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What will happen to baby Asha?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageProtesters outside Brisbane's Lady Cilento Hospital show their support for the doctors refusing to release baby Asha until she has somewhere safe to go. AAP/Dan Peled

Doctors at Brisbane’s Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital are refusing to discharge a 12-month-old asylum seeker baby from their care, fearing her return to Nauru.

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Islamic State lays claim to Muslim theological tradition and turns it on its head

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

How do we account for forces and events that paved the way for the emergence of Islamic State? Our series on the jihadist group’s origins tries to address this question by looking at the interplay of historical and social forces that led to its advent.

Today, historian of Islamic thought Harith Bin Ramli explains how Islamic State fits...

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Three myths on negative gearing the housing industry wants you to believe

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imageNegative gearing: the perfect fixer upper?frankieleon/Flickr, CC BY

The Labor party took everyone by surprise over the weekend when it announced it would limit negative gearing to new housing and reduce the capital gains tax discount to 25%. Proving negative gearing is no longer politically untouchable, the government has hinted its own policy may...

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