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China is taking a risk by getting tough on Hong Kong. Now, the US must decide how to respond

  • Written by: Hui Feng, ARC Future Fellow and Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University
China is taking a risk by getting tough on Hong Kong. Now, the US must decide how to respondSipa USA Ivan Abreu / SOPA Images/Sipa US

Beijing’s recent announcement it would authorise the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress – China’s rubber-stamp parliament – to draft a national security law for Hong Kong caught most off guard.

The move sparked renewed protests over the weekend, caused a lands...

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Performers and sole traders find it hard to get JobKeeper in part because they get behind on their paperwork

  • Written by: Ann Kayis-Kumar, Senior Lecturer and Tax Clinic Director, School of Taxation & Business Law, UNSW
Performers and sole traders find it hard to get JobKeeper in part because they get behind on their paperworkShutterstock

Performers and sole traders find it hard to get JobKeeper in part because they are behind on their paperwork

Are sole traders falling through the JobKeeper cracks?

JobKeeper is working out awfully for performers.

Although the arts industry has been hit harder than any other apart from tourism according to the Australian Bureau of...

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hunters kill migrating birds on their 10,000km journey to Australia

  • Written by: Eduardo Gallo-Cajiao, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland
hunters kill migrating birds on their 10,000km journey to AustraliaA bar-tailed godwit. Lucas DeCicco, US Fish and Wildlife Service.

It is low tide at the end of the wet season in Broome, Western Australia. Shorebirds feeding voraciously on worms and clams suddenly get restless.

Chattering loudly they take flight, circling up over Roebuck Bay then heading off for their northern breeding grounds more than 10,000 km...

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High-speed rail on Australia's east coast would increase emissions for up to 36 years

  • Written by: Greg Moran, Senior Associate, Grattan Institute
High-speed rail on Australia's east coast would increase emissions for up to 36 yearsPiqsels

Bullet trains are back on the political agenda. As the major parties look for ways to stimulate the economy after the COVID-19 crisis, Labor is again spruiking its vision of linking Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane with high-speed trains similar to the Eurostar, France’s TGV or Japan’s Shinkansen.

In 2013 when Labor was...

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  6. Beware the 'cauldron of paranoia' as China and the US slide towards a new kind of cold war
  7. Treasury revises JobKeeper's cost down by massive $60 billion, sparking calls to widen eligibility
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  9. Target's decline is part of a deeper trend
  10. The WHO's coronavirus inquiry will be more diplomatic than decisive. But Australia should step up in the meantime
  11. Is it time to reopen our borders? For states still recording new cases, it's too soon
  12. How universities came to rely on international students
  13. 7 questions answered on how to socialise safely as coronavirus restrictions ease
  14. Michelle Grattan on the China-Australia trade war and state border policy
  15. New shows tell our isolation stories on screen – making the most of what's at hand
  16. What defines casual work? Federal Court ruling highlights a fundamental flaw in Australian labour law
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  31. NSW has approved Snowy 2.0. Here are six reasons why that's a bad move
  32. Immunity passports could help end lockdown, but risk class divides and intentional infections
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