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China might well refuse to take our barley, and there would be little we could do

  • Written by: Weihuan Zhou, Senior Lecturer and member of Herbert Smith Freehills CIBEL Centre, Faculty of Law, UNSW Sydney, UNSW
China might well refuse to take our barley, and there would be little we could doShutterstock

Australia’s surprising call for an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus in China has provoked escalating threats of retaliation by China.

China started with a warning that Australia’s position might spark a Chinese consumer boycott.

It’s now threatening tariffs on Australian barley that would include a...

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This rainforest was once a grassland savanna maintained by Aboriginal people – until colonisation

  • Written by: Michael-Shawn Fletcher, Associate Professor in Biogeography, University of Melbourne
This rainforest was once a grassland savanna maintained by Aboriginal people – until colonisationJohn Glover's paintings show open savannahs and grasslands in Tasmania. (1838)Art Gallery of NSW

If you go to the Surrey Hills of northwest Tasmania, you’ll see a temperate rainforest dominated by sprawling trees with genetic links going back millions of years.

It’s a forest type many consider to be ancient “wilderness”. But...

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As sport resumes after lockdown, it's time to level the playing field for women and girls

  • Written by: Sarah Leberman, Professor of Leadership, Massey University

Sports representatives are calling on New Zealand’s government not to return to normal when the nation begins to ease restrictions from Thursday this week. Instead, they argue, it is time to create a more even playing field by addressing chronic underfunding for women’s sports.

The Epidemic Response Committee focused on sports in one of...

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  1. It's hard to know when to come out from under the doona. It'll be soon, but not yet
  2. Should we re-open pubs next week? The benefits seem to exceed the costs
  3. Inside an innovative program helping sex offenders reintegrate into society – and why it works
  4. how 'death ships' spread disease through the ages
  5. how coronavirus is changing our language
  6. 40% of Australian principals are victims of physical violence
  7. Retire the retirement village – the wall and what’s behind it is so 2020
  8. Coronavirus shows housing costs leave many insecure. Tackling that can help solve an even bigger crisis
  9. Australians want industry, and they'd like it green. Steel is the place to start
  10. Let's "SnapBack" to better society with more secure jobs: Anthony Albanese
  11. From coronavirus tests to open-source insulin and beyond, 'biohackers' are showing the power of DIY science
  12. Little Richard's saucy style underpins today's hits
  13. The stepped approach out of lockdown is the only way forward, but how much we'll allow the curve to rise is still an unknown
  14. The Reserve Bank thinks the recovery will look V-shaped. There are reasons to doubt it
  15. Australia starts to re-open, but the premiers have the whip hand on timing
  16. Could BCG, a 100-year-old vaccine for tuberculosis, protect against coronavirus?
  17. National parks are for native wildlife, not feral horses: federal court
  18. Was New Zealand's coronavirus lockdown legal? One week might make all the difference
  19. From hidden women to influencers and individuals – putting mothers in the frame
  20. Why are there so many drugs to kill bacteria, but so few to tackle viruses?
  21. We should simplify our industrial relations system, but not in the way big business wants
  22. Michelle Grattan on the rapid developments in Eden-Monaro, the national cabinet, and next week's 'normal' parliamentary sitting
  23. Alcohol can make coronavirus worse – so why was it treated as essential in New Zealand's lockdown?
  24. keep free childcare going instead
  25. The US military has officially published three UFO videos. Why doesn't anybody seem to care?
  26. 50 years on, the Vietnam moratorium campaigns remind us of a different kind of politics
  27. We may well be able to eliminate coronavirus, but we'll probably never eradicate it. Here's the difference
  28. Past pandemics show how coronavirus budgets can drive faster economic recovery
  29. some home builders are misleading consumers about energy ratings
  30. Overcrowded homes and a lack of water leave some Indonesians at risk of the coronavirus
  31. The calculus of death shows the COVID lock-down is clearly worth the cost
  32. coughs on film and the fine but deadly art of foreshadowing
  33. The delicate art of political distancing during the pandemic
  34. How safe is COVIDSafe? What you should know about the app's issues, and Bluetooth-related risks
  35. the full findings of the royal commission report
  36. Why it doesn't make economic sense to ignore climate change in our recovery from the pandemic
  37. Before coronavirus, China was falsely blamed for spreading smallpox. Racism played a role then, too
  38. Researchers use 'pre-prints' to share coronavirus results quickly. But that can backfire
  39. Carriageworks was in trouble before coronavirus
  40. 3 times Michael Moore's film Planet of the Humans gets the facts wrong (and 3 times it gets them right)
  41. what games can teach us during the coronavirus pandemic
  42. Museums are losing millions every week but they are already working hard to preserve coronavirus artefacts
  43. testing our unlawful migrant workers
  44. Cities will endure, but urban design must adapt to coronavirus risks and fears
  45. Bank dividends are bare. Here's why some shareholders hate it more than they should
  46. 1 in 5 Aussies over 45 live with chronic pain, but there are ways to ease the suffering
  47. COVID crisis has produced many negatives but some positives too, including confidence in governments: ANU study
  48. Albanese would have no excuse for an Eden-Monaro loss after Coalition high flyers implode
  49. Nev Power on the role of business in a post-coronavirus world
  50. Does nicotine protect us against coronavirus?

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