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China used anti-dumping rules against us because what goes around comes around

  • Written by: Simon Lacey, Senior Lecturer in International Trade, University of Adelaide
China used anti-dumping rules against us because what goes around comes aroundLudomił Sawicki/Unsplash, CC BY

Australia has acted with dismay to China’s decision to impose punitive mostly “anti-dumping” tariffs of 80.5% on imports of Australian barley.

The culmination of an 18-month investigation, China’s move threatens to wipe out Australian barley exports to China, worth A$600 million in 2019,...

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Australia must outperform to come out even from COVID-19

  • Written by: Ross Garnaut, Professorial Research Fellow in Economics, University of Melbourne

“Pestilence is so common,” writes Albert Camus in The Plague:

There have been as many plagues in the world as there have been wars, yet plagues and wars always find people equally unprepared. When war breaks out, people say: ‘It won’t last. It’s too stupid.’ And war is certainly too stupid, but that...

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Before epidemiologists began modelling disease, it was the job of astrologers

  • Written by: Michelle Pfeffer, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in History, The University of Queensland
Before epidemiologists began modelling disease, it was the job of astrologersWomen, representing nature, argue the influence of the zodiac with scholars in this undated 17th century engraving. Wellcome Collection, CC BY

The internet is awash with comparisons between life during COVID-19 and life during the Bubonic plague. The two have many similarities, from the spread of misinformation and the tracking of mortality...

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Be worried when fossil fuel lobbyists support current environmental laws

  • Written by: Chris McGrath, Associate Professor in Environmental and Planning Regulation and Policy, The University of Queensland
Be worried when fossil fuel lobbyists support current environmental lawsShutterstock

The fossil fuel lobby, led by the Minerals Council of Australia, seem pretty happy with the current system of environment laws. In a submission to a review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, it “broadly” supports the existing laws and does not want them replaced.

True, the group says the...

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  1. Why is the Australian government letting universities suffer?
  2. Democracy 2025 - Political trust in times of COVID-19 with Michelle Grattan, Mark Evans, Peter Shergold, and Renée Leon
  3. Could blood thinners be a lifesaving treatment for COVID-19? Here's what the science says and what it means for you
  4. These young Queenslanders are taking on Clive Palmer's coal company and making history for human rights
  5. Climate change threatens Antarctic krill and the sea life that depends on it
  6. Coronavirus anti-vaxxers aren’t a huge threat yet. How do we keep it that way?
  7. how history might read Morrison's coronavirus leadership
  8. Fang Fang's Wuhan diaries are a personal account of shared memory
  9. Is another huge and costly road project really Sydney's best option right now?
  10. The big stimulus spending has just begun. Here's how to get it right, quickly
  11. Are New Zealand's new COVID-19 laws and powers really a step towards a police state?
  12. Health-care workers share our trauma during the coronavirus pandemic – on top of their own
  13. View from The Hill: Bill Kelty's five-point plan for coming out of COVID
  14. the tertiary education union's deal with universities explained
  15. it's hard to say if the COVIDSafe app can overcome its shortcomings
  16. Coalition gains Newspoll lead as Labor ahead in Eden-Monaro; Trump's ratings recover
  17. what Virgin Australia staff can learn from ex-Ansett workers
  18. Forget work-life balance – it's all about integration in the age of COVID-19
  19. International film archives are streaming up a storm during lockdown. Australia's movie trove isn't even online
  20. Humans coexisted with three-tonne marsupials and lizards as long as cars in ancient Australia
  21. Economists back social distancing 34-9 in new Economic Society-Conversation survey
  22. Self-employed Australians' hours have fallen 32% since coronavirus hit – double the impact on all employees
  23. Just how hot will it get this century? Latest climate models suggest it could be worse than we thought
  24. Supermarkets claim to have our health at heart. But their marketing tactics push junk foods
  25. The trade-offs 'smart city' apps like COVIDSafe ask us to make go well beyond privacy
  26. The 'hospital in the home' revolution has been stalled by COVID-19. But it's still a good idea
  27. Experts are back in fashion – now more than ever we need to question them
  28. Trust in quality news outlets strong during coronavirus pandemic
  29. The government will spend $48 million to safeguard mental health. Extending JobKeeper would safeguard it even more
  30. Yes, we need a global coronavirus inquiry, but not for petty political point-scoring
  31. The costs of the shutdown are overestimated -- they're outweighed by its $1 trillion benefit
  32. Two refs are better than one, so why does the NRL want to drop one?
  33. The positives and negatives of mass testing for coronavirus
  34. 70% of people surveyed said they'd download a coronavirus app. Only 44% did. Why the gap?
  35. why astronomy matters in times of crisis
  36. reasons to get with online choirs
  37. Michelle Grattan on the climb down the mountain, unemployment and Jobkeeper, as well as Anthony Albanese's 'vision statement'
  38. More than 70% of academics at some universities are casuals. They're losing work and are cut out of JobKeeper
  39. 'Best of' sport lists are filling the live sport vacuum, but women take the sidelines once again
  40. New Zealand's COVID-19 budget delivers on one crisis, but largely leaves climate change for another day
  41. voices from the bush – how lockdown affects remote Indigenous communities differently
  42. new research to map violence in the forgotten conflict in West Papua
  43. Yes, carbon emissions fell during COVID-19. But it's the shift away from coal that really matters
  44. rules are also signals, which is why easing social distancing is such a problem
  45. 92% of Australians don't know the difference between viral and bacterial infections
  46. it doesn't end when housing aid projects finish
  47. Most young people who do VET after school are in full-time work by the age of 25
  48. Descending the COVID mountain could be hazardous for Scott Morrison
  49. Australia has dug itself into a hole in its relationship with China. It's time to find a way out
  50. New Zealand's pandemic budget is all about saving and creating jobs. Now the hard work begins

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