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In the last week the number of cases concentrated around the capital Jakarta has almost tripled to around 900. Dr Greta Nabbs Keller, Research Fellow from the UQ Centre for Policy Futures, discusses with ABC.

Weakness in government coordination and communication will constrain flexibility to deal with this complex challenge.

Centre for Policy Futures Research Fellow Greta Nabbs-Keller latest paper in the Australian Journal of International Affairs

Centre for Policy Futures postdoctoral Research Fellow on Digital Human Rights - Dr Amelia Radke - was recently invited to present on human rights, privacy, and digital technologies at the Valentines Day CryptoBar held at ThoughtWorks in Brisbane, Australia. At this event, attendees learnt practical digital privacy techniques. This included securing messages, protecting your digital identity, and not being tracked online.

Both countries have more and more in common, a fact which should challenge old tropes about difference. Our Centre for Policy Futures Research Fellow Greta Nabbs-Keller reports in the Lowy Institute's 'The Interpreter'.

Scientists are manipulating genes that could solve environmental sustainability and conservation problems in Australia. But governance challenges may be significant and need to be thought through before the science becomes conservation policy.

Natuna Islands in the South China Sea has flared again, with Jakarta giving every indication it’s not for backing down. Our Centre for Policy Futures Research Fellow Greta Nabbs-Keller reports in the Lowy Institute's 'The Interpreter'.

The program combines the two organisations' strengths to increase the impact of outstanding Churchill Fellows and their findings to guide best practice and policy reform for Australia.

From 1995, Australian governments pursued efficiency benefits arising from significant structural reforms in the Electricity Supply Industry, including corporatisation and regulation of network monopolies, and introduction of competition for generators and for retailers.

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A group of school students from across Australia have just shown what real leadership on Indigenous issues looks like.

The successful use of nanotechnology in agriculture will only be possible with a concerted effort to overcome the challenges posed by policies and regulations that are not yet fit for purpose.

Our first issue of Policy Futures is now available. In this issue we cover emerging technologies and innovations including artificial technology, synthetic biology, nanotechnology and circular economy.

Coral reef restoration is gaining considerable momentum globally in response to climate change and other anthropogenic impacts on coral reefs. In Australia, as part of the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program (RRAP), a range of unconventional interventions are currently being investigated to help the Great Barrier Reef resist, repair and recover from climate change.

New research shows that despite differences in their funding commitments, major political parties in Australia – the Coalition, Labor and the Greens – see science and technology as important aspects of our economy and future prosperity.

A ramming incident on 27 April involving a Vietnamese fisheries surveillance vessel and an Indonesian naval vessel near Indonesia’s Natuna Islands highlights the risks of escalation in competition over fisheries in the South China Sea. But it should also be understood in the context of broader strategic dynamics in the Indo-Pacific, where ASEAN unity is being tested and tolerance for ‘grey zone’ maritime operations appears to be lessening.

Virginia Eubanks is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, SUNY

On 29 March 2019, Centre for Policy Futures Research Fellow, Dr Greta Nabbs-Keller was invited to present on ‘Southeast Asian Views of Major Competition’ at a Conference hosted jointly by the Embassy of Japan and the National Security College, ANU entitled: A Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Towards a Shared Strategy.

On 16 April 2019, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, the Hon Karen Andrews MP, announced $70 million in CRC Program funding for the Blue Economy CRC.