New draft standards for respirator use recognize the importance of protecting workers and patients in health-care settings, where there is a higher risk of pathogen exposure
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Moving a home or car battery from Melbourne to Perth can require multiple permits. Australia and New Zealand need smarter standards – or we’ll all pay the price.
150 years ago, the world agreed to a shared language of measurement. It still holds us together, even when everything else seems to pull us apart.
Certain European technical standards that come from private bodies are a source of EU law, but a recent court ruling points to the need for policymakers to adopt standards via democratic processes.
Recent changes to the ISO management system standards have potential to advance action on climate change and promote global environmental awareness, if implemented properly.
Spotlight on Australia’s ‘nature positive’ environmental reforms: last chance for this parliament to get serious about halting the decline of nature.
Ensure your helmet complies with the national or international bicycle helmet standards, which should be stated on the label inside the helmet.
Product standards have real power. We could use them to reduce waste at every part of the plastic lifecycle.
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Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmospheres, CSIRO
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CSIRO
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Senior lecturer in Department of Mechanical Engineering and Product Design Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
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Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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University Fellow in Biodiversity, Charles Darwin University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto
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Professor, Public Policy, Carleton University
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Professeur de droit, HEC Paris Business School
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Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences, Brock University
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Professor of Economics, Director of the Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland
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PhD Candidate, Systems Design Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo
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Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Biology & Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary
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Professor Emeritus, School of Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario