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Most migrants on bridging visas aren't 'scammers', they're well within their rights

  • Written by: Shanthi Robertson, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University

Recent articles in the media have raised concerns about the rapid rise in migrants living and working in Australia on bridging visas, whose numbers have more than doubled in the last four years.

A bridging visa is granted to anyone who makes a visa application from within Australia. This form of visa comes into effect if the visa someone already...

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Meet the 'Hercules parrot' from prehistoric New Zealand – the biggest ever discovered

  • Written by: Trevor H. Worthy, Associate professor, Flinders University
Meet the 'Hercules parrot' from prehistoric New Zealand – the biggest ever discovered_Heracles inexpectatus_ on the forest floor, with three small wrens foraging at its feet.Brian Choo, Author provided

Say hello to Heracles inexpectatus, a parrot the size of a human child. But don’t worry, you won’t meet one face to face. Our new discovery, published today, lived around 20 million years ago in what is now New Zealand...

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Almonds don't lactate, but that's no reason to start calling almond milk juice

  • Written by: Dan Weijers, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Co-editor International Journal of Wellbeing, University of Waikato
Almonds don't lactate, but that's no reason to start calling almond milk juiceA rural advocacy group in New Zealand wants milks made from plants, such as almond or rice milk, called juices.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

At a conference about disruptive innovations in food production last week, dairy industry spokespeople criticised the “milk” labelling of non-dairy products such as almond or rice milks.

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Have a question about climate? The Conversation and Stuff can help with their New Zealand-based initiative

  • Written by: Veronika Meduna, New Zealand Editor, The Conversation
Have a question about climate? The Conversation and Stuff can help with their New Zealand-based initiativeHave a question about climate change? Let us know.

The way we think and talk about climate change has shifted. Climate change has become a reality and many New Zealanders feel a sense of urgency to act on the goal of the Paris Agreement to stop temperatures from rising to more than two degrees above pre-industrial levels.

This year, New...

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  2. The China-Trump trade conflict has spread to Australia. We're now at risk of global currency war
  3. will we be less healthy because of climate change?
  4. Want to beat climate change? Protect our natural forests
  5. India revokes Kashmir’s autonomy, risking yet another war with Pakistan
  6. How good was John Clarke? Some reflections on his poetics of tinkering
  7. Curious Kids: why is urine yellow?
  8. Gas prices are set to stay high. The government's moves, while welcome, won't achieve much
  9. ACCC seeks to clip wings of tech giants like Facebook and Google but international effort is required
  10. John Marsden says parents and schools are failing kids, but his book offers little evidence
  11. why is air colder the higher up you go?
  12. Enough inquiries that go nowhere – it's time for a royal commission into veteran suicide
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  14. AI is here to stay. Now we need to ensure that everyone benefits
  15. These 'job snob' claims don't match the evidence
  16. Will time tear us apart? Exploring the appeal of Joy Division 40 years on
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  19. Focus on managing social housing waiting lists is failing low-income households
  20. Why a code of conduct may not be enough to change the boys' club culture in the Liberal Party
  21. More than 1,700 activists have been killed this century defending the environment
  22. Australia should explore nuclear waste before we try domestic nuclear power
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  27. Why investigative reporting in the digital age is waving, not drowning
  28. Indigenous art centres that sustain remote communities are at risk. The VET sector can help
  29. Apartment life for families means living at close quarters, but often feeling isolated too
  30. The National Breastfeeding Strategy is a start, but if we really valued breast milk we'd put it in the GDP
  31. remembering and reflecting on Australia's biggest prison escape 75 years on
  32. Koala-detecting dogs sniff out flaws in Australia's threatened species protection
  33. Australia likely to tick off on US request to help protect shipping in Middle East
  34. Nuclear becomes latest round in energy wars
  35. Albanese says Voice must be in the Constitution
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  37. Beefing up security isn't the only way to make hospitals safer
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  40. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Labor's hard reality
  41. The Hong Kong protesters have turned militant and more strategic – and this unnerves Beijing
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  43. How Hong Kong protesters have been winning the battle for public space
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