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Bernardi should have resigned his Senate seat: here's why

  • Written by: Narelle Miragliotta, Senior Lecturer in Australian Politics, Monash University
imageCory Bernardi speaks to the media after announcing he had quit the Liberal Party.AAP/Mick Tsikas

Senator Cory Bernardi’s decision to quit the Liberal Party comes as no surprise to most political observers. For quite some time, and certainly since Malcolm Turnbull’s elevation to the Liberal leadership, Bernardi’s resignation from...

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Middle Eastern migrants aren't 'piling on to the dole queue'

  • Written by: John van Kooy, Research Fellow, Research & Policy Centre, Brotherhood of St Laurence and Honorary Researcher, Melbourne Social Equity Institute, University of Melbourne

Claims that Middle Eastern migrants are “piling on to the dole queue” are misleading. The data actually shows that, after an initial period of relatively high unemployment, labour force participation and employment rates amongst migrant communities eventually reach parity with the rest of the population.

Recently released labour force...

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We need to be clear-headed when offering land for Singapore to train its soldiers

  • Written by: John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has said the Australian government has “no intention” to forcibly acquire farmland north of Rockhampton in Queensland for military purposes. While this may come as a relief to landowners fighting against the acquisition, the Australian Defence Force is still in agreement with Singapore to provide...

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The detective work behind the Budj Bim eel traps World Heritage bid

  • Written by: Ian J. McNiven, Professor of Indigenous Archaeology, Monash University
imageA fish trap at Lake Condah. Damein Bell

Last month, Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull visited the Gunditjmara community of southwest Victoria to announce that the federal government had included the Budj Bim cultural landscape on its World Heritage Tentative List. It was, he said,

the first area [in Australia] exclusively listed for its Aboriginal...

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  4. Australia's universities are not walking the talk on going low-carbon
  5. 3D television is dead... so what next?
  6. Tech companies fight Trump's travel ban and may take their business elsewhere
  7. Politics podcast: Arthur Sinodinos on the government's headwinds
  8. Coalition slump in Newspoll gives Labor 54-46 lead
  9. Bernardi says his new party will offer a 'principled' alternative for disillusioned conservative voters
  10. A vastly changed world means consumers won't react the same to higher interest rates
  11. Bernardi exits stage right: mayhem now, obscurity later
  12. Yes there's hope, but treating spinal injuries with stem cells is not a reality yet
  13. We can learn a lot from disasters, and we now know some areas don't recover
  14. Goosebumps, tears and tenderness: what it means to be moved
  15. Coming soon to a cinema near you? Ticket prices shaped by demand
  16. If scandals don't make us switch banks, financial technology might
  17. Why the housing shortage exacerbates scabies in Indigenous communities
  18. The environment needs billions of dollars more: here's how to raise the money
  19. Rethinking how we assess learning in schools
  20. Robot rights: at what point should an intelligent machine be considered a 'person'?
  21. Trump, the wannabe king ruling by 'twiat'
  22. Cory Bernardi leaving Liberal fold without parliamentary followers
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  25. How regions can persuade fly-in fly-out workers to live locally
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  31. Deb Wilks: Corporates need to stump up for the arts
  32. Hissstory: how the science of snake bite treatments has changed
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  34. Meet El Niño’s cranky uncle that could send global warming into hyperdrive
  35. The world is watching Australia’s decline in schools education. We know how to fix it, but the parents must listen
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  38. If we are reaching neoliberal capitalism's end days, what comes next?
  39. Newspoll shows Coalition trailing 46-54% at start of new parliamentary session
  40. Snapchat's IPO filing does nothing to justify its US $25 billion valuation
  41. Three ingredients for running a successful environmental campaign
  42. Joe Hockey lobbies Trump's right-hand men over refugee deal
  43. WA Newspoll: 54-46 to Labor with One Nation at 13%
  44. High Court confirms Rod Culleton is not a senator – so what happens next?
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