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The technology of autonomous vehicles (AVs) is progressing rapidly, but have we really thought through how they’ll work in reality?
In its report on AVs in Australia, Austroads (…
As the population is expected to reach 9.7 billion people, and as our diets transition to a greater intake of meats, protein and dairy, agricultural output will have to increase…
With the Future of Work being one of the G20’s priorities of the Buenos Aires summit in 2018, this policy brief discusses this year’s African Union representative, Rwanda, and the…
International Media Centre – G20 Buenos Aires Summit. As world leaders in well-cut suits exit planes wide-angle cameras focus their gaze. The stage is set, the script rehearsed,…
Given the increased focus on gender equality at the G20 summit in Argentina, there is great potential for global leaders to discuss and interrogate policy in a way that truly…
As underinvestment in infrastructure continues and the threat of climate change becomes increasingly pressing, the 2018 G20 summit correctly identified infrastructure investment…
Both the future of work and gender equality have pride of place on the 2018 G20 summit agenda, giving the group a prime opportunity to address these previously neglected issues.…
The global economy is in perhaps its most volatile state since the 2008 financial crisis. There are many factors behind this instability but growing concern regarding global trade…
Despite lurching from crisis to crisis over the last decade, relations between China and Japan have recently improved as symbolised by Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s first state…
The thirteenth G20 summit took place in Argentina in November/December 2018. It was only the second time (after Mexico 2012) it had been held in a developing country.…
International Media Centre – G20 Buenos Aires Summit. Latin America is a region that has little weight at the G20 with only three of its twenty countries represented at the forum…
International Media Centre – G20 Buenos Aires Summit. Lurking in the margins of every G20 Summit is the issue of fossil fuel subsidies. Year after year, leaders quietly repeated…
International Media Centre – G20 Buenos Aires Summit. The grass is greener on this side, but doused in pesticide. That’s how it feels entering the International Media Centre (IMC…
International Media Centre – G20 Buenos Aires Summit. The walk from the working rooms of the International Media Centre (IMC) to the (all important) restaurant area, is lined with…
International Media Centre – G20 Buenos Aires Summit. The G20 summit comes to life during a boisterous week for Argentina, and Buenos Aires in particular. The locals couldn’t even…