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Gas from the Beetaloo Basin will only pour fuel on the climate change fire
Gas is now flowing from the vast – and controversial – fossil fuel project.
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Investments promising social or environmental benefits need tougher anti-greenwashing rules
Australia and New Zealand should introduce a mandatory impact-risk statement for funds making explicit claims about their environmental or social impacts.
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West Papua: The Pacific’s new test of Indonesia’s sovereignty narrative
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin The 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting in Koror, Palau, last week has pushed West Papua back to the centre of Pacific diplomacy. At an Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) caucus held on the margins of the Forum, leaders reaffirmed their longstanding call for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner
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One quarter of Australian kids are ‘developmentally vulnerable’ when they start school. Quality childcare can catch them up
Children who are developmentally behind do not have the thinking, social and emotional skills needed for learning and getting along with their peers.
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How ‘hyperselection’ is making modern life efficient, pleasant – and boring
Are we optimising too much?
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The failure to stop 9/11 was a catastrophe. But even bigger mistakes were made in its aftermath
The great mistake was not the failure to stop the attacks, but the failure to understand how terrorism can amplify its impact through our response to outrage.
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9/11 anniversary: democracy was not doomed to fail in Afghanistan – the US did not live up to its promises
Much went right after the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. But much also went wrong.
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How Indigenous Protected Areas became a vital way to protect nature in Australia
Since the first pilot program in 1998, Australia’s Indigenous Protected Areas have grown hugely. How can we strengthen them for the future?
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Why NZ should redraw council boundaries to match our connections to the landscape
Reshaping local boundaries based on river catchments would make for a more cohesive approach to all aspects of water management – and how communities really live.
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No-confidence motion against Solomon Islands PM withdrawn
RNZ Pacific The motion of no confidence filed against the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands has been withdrawn. The motion against Prime Minister Matthew Wale, who has only been in the top job for more than three months, was set for debate in Parliament today. Manasseh Maelanga, who lodged the motion against Wale a week
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Proposed laws would let you opt out of social media algorithms. An expert explains
There have long been calls for digital duty of care laws in Australia – since well before the under-16s social media ban. But enforcement may be tricky.
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Palestine protesters renew ‘don’t buy Israeli’ pledge, demand NZ sanction Israel
Asia Pacific Report Pro-Palestine activists made strong pleas for stronger boycotts of Israeli products and from illegal Israeli settlements on indigenous lands today and again demanded that the New Zealand government sanction Tel Aviv over its Gaza genocide. In the 152nd week of continuous protests, the activists themed the global BDS – boycott-divestment-sanctions — campaign