High intensity logging burns and the resulting smoke plume near Mount Baw Baw, April 2018 Photo Chris Taylor., Author providedEarlier this year, Melbourne and large areas of Central Victoria, experienced days of smoke haze and poor air quality warnings as a result of planned burns. It’s a regular event occurring every autumn.
This smoke has...
Talk of Chinese “debt trap” diplomacy is nothing new, but a recent report by Harvard University researchers has resurrected long-held fears that China’s debt diplomacy poses a threat to Australian interests in the Pacific.
The crux of the report is that Pacific island states like Vanuatu and Tonga, as well as other nations in...
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Rio Tinto executive Kellie Parker said that in traditionally male dominated blue collar industries like mining, the types of jobs on offer have changed due to automation.www.shutterstock.comResearch shows women are better positioned than men to resist the automation of work and possibly even benefit from it.
Women are overrepresented in industries...
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