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Under a new national security test the foreign investment review board will have to be notified by foreign investors hoping to secure a ‘sensitive national security business.
At this critical juncture in American history, the decision to publish a piece to “send in the troops” suggests a failure of nerve from an esteemed publication.
There’s now a 95% chance COVID-19 has been eliminated in NZ, according to our modelling. But as NZ prepares to remove limits on large gatherings, it increases the risk of a very large new outbreak.
It’ll have to fund tens of thousands of homes that were going to be built anyway before it creates a single extra house.
If you’re itching to get back to the gym when it re-opens, here’s what you can do to protect yourself and others from COVID-19.
Michelle Grattan talks with David Gruen, the Australian Statistician and ABS head, about the need for real-time data during the pandemic
Corporate support for the protests against institutional racism in the US signals the rise of ‘political corporate social responsibility’.
A largely wordless social media protest allowed many to take a political stand who might otherwise have stayed aloof
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, regional Australia needs local government to emulate the example of the local councils that brought prosperity to North Queensland after the second world war.
Pangolins are illegally traded, linked to the coronavirus pandemic and driven to extinction in some areas. That’s why it’s vital to reintroduce this threatened species back into the wild.
Two ABC television premieres – both about the mid-century British nuclear testing at Maralinga in regional South Australia – approach tricky territory in very different ways.
Pokie venues are starting to reopen across the country. For at-risk gamblers, this is a worrying time as they emerge from a long compulsory break from playing.
Parkes is known as the ‘Father of Federation’. His tireless championing of a united Australia brought the colonies together and set them on a course for nationhood.
Listening with the volume too high or for too long can cause permanent hearing loss, but there are ways we can minimise the risks.
Australia has suffered far less death and disease from COVID-19 than other similar countries. But given the hesitant start and the Ruby Princess debacle, we could have done even better.
Australia is performing better than many other countries with comparable populations and geographies, a new COVID-19 data visualisation reveals.
Older records can tell us a lot about Australia’s pre-industrial climate, before the large-scale burning of fossil fuels tainted global temperature records.
COVID-19 has exposed the insecurity of the cultural workforce. Making the performing arts freely available online may further diminish their value, right when the sector is arguing its worth.
Universities can only credibly claim to be preparing young people for their futures if they take into account the kind of world they are helping to bring about.
It’s far too early to declare victory. The need for conventional economic stimulus has just begun.
The best case scenario sees a short-term recovery to the depths of the 1980s and 1990s recessions.
The business of metropolitan planning is not the natural game of state governments. The Victorian government tries but cannot manage metropolitan Melbourne.
The government will provide eligible owner-occupiers with $25,000 to build a new home or extensively renovate an existing one.
Australia and India have drawn closer in recent years and there may be more room for economic and strategic cooperation, given recent tensions with China.