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The Hon Julie Bishop delivers Anthony Low Commonwealth Lecture

3 ways Australia can take advantage of the changing geopolitics of energy

While rich countries experience a post-COVID boom, the poor are getting poorer. Australia can help

Frydenberg spends the budget bounty to drive unemployment down to new lows

The Hon Julie Bishop delivers Anthony Low Commonwealth Lecture

3 ways Australia can take advantage of the changing geopolitics of energy

While rich countries experience a post-COVID boom, the poor are getting poorer. Australia can help

Frydenberg spends the budget bounty to drive unemployment down to new lows

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Women’s leadership, gender quotas, and the constitutional crisis in Samoa

Samoa has elected its first woman prime minister. Now an ongoing constitutional crisis, ironically centred around...

'Consumers can make a difference to modern slavery': the Hon Julie Bishop

Geopolitical tensions could disrupt the global supply chain and provide opportunities for modern slavery to prosper...

Going electric and banning new petrol-powered cars could be Australia’s next big light bulb moment

In 2007 Malcolm Turnbull turned off an industry’s life support without blinking. The industry made light bulbs, of...

We could be a superpower: 3 ways Australia can take advantage of the changing geopolitics of energy

The International Energy Agency confirmed last week what many already knew: the world is undergoing a huge...

Latest Research

Humans weren't to blame for the extinction of prehistoric island-dwelling animals

From the moas of New Zealand to the dodos of Mauritius, humans have hunted many island-dwelling species to extinction in the relatively recent past. But our research reveals humans haven’t always...

Scale of human impact laid bare in new island study

When humans arrive on an island they have an immediate and dramatic impact on the ecosystem, according to a new international study which included scientists from The Australian National...

Glock ghost guns up for grabs on the dark web

Australians have access to a wide variety of untraceable 'ghost guns' online along with a significant market of 3D printed weapon blueprints and kits, according to a new study from The Australian...

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The 100 resilient cities initiative: a natural experiment in the politics of creating a sustainable world

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Out of communal land: clientelism through delegation of agricultural tenancy contracts

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ANU College of Asia and the Pacific Postgraduate session

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Pacific Migration Research Workshop

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The impact of trade on technical efficiency of investment in renewable energy electricity generation capacity

podcasts

Consumptagenic systems, climate change & Covid-19

In Episode 8 of Dinner Ladies Save the World, Sharon Friel and Helen Sullivan speak about consumptagenic systems, Covid-19 and climate change. Professor Sullivan is Director of the Crawford School of...

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In Conversation with Professor Sara Bice: Modern societies are well attuned to risk

From the financial risks borne by large corporations to the existential risks posed by climate change, from the risks we insure to the health risks we weigh up, the risk is a part of all our lives.