"properly tackled" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a situation where someone handles or deals with a problem or challenge effectively and appropriately. Example: The teacher properly tackled the issue of bullying in the classroom by implementing a comprehensive anti-bullying policy.
Not one of them can be properly tackled at the level of the nation state.
"The root causes of the crisis have not been properly tackled," said Raymond Torres, an economist and the lead author of the report.
Britain is facing a resurgence of slavery in the form of a growing human trafficking problem that is not being properly tackled by the authorities, MPs warn today.
He added: "It is important that with FGM, reporting procedures to the police are clear and easy to navigate, so that health professionals know what's expected of them and this issue is properly tackled".
In the US last September, the CDC warned that the country faces "potentially catastrophic consequences" if it doesn't combat drug resistance, echoing a statement from Sally Davies, the UK's chief medical Officer, who said that the British health system could slip back 200 years, if the "catastophic threat" of antibiotic resistance isn't properly tackled.
Councillor Joe McManners, who specialises in housing need, said the new rules addressed long standing issues that had not been properly tackled.
"To properly tackle corruption, you need a democratic society and a democratic party," he told Reuters.
To properly tackle militancy, extradition treaties are needed across south Asia.
The original document contained 28 pages that reportedly criticised the Saudi government for not properly tackling Muslim extremism.
No country in the world is properly tackling overfishing, the report found, and almost two thirds are failing badly.
Time and again these kind of arbitrary cuts have proved unworkable, and in this case shows just how little regard the Government has for properly tackling climate change.
