Food for Thought, 24th July 2023

Type of post: News item
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Posted By: Frederick D'Agostino
Status: Current
Date Posted: Mon, 24 Jul 2023
Frank Gannon comments on equity in healthcare given the costs of some emerging therapies.

Bill Laurance reports on the suppression of information about the environment; he “pointed to a 2020 survey of Australian ecologists, who reported facing gags on the public release of their information”.

John Quiggin comments on failed dreams of a nuclear renaissance and on implications of the slow-down in China’s economy.

Helene Marsh comments on reports of a “mermaid” skeleton on a Queensland beach.



Fred D'Agostino
Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences
www.qldacademy.org.au