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Debate Topic
2019 Lowy Institute Poll
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1
Cyber threats go beyond hackers and scams but to democracy itself
Sian Troath
,
Zac Rogers
,
Maryanne Kelton
2
Australia’s alliance with the US is defined by more than one President
Hugo Seymour
3
National security: Australians and their elites
Sam Roggeveen
4
Australian attitudes to China shift: 2019 Lowy Poll
Kelsey Munro
5
The Pacific: pinching pennies doesn’t make for policy longevity
Jonathan Pryke
,
Shane McLeod
6
Are Australians more worried about climate change or climate policy?
Matt McDonald
7
The polls were wrong, but here’s our poll, and why you should read it
Alex Oliver
,
Natasha Kassam
Debate Topic
Hong Kong and protests on the streets
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1
New crackdown will deepen dividing lines in Hong Kong
Ben Bland
2
How China is winning the Hong Kong propaganda war
JJ Rose
3
Hong Kong protesters need a narrative – now
JJ Rose
4
Battleground states: Twitter and Facebook ban Chinese-linked accounts
Sarah Logan
5
Hong Kong: popular protests, live-streamed
Vivienne Chow
6
Hong Kong Protest City: Podcast out now
Kelsey Munro
7
Hong Kong’s political trouble is Singapore’s gain
Jason Lim
8
Hong Kong sets an example to push Taiwan even further from China
Randy Mulyanto
9
The deeper malaise in Hong Kong’s civil service
Alvin Y.H. Cheung
10
Hong Kong climbdown eases external pressures on China
Ben Bland
11
Umbrella Movement 2.0 exposes flaws in “one country, two systems”
Vivienne Chow
12
Why China’s rulers won’t admit they could be wrong
Audrey Jiajia Li
Debate Topic
Australia’s election 2019
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1
From fill-in to full-time Foreign Minister
Melissa Conley Tyler
2
Australia’s presidential politics
Daniel Flitton
3
Australia’s election: what the hell just happened?
Sam Roggeveen
4
What a Shorten government will mean for the US-Australia alliance
Nick Bisley
5
Peeling back the label in Australia’s America and China relationships
Katherine Mansted
6
Young, energised, ready to vote, and maybe decide two elections
Aarti Betigeri
7
What’s on offer? Pacific policy and Australia’s election
Euan Moyle
8
Time to reverse the Indonesian language disaster on our shores
Melissa Crouch
9
Australia struggles for clarity on the South China Sea
Iain Henry
10
Charting 50 years of turning tides in Australian politics
Greg Earl
11
What the world thinks is at stake in Australia’s election campaign
Daniel Flitton
12
After the Australian election: the China test
Natasha Kassam
13
Trafficking in old anxieties
Claire Higgins
14
A bugle for bigotry: does hate speech in Australia resonate in Asia?
JJ Rose
15
Adapting to climate change: the priority for Australia
Johanna Nalau
16
An Australian accent abroad? Foreign policy under a Shorten government
Susan Harris Rimmer
17
Coal comfort: Australia-India ties after the elections
Ian Hall
18
A question of faith: future Coalition foreign policy under Morrison
Geoff Kitney
19
Australia’s election: Morrison fires the starter’s pistol
Kelsey Munro
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