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The Morrison government’s great refusal to take action on climate may come back to haunt Australia when we seek the cooperation of other countries.
Struggling with a a fragile healthcare system, remote populations and widespread fear of the vaccine, COVID is running rampant in PNG. Australia has done much to help, but is it enough?
French President Emmanuel Macron has called Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison a liar on the world stage.
A proposed online privacy code would give consumers more control over how tech companies collect and use their data
Countries around the world are managing to reduce their road deaths to zero. There are ways Australia can get there too.
Australia is now taking a 2050 target to Glasgow, but this does not mean we are fulfilling the undertakings we made in Paris.
A French trial will use virtual reality headsets to trigger empathy in perpetrators. But previous research findings suggest we need to be sceptical of claims about what the technology can do.
When it came to managing the spread of COVID-19, Canada fared better than the United States and the United Kingdom, but worse than other welfare states like New Zealand and Japan.
Australia has expansive areas of flat land — usually agricultural land — and it’s over these large, flat areas that tornadoes like to form.
From October 1, Australians will only be able to buy e-cigarettes containing nicotine if they have a prescription from a doctor. But there’s another evidence-based way to help more smokers quit.
The National Party’s position on net-zero is wrong, for so many reasons. Not least, it’s a betrayal of rural Australia.
The perception in France of a reversal of strategy is in fact a coherent move for Australia, in line with 200 years of Australian diplomatic tradition – for better or worse.
Fourteen years after the Quad was first conceived, its leaders will meet for the first time face-to-face this week. China will dominate the conversations.
As tensions grow between China and the US, vital internet links for Pacific island nations face uncertainty.
PR exercise, elaborate purchasing agreement or genuine security pact? The new AUKUS agreement raises plenty of questions about why New Zealand missed out.
Australian fatherhood remains closely tied to ‘breadwinning’. History helps us to understand why.
Australians’ mental health has suffered terribly during COVID. They need to know what the plan is for a future pandemic.
Here are some ways to support people from Afghanistan locally, nationally and overseas.
Indonesia, as well as many other countries that will see an increase in Afghan refugees and asylum seekers, will be put to a test of humanity and will have to act quickly.
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Melissa Conley Tyler is a Friend of The Conversation.Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Faculty Member, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University; Visiting Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University., Georgetown University
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Assistant Professor in International Relations, Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII) Yogyakarta
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Researcher, Social History/Tutor in Medical Education, University of Dundee
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University Fellow in Law, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Political Communication, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Acting Executive Director, Grata Fund, UNSW Sydney
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Associate professor, Griffith University
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Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University
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Adjunct professor, University of Adelaide
