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The TLDR for those who read the comments first (or only), the seven themes summarised and paraphrased:- 1. Adapting to climate change (weather volatility and e
by tuatoru 4y ago
The TLDR for those who read the comments first (or only), the seven themes summarised and paraphrased:-
1. Adapting to climate change (weather volatility and extremes).
2. Resource constraints: more recycling, plant proteins over meat, net zero/renewable energy taking over. (So lower coal and natural gas exports and domestic use, possibly lower meat exports.)
[Water constraints not mentioned in the presser. Wheat and rice exports are threatened.]
3. Escalating health problems (psychological; infectious disease (due to climate change); antibiotic ineffectiveness). [Aging not mentioned here.]
4. Geopolitical shifts. Increased "defense" (i.e. military) spending; more cybercrime [by state-supported actors implied]. Lower willingness to engage in rules-based international trade.
5. Tele-everything: telework, telehealth. Also crypto.
6. AI/internet of things.
7. Decreasing citizen trust in the political class and institutions; increasing internal unrest.
As Insru noted, population aging is absent. Australia is fairly old as a population (although not up there with Japan, South Korea, and Germany) and aging fairly quickly. Historically it has attracted immigrants to bolster its workforce; this policy is meeting increaasing resistance.