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Politics podcast: Jenny Lambert on the 457 visa scrapping

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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This week, the government announced it would abolish the 457 visa and replace it with a new temporary skill shortage visa program. The change has met a mixed response from businesses.

Jenny Lambert, director of employment, education and training at the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says the key issue for the business...

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Defence job is a bureaucratic prize in uncertain times

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

One of the most challenging jobs in the federal public service has opened with the retirement next month of the highly regarded secretary of the defence department, Dennis Richardson.

Possible replacements being canvassed include the secretary of human services, Kathryn Campbell, and the secretary of immigration and border protection, Mike Pezzullo....

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Conservative landslide likely at 8 June UK general election

  • Written by: Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne

Last night, UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced that a general election would be held 8 June. Under the Fixed Term Parliament Act, Parliaments are supposed to run for five years, but a 2/3 majority of the House of Commons can vote for an early election. Labour is supporting the early election, and the Conservatives and Labour easily have...

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The Real Spartacus: or What is Philosophy as a Way of Life?

  • Written by: Matthew Sharpe, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Deakin University
imageAndy Whitfield as Spartacus

Legend tells that when the Romans defeated the slave revolt led by the gladiator Spartacus in 71 BCE, they searched in vain for the real Spartacus. Every captive proclaimed “I am Spartacus”, in a sublime gesture of solidarity.

Whatever the truth of the story, you are unlikely to learn much about it by...

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  3. Australian politics explainer: Gough Whitlam's dismissal as prime minister
  4. Budget explainer: the federal-state battle for funding
  5. Australia's energy debates need to move beyond political tribalism
  6. Curious kids: where does money come from?
  7. How English-style drizzle killed the Ice Age's giants
  8. Mandatory minimum sentences and populist criminal justice policy do not work – here's why
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  10. Decoding the music masterpieces: Liszt’s Piano Sonata in B minor
  11. Inflight Wi-Fi highlights challenges of satellite broadband delivery on land and in the sky
  12. Social impact investment can help retirees get the housing and care they need
  13. As live streaming murder becomes the new normal online, can social media be saved?
  14. Turnbull talks tough on foreign workers – deer farmers and historians off welcome list
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  16. Australian government axes 457 work visa: experts react
  17. NDIS hiccups are expected, as with any large-scale social reform
  18. Australia's back in the satellite business with a new launch
  19. Harrison Young appointed chairman of The Conversation
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  26. Budget explainer: has there been a blowout in social security and welfare spending?
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  28. The 'clean coal' row shouldn't distract us from using carbon capture for other industries
  29. What science says about getting the most out of your tea
  30. Degrees of separation: companies shed degree requirements to promote merit over qualifications
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  36. What can the New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals do for cities?
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  39. How religion rises – and falls – in modern Australia
  40. VPNs become even more important as ISPs start collecting customer metadata
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