the past have also failed to front up in big climate moments, stoked the city-versus-country divide, blamed the Greens for bushfires and ignored the sage but inconvenient advice of experts.
But the Australian public can no longer accept endless reruns of the same political failures. The scale of the crisis means our elected representatives must learn from their mistakes, not repeat them.
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Nicole Hasham
Section Editor: Energy + Environment
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Top story
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Scott Morrison’s much-parodied trip to Hawaii in the midst of the bushfire crisis is just one example of a leader not being where he should be.
Scott Marsh/AAP
Marc Hudson, Keele University
The horror of the last weeks and months are a compressed version of the last 30 years in bushfire and climate politics.
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Donald Trump announced new sanctions against Iran in his address, but said the US would not escalate its military response.
Michael Reynolds/EPA
Ian Parmeter, Australian National University
Although neither side apparently wants conflict, tensions remain over the presence of US troops in Iraq and Iran's decision to walk away from part of the 2015 nuclear deal.
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Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle visiting Canada House in London this week.
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Benjamin T. Jones, CQUniversity Australia
If Harry and Meghan are seen as separated from the monarchy, or worse yet, victims of it, its long term survival is threatened.
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What was short-term exposure has now become medium-term exposure to bushfire smoke in some parts of the country.
Stephen Sapore/AAP
Brian Oliver, University of Technology Sydney
Smoke haze almost seems to be the new normal in parts of Australia. But what do we know about the dangers to our health in the longer term?
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Yves Rees, La Trobe University
The League of Nations was established 100 years ago today. This precursor to the United Nations was dominated by men but many Australian women worked hard to gain a voice there.
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Business + Economy
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Salvatore Ferraro, RMIT University
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Science + Technology
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Emma Hutchison, The University of Queensland
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