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Taking US oil in a global crisis sounds good on paper, but it won't do much for Australia's energy security

  • Written by: Christian Downie, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, Australian National University
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The federal government this week signed a deal with the US to access their oil reserves should global supplies be disrupted and we eat into our meagre reserve.

Oil security is a hot topic in Australia – we consume more than a decade ago, produce less, and keep little in reserve. In fact, Australia is the only member of the Inter...

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on-demand services bring public transport to the suburbs

  • Written by: Benjamin Kaufman, PhD Candidate, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University
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The technology-drivenrevolution in urban transport is largely centred on the inner city. It has completely missed the suburbs, which lack the public transport services and shared micromobility devices, such as e-scooters, that inner-city residents enjoy. But new technologies, skilled operators and willing governments may have...

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Christchurch's legacy of fighting violent extremism online must go further – deep into the dark web

  • Written by: Joe Burton, Senior Lecturer, New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science, University of Waikato

It didn’t take long for a terrorist to show how hard it is to prevent violent extremist content being shared online.

Within six months of the attacks at two Christchurch mosques on March 15 last year, which were live streamed on Facebook, a far-right terrorist’s attack at a German synagogue was broadcast live on Amazon’s...

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Big stimulus package to splash cash, including $25,000 to small and medium-sized businesses

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The Morrison government’s stimulus measures, to be announced Thursday, will include a $25,000 cash flow boost for small and medium-sized businesses, a subsidy to help preserve apprentices’ jobs, and a big expansion of the incentive to invest in equipment.

These three items alone will total A$8.7 billion, in a package which is set to be...

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