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Coronavirus is killing Australia's lobster export market

  • Written by: Eva Plaganyi, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Currents are strong around the Torres Strait Islands, lying between Australia’s northern-most tip and Papua New Guinea.

When the tidal conditions are right and the waters relatively still, though, up to 230 islanders – a sizeable percentage of the islands’ roughly 4,000 indigenous inhabitants – will board small...

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Here are 5 practical ways trees can help us survive climate change

  • Written by: Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne
Here are 5 practical ways trees can help us survive climate changeShutterstock

As the brutal reality of climate change dawned this summer, you may have asked yourself a hard question: am I well-prepared to live in a warmer world?

There are many ways we can ready ourselves for climate change. I’m an urban forestry scientist, and since the 1980s I’ve been preparing students to work with trees as the...

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how America's General Motors sold us the Australian dream

  • Written by: Jack Fahey, PhD Candidate, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University
how America's General Motors sold us the Australian dreamState Library Victoria

General Motors has announced the Holden brand will be “retired” in 2021.

This week’s announcement has been a long time coming. The Holden brand has been in a state of terminal decline since General Motors ceased local manufacturing in October 2017. A once-dominant presence in the everyday life of...

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Why the global battle over Huawei could prove more disruptive than Trump's trade war with China

  • Written by: Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
Why the global battle over Huawei could prove more disruptive than Trump's trade war with ChinaRungroj Yongrit/EPA

China’s ambassador to Australia, Cheng Jingye, let the cat out of the bag this week when he lambasted Canberra over its decision to exclude Huawei from the build-out of Australia’s 5G network.

In uncharacteristically sharp diplomatic language, Cheng described Australia’s campaign against Huawei as...

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  10. 65,000-year-old plant remains show the earliest Australians spent plenty of time cooking
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  13. Our trade talks with Europe and Britain are set to become climate talks
  14. Constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians must involve structural change, not mere symbolism
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  24. Queensland’s election year shadowed by federal in-fighting, scandals and voter fatigue
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