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...

Latest Research

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...

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...

China 2030: Power in a disrupted world

What trends and drivers could shape China’s trajectory out to 2030? Find out in a new paper, China 2030: Power in a Disrupted World, recently published by the National Security College’s Futures...

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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...