Asia and the Pacific

COVID-19 has not caused a fall in Australians’ support for aid

Governing in an era of disruption: rupture and community-led reconfiguration

China, the vaccine race, and science in the 21st century

Strengthening JobKeeper

COVID-19 has not caused a fall in Australians’ support for aid

Governing in an era of disruption: rupture and community-led reconfiguration

China, the vaccine race, and science in the 21st century

Strengthening JobKeeper

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Mapping the Pacific's COVID-19 success

Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have created an interactive map that tracks Pacific...

Defence update: in an increasingly dangerous neighbourhood, Australia needs a stronger security system

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a new 2020 Defence Strategic Update and Force Structure Plan that marks...

Ban on toxic mercury looms in sugar cane farming, but Australia still has a way to go

This month, federal authorities finally announced an upcoming ban on mercury-containing pesticide in Australia. We...

Foreign Minister to speak on Australia and the world in the time of COVID-19

Australian Foreign Minister, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, will deliver a major speech at The Australian National...

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Researchers confirm site of Genghis Khan’s winter home

He was the founder of the second largest empire in history stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Carpathian Mountains of Europe. He led the Mongols on a series of invasions to expand the empire...

Pandemic will cause $US21 trillion in global economic pain

The global economy could lose up to $US21.8 trillion in 2020 alone due to COVID-19, according to new analysis from The Australian National University (ANU). The research, led by Professor Warwick...

Global poverty: coronavirus could drive it up for the first time since the 1990s

As COVID-19 slows in developed countries, the virus’s spread is speeding up in the developing world. Three-quarters of new cases detected each day are now in developing countries. And as the...

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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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CHL Tales: 跑警报（节选）

In the second episode of CHL Tales, PhD candidate and tutor in the Modern Chinese program, Kai Zhang reads an excerpt from Running Upon Alarms (跑警报) by Wang Cengqi (汪曾祺) in Mandarin.