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Grape growers are adapting to climate shifts early - and their knowledge can help other farmers
It鈥檚 commonly assumed Australia鈥檚 farmers and cities are divided over climate issues. This is not true. After all, farmers are on the front line and face the realities of our shifting climate on a daily basis.
When it鈥檚 鈥榣awful but awful鈥: an integrity commission for rich Australia
Attorney-general Mark Dreyfus spoke last week about a commonwealth integrity commission. One of the issues that will face such a commission is whether pork聽barrelling will come under its purview.
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Repairing Australia鈥檚 integrity: reform priorities after the 2022 federal election
Integrity was a deciding issue in the 2022 federal election campaign. Will this be a turning point for citizen trust and Australia鈥檚 reputation, after Australia鈥檚
fall on Transparency International's Corruption聽Perceptions Index to its lowest point ever?
The Morrison Government鈥檚 inability to produce a suitable model for a federal anti-corruption commission in 2018-22 proved pivotal in tipping Australians to
change the government, but what next for that reform,聽and what else is needed to arrest our sliding national integrity performance and restore public trust?
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Hugh Stretton Oration 2022
Australia Fair: is the playing field fair for women and girls?
Baby oysters follow the crackling sound of snapping聽shrimp
Though oysters may be brainless bivalves, they can 鈥渉ear鈥 and swim towards attractive sounds of the sea.
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Australian Cultural Policy Now: from quick fixes to long-term progress
With the performing arts reeling from the impact of COVID, this webinar explores a pathway forward.聽 Grappling with issues such as whether cultural policy should focus nationally or locally, how to shift cultural policy from industrial policy to public service, how inclusive it could be, and how building for the future might take place, three distinguished speakers survey the landscape. They will provide an overview of the settings for Cultural Policy in Australia and also explore how the substructure can be nurtured.
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Healthy Eating Policy and Political Philosophy
By Anne Barnhill and Matteo Bonotti
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Developing tools to detect and combat child sexual abuse
There is considerable evidence to suggest that global demand for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is growing. Consistent with this demand, is a surge in the volume of CSAM available online, including static imagery and, increasingly, pre-recorded and live-stream video.
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