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The ABC of Innovation
Michelle Guthrie

“The interlocking themes of creativity and innovation are as important for me as they are for anyone engaged in the creative industries …”

Before they end us, we can and must end nuclear weapons
Tilman Ruff

“On 24 Jan 1946, the very first resolution of the UN General Assembly called for the ‘elimination from national armaments of atomic weapons’ …”

A brief journey in search of trusted information
Andrew Jaspan

“One of the most serious problems facing the world today is the over-abundance of unreliable information, a condition sometimes referred to as info-obesity…”

Aboriginal Health
Jonathan Carapetis

“I begin with a few caveats. As a non-Aboriginal Australian, I am careful to avoid joining the legions of whitefellas who tell Aboriginal people …”

Adblocking and Media Automation: Anti-Advertising and Industry Disruption
Julian Thomas

“Apple’s 2015 decision to allow ad-blocking apps on the iOS App Store sparked a larger debate — ‘a kind of war’, in the words of one developer …”

Adequate Support for People with a Disability
Bruce Bonyhady

“On April 6, 2008 The Sunday Age reported:
True love never dies. But, in a sense, one of Melbourne’s most moving little love stories ended on Friday …”

Affordable Housing
Julian Disney

“Affordable housing of a reasonable standard is crucial to a country and its people. Without it, people are impoverished …”

The Australian Constitution and Our Rights
Cheryl Saunders

“The Australian Constitution says very little about human rights. In contrast to the Constitutions of most other Western countries …”

Australian Government Action in the 1980s
Joan Staples

“Twenty years ago in 1989, Environment Minister Graham Richardson took a proposal to Cabinet for a 20% reduction in greenhouse …”

Australia’s Children and Youth
Fiona Stanley

“Putting children in the centre of our society acknowledges that all aspects of our future capacity depends upon us having …”

Australia’s civil registration and vital statistics system
Dr AJ Lanyon and David John

“Knowing how many people live in Australia and what the future of Australia’s population might look like has been a critical input into the decisions made …”

Balancing the curriculum: teaching gratitude, hope and resilience
Lea Waters

“Why should we teach wellbeing in schools? Today’s youth face many challenges, including pressures from school, peer groups, parents, marketing …”

Best of the old and the new: a way forward for the food security dilemma?
Jill Gready

“The challenge of assuring global food security for the world’s increasing population – estimated to reach 9 billion by 2050 – has been much discussed …”

Beyond Vox Pop Democracy: Democratic Deliberation and Leadership in the Age of the Internet
Nicholas Gruen

“In 1981 a young political junkie with progressive sympathies, Joe Trippi, joined the campaign to make Tom Bradley governor of California, and so the first …”

Bioethics
Max Charlesworth

“Consider These Five Cases
1. Assisting a person to die: Terri Schiavo, an American woman aged 41 years, was diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state …”

The Bolt Case: Silencing Speech or Promoting Tolerance?
Bibhu Aggarwal

“Words are powerful. They can forge bonds of mutual respect and understanding, as they did when a nation apologised to all Indigenous Australians …”

Brain health
Stephen MacFarlane and Daniel O’Connor

“The human brain is the most complex object in the known universe. Such is its complexity, that even the number of brain cells (neurons) within it remains …”

Branded Content
Andrew Dodd

“Back in the olden days, just before the internet was invented, there was a clear demarcation between journalism and advertising …”

Building Healthy Minds
Margot Prior

“Jane is a 13-year-old girl whose father brought her along to a children’s clinic to see a psychologist for help with …”

Can Emissions Trading Save the Planet?
Richard Denniss

“Climate scientists distinguish between naturally occurring and anthropocentric (human-induced) climate change …”

A Challenge for the Human Race —the Need for Leadership
David de Kretser

“There has been much written and spoken about the issue of climate change over the past few years. These discourses build the case …”

Challenges for Australian Agriculture
Lauren Rickards and Karlie Tucker

“Agriculture is a complex, sophisticated and indispensable component of modern Australian life. Climate change is heightening …”

The Changing Brain
Michael Valenzuela

“There is a saying that you can never dip your toe into the same river twice. The same applies to the brain because …”


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