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A chance to pause, reflect, advance

The final issue of the year usually marks a time to reflect on the year that was. Given the scale of disruption the entire world is still encountering in 2020, the calendar year feels strangely irrelevant. All the major events of the year have been cancelled, or shifted to a virtual format – and in Melbourne, where I am writing

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