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Viewpoints: do foreigners have more freedom to invest in Australia than in almost any other country?

  • Written by: Jeffrey Wilson, Fellow of the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull recently said:

“China has more freedom to invest in Australia, indeed all foreigners have more freedom to invest in Australia, than almost any other country.”

But is this true? We asked two experts to discuss the evidence for and against this statement.

Gennadi Kazakevitch argues Turnbull is right given...

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Vital Signs: scrape below the surface and the economy doesn't look so good

  • Written by: Richard Holden, Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW Australia
imageGDP numbers in Australia look good, but when one looks one level below, the picture isn't so good.Image sourced from shutterstock.com

Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data...

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Friday essay: Svetlana Alexeviech didn't make it to the Royal Commission

  • Written by: Maria Tumarkin, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Melbourne
imageA doll lies in the ghost town of Pripyat, abandoned since the nearby Chernobyl power plant suffered a catastrophic meltdown in 1986.Henrik Ismarker/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA

This is an edited version of a public lecture given at Melbourne University this week.

Just the other day I was sitting in my office here on campus waiting to chair some event I...

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Ex-ice users lecturing school kids isn't the answer to preventing drug use

  • Written by: Nicole Lee, Associate Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
imagePrograms like the Meth Project are unlikely to have any significant impact on drug use.Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock

Australia is following the lead of the United States and sending ex-ice users into schools in the hope they can have an impact on kids' attitudes towards drug use and prevent use.

The Australian Anti Ice Campaign has recently...

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  1. Let's measure the value of Australia's medal success. No, not at the Olympics
  2. Teaching maths – what does the evidence say actually works?
  3. EcoCheck: the Grampians are struggling with drought and deluge
  4. Grattan on Friday: A year in, we don't yet know what Turnbull wants to do with the job
  5. The limit of labels: ethical food is more than consumer choice
  6. The US has banned antibacterial handwashes – here's why Australia should too
  7. Apple is losing the innovation game, it can't trap users anymore
  8. Renewables are getting cheaper all the time – here's why
  9. Our i18n Workflow
  10. Welcome Back!
  11. Urban food systems may be just a 'side dish' at Habitat III
  12. Indulge me this: how not to read Daniel Dennett’s comments on philosophy and self-indulgence
  13. Will the real gender pay gap please stand up?
  14. Just how great a tennis player is Serena Williams?
  15. To improve their relationship, Australia and Indonesia should focus on shared geopolitical interests
  16. Apple's new devices confirm we are at peak mobile . It is the software that counts
  17. Why the 'Miracle on the Hudson' in the new movie Sully was no crash landing
  18. Racist kitsch begs a deeper question – can Jews really be part of Poland?
  19. Redressing, not exacerbating, inequality is the real moral challenge for this government
  20. Let's chemically rebuild fossil fuels to create sustainable energy
  21. Our oceans are out of balance – can we learn some tips from feng shui?
  22. Supporting students with autism in the classroom: what teachers need to know
  23. Company results wrap: is the resources downturn structural or cyclical?
  24. We're all at risk from scary medicine side effects, but we have to weigh the risks with the benefits
  25. Coaches are teachers of sport, but there's a lot to learn from the classroom
  26. Dastyari forced off frontbench
  27. Business Briefing: disrupted companies will need to think global to survive
  28. When parents disagree with doctors on a child's treatment, who should have the final say?
  29. Love in the time of racism: 'Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms' explores the politics of romance
  30. What is soft power? Hint: it's not footing Sam Dastyari's bills
  31. Weekly Dose: penicillin, the mould that saves millions of lives
  32. We really must talk about gas
  33. Dastyari resigns, but will Labor's proposals fix the political donations system?
  34. Full response from the Productivity Commission
  35. FactCheck: has education spending gone up while student achievement has stalled or declined?
  36. How can we fix Australia's Indonesia anxiety?
  37. Brandis diaries case shows how Freedom of Information has been deliberately neglected
  38. A brief history of the Paralympic Games: from post-WWII rehabilitation to mega sport event
  39. Pacific pariah: how Australia’s love of coal has left it out in the diplomatic cold
  40. Company results wrap: energy companies are facing disruption
  41. By 2030, 'no Australian child will be living in poverty' – why can't we promise that?
  42. Nicotine for vaping should be legalised in Australia: 40 international and Australian experts
  43. Speaking with: Juan Francisco Salazar about colonising Antarctica and Mars
  44. To a modern audience, Othello is simply another story of domestic abuse
  45. Both statins and a Mediterranean-style diet can help ward off heart disease and stroke
  46. You can't eat with us! When the working class meet high-end cooking shows
  47. Government review supports Australia's marine reserves – now it’s time to move on
  48. Explainer: how the Paralympics classification system keeps things fair
  49. Australia must heed the lessons of ‘hybrid warfare’ to avoid falling behind on the battlefield
  50. How happiness improves business results

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