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We're staring down the barrel of a technical recession as the COVID-19 coronavirus enters a new and dangerous phase

  • Written by: Warren Hogan, Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney
We're staring down the barrel of a technical recession as the COVID-19 coronavirus enters a new and dangerous phaseShutterstock

This week marks a new phase in the coronavirus crisis with the case count outside China accelerating sharply.

China’s containment strategy bought global health authorities time to prepare, but failed to confine the outbreak to North-East Asia.

In the past week both President Trump and Prime Minister Morrison have prepared...

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the human cost of forced relocations in immigration detention

  • Written by: Michelle Peterie, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
the human cost of forced relocations in immigration detentionRICHARD WAINWRIGHT/AAP

Between July 2018 and August 2019, the Home Affairs Department spent A$6.1m flying refugees, asylum seekers and other immigration detainees around Australia.

This figure includes $5.7 million for charter flights and $400,000 for commercial flights with airlines like Qantas. It does not include the cost of keeping planes on...

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Logging is due to start in fire-ravaged forests this week. It's the last thing our wildlife needs

  • Written by: David Lindenmayer, Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University

New South Wales’ Forestry Corporation will this week start “selective timber harvesting” from two state forests ravaged by bushfire on the state’s south coast.

The state-owned company says the operations will be “strictly managed” and produce timber for power poles, bridges, flooring and decking.

Similarly, the...

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Turkey and Russia lock horns in Syria as fear of outright war escalates

  • Written by: Mehmet Ozalp, Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University

As the nine-year Syrian civil war enters its final turn, Turkey and Russia, long-time allies in Syria, are on the brink of war over the Syrian province of Idlib.

Both sides are sending stern messages of warning as diplomacy to end the conflict has so far failed to de-escalate the situation.

What has led to the stand-off?

In September 2018, Turkey,...

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