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November 2016

News Feature

Xenophilia or Xenophobia?

The great fear of foreign finance flowing into Australia

Writer: Sam Mortimer

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hen Pauline Hanson rose to her feet in the Australian Senate for an unprecedented second maiden speech, she delivered a monologue which echoed values apparently embraced by a statistically significant number of Australians at the last election: that immigration and all foreign investments are no good.

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September 2016

News Feature

Great Barrier Grief

Could a perfect storm of circumstance wipe out the Reef?

Writer: Sam Mortimer

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n the shallow floor of the Coral Sea lay an ancient lifeform; animals dating back 250-million years, rejuvenating themselves using long-dead relatives as new foundations during constant shifts in environment. Sensitive, the polyps move slowly, chasing a balance of warmth and nutrition as an ever-luring sun crosses the sky. In their shadow exists an entire ecosystem of sea creatures, increasingly under threat from a spectre of conflicting interests colliding back on land.

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August 2016

Backgrounder

Lateral Thinker: Gunpei Yokoi

Nintendo’s quiet achiever, and the portable pioneer’s forgotten tilt at Virtual Reality.

Writer: Sam Mortimer

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   smile washed over the face of Hiroshi Yamauchi, the President of Nintendo, as 28-year-old Gunpei Yokoi demonstrated his collapsible hand contraption. It was 1966, and Yamauchi had instructed the young tinkerer to create “something great” for Nintendo’s newly created Games division to market during the Christmas holidays.

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