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Slimmed-down migration program has regional focus

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

The government has announced a reduced annual cap on migration of 160,000 for each of the next four years, as well as measures to stream a greater proportion of migrants to regional areas and boost the skilled component to these places.

The overhaul of the program comes after pressure from various quarters including conservative Liberals for...

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Anxieties over livestreams can help us design better Facebook and YouTube content moderation

  • Written by: Andrew Quodling, PhD candidate researching governance of social media platforms, Queensland University of Technology
Anxieties over livestreams can help us design better Facebook and YouTube content moderationLivestream on Facebook isn't just a tool for sharing violence – it has many popular social and political uses. glen carrie / unsplash, CC BY

As families in Christchurch bury their loved ones following Friday’s terrorist attack, global attention now turns to preventing such a thing ever happening again.

In particular, the role social...

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We did a breakthrough 'speed test' in quantum tunnelling, and here's why that's exciting

  • Written by: U. Satya Sainadh, Postdoctoral researcher, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
We did a breakthrough 'speed test' in quantum tunnelling, and here's why that's excitingFuture technologies will exploit today's advances in our understanding of the quantum world.Shutterstock/PopTika

When you deal with things at the quantum scale, where things are very small, the world is quite fuzzy and bizarre in comparison to our everyday experiences.

For example, we can’t ordinarily walk through solid walls. But at the...

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Politicians suing for defamation is usually a bad idea: here's why

  • Written by: Michael Douglas, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Western Australia
Politicians suing for defamation is usually a bad idea: here's whyThere are better ways for politicians to address defamation concerns than through the courts.AAP/Ellen Smith

When The Project host Waleed Aly began his editorial in the wake of the Christchurch massacre, he apologised that “these won’t be my best words”.

He was wrong. The YouTube clip of his poignant commentary has been viewed...

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  2. what to do if your teenager watches violent footage
  3. As home care packages become big business, older people are not getting the personalised support they need
  4. Two ways to fund NSW election promises as property prices crash
  5. A new video game glorifying sexual assault raises questions about regulation
  6. why do we have two kidneys when we can live with only one?
  7. Would you like to grow old at home? Why we’re struggling to meet demand for subsidised home care
  8. Married at First Sight's closer to reality than you'd think, demographically speaking at least
  9. We need a legally binding treaty to make plastic pollution history
  10. a parent's guide to protecting your kids from online hoaxes
  11. Rebel teens can quickly make friends, but in the end, it's the nice ones who have the most
  12. Antoinette de Saint-Étienne, the First Nations nun who sang for a queen
  13. Australia’s performance on gender equality – are we fair dinkum?
  14. a fresh idea to escape the low wage trap
  15. With Grand Finale, audiences bear witness to a world on the edge
  16. Pandanomics is a grey area, but to us the value of giant pandas is black and white
  17. Why you shouldn’t bury your pet in the backyard
  18. Social media creates a spectacle society that makes it easier for terrorists to achieve notoriety
  19. Morrison announces $55 million for security at religious premises and warns against "tribalism"
  20. NSW election likely to be close, and Mark Latham will win an upper house seat
  21. Four lessons we must take away from the Christchurch terror attack
  22. New TAFE program for Aboriginal health-care students sees a near perfect completion rate
  23. We need a new definition of pornography
  24. Two million Aussies delay or don't go to the dentist – here's how we can fix that
  25. Women can build positive body image by controlling what they view on social media
  26. Ultra low wage growth isn't accidental. It is the intended outcome of government policies
  27. giving marsupials scents from suitors helps breeding programs
  28. why bats sleep upside down, and other stories of animal adaptation
  29. Youth homelessness efforts get a lowly 2 stars from national report card
  30. A truly inclusive society requires political restraint
  31. NSW election neck and neck as voters face a 1950s-style 'I'll see you and raise you' campaign
  32. Christchurch attacks are a stark warning of toxic political environment that allows hate to flourish
  33. Can a senator be expelled from the federal parliament for offensive statements?
  34. The psychology of fear and hate, and what each of us can do to stop it
  35. Why overhauling NZ's gun and terrorism laws alone can't stop terrorist attacks
  36. Christchurch mosque shootings must end New Zealand's innocence about right-wing terrorism
  37. Why news outlets should think twice about republishing the New Zealand mosque shooter's livestream
  38. If you've got private health insurance, the choice to use it in a public hospital is your own
  39. Guinea flowers are fierce and golden
  40. Liberal MP Craig Laundy confirms he will quit
  41. Michelle Grattan on the Coalition and Coal
  42. how love, pain and sacrifice produced an Australian classic
  43. why we always choose story over technology
  44. Most recreational fishers in Australia support marine sanctuaries
  45. Finally, people with disabilities will have a chance to tell their stories – and be believed
  46. Elite sport is becoming a platform to target the trans community
  47. What do we mean by meaning? Science can help with that
  48. The terror of climate change is transforming young people's identity
  49. Chinese-Australia relations may not be 'toxic', but they do need to keep warming up
  50. How can we make families safer? Get men to change their violent behaviour

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