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As the COVID crisis continues to devastate India and Australian families of Indian heritage, we need to ask — are we treating our citizens with the care and compassion they deserve? Michelle Grattan argues we are not, and they are instead being met with a remarkable lack of empathy and willingness to help by their federal government. Surely stranded children, at the very least, could be brought here and kept in quarantine to mitigate against any risk of spreading the virus?
The Indian situation is just one of the issues bringing the politics of border openings into sharp focus at the moment. Having once been keen to open back up to the rest of the world, the Morrison government now seems to favour the “Fortress Australia” mentality that takes a deeply conservative approach — and that’s because the polling says it finds favour with a lot of Australians. And the prospect of the next election is never far away.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Australia's current dilemma is that it has achieved local elimination but it is stumbling in the vital follow-up — rapid mass vaccination and quarantine centres.
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Masked owl (Tyto novaehollandiae), one of many birds of prey at great risk of secondary poisoning
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Robert Davis, Edith Cowan University; Bill Bateman, Curtin University; Damian Lettoof, Curtin University; Maggie J. Watson, Charles Sturt University; Michael Lohr, Edith Cowan University
The NSW government has secured an extremely toxic bait to try to end the mouse plague. But there are safer alternatives.
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Charles Corke, Deakin University
Evidence suggests messages the patient thought to be crystal clear often appear unclear to doctors and family.
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Joanne Gray, Queensland University of Technology
If we want to decentralise power online, governments will have to overcome their nationalistic impulses.
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Sally Breen, Griffith University
How does the spirit of Byron Byron endure wave after wave of seekers and lately, Instagram influencers? Sally Breen took a road trip and found a something deeper in the beachy township.
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Denis Muller, The University of Melbourne
In a pandemic or any other emergency, the first ethical duty of the media is to report accurately and soberly, and specifically not to induce unjustified anxiety or panic.
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Tom Crowley, Grattan Institute; Danielle Wood, Grattan Institute
Victoria has had the guts to raise new taxes, support the economy and shrink the deficit.
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Health + Medicine
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Sarah-Catherine Rodan, University of Sydney; Samuel Banister, University of Sydney
The TGA is considering a proposal to reclassify psilocybin and MDMA from their current status as prohibited substances. This would allow psychiatrists to use these drugs to treat mental illness.
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Arts + Culture
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Peter Tregear, The University of Melbourne
Premiering in 1937 in Frankfurt during the Third Reich, there is a ritualistic force to Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. This makes it a guilty pleasure for some and perfect fodder for ad jingles.
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Politics + Society
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George Newhouse, Macquarie University
Robertson's book is a call to action for 'Magnitsky laws' to be introduced in Australia, which impose sanctions and travel bans on individuals for human rights abuses.
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Business + Economy
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Richard Holden, UNSW
Australia's official unemployment rate falling to 5.5% is enough to make a treasurer dance. But we shouldn't get too carried away.
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Jennifer Curtin, University of Auckland; David Hall, Auckland University of Technology; Michael Fletcher, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Nina Ives, Auckland University of Technology
By under-promising and over-delivering, Grant Robertson has pulled off a budget that displeases the fewest people.
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Cities
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Paul Tranter, UNSW; Rodney Tolley, Staffordshire University
Cities around the world are reducing traffic speeds and improving access to local services and activities by public transport, cycling and walking. They are now reaping the many 'slow city' benefits.
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Education
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Christopher Charles Deneen, The University of Melbourne; Michael Cowling, CQUniversity Australia
Some students may wonder why they bothered returning to campus. Others are struggling online. But lecturers who do engage students think deeply about how they do it, using all available tools.
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Environment + Energy
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Philip Zylstra, University of Wollongong; Grant Wardell-Johnson, Curtin University; James Watson, The University of Queensland; Michelle Ward, The University of Queensland
They overlook a vast body of evidence that crown fire – the most extreme type of fire behaviour in which tree canopies burn - is more likely in logged native forests.
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