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Labor's two-step plan for a vote on becoming a republic has some precedents

  • Written by: Ron Levy, Associate professor, Australian National University
Labor's two-step plan for a vote on becoming a republic has some precedentsAustralia's head of state Queen Elizabeth is aged 92. Source: Treasury

A recent report suggested Australia’s head of state, Queen Elizabeth, wants Australia to “get on with” moving towards becoming a republic rather than holding a morbid “death watch”. The queen is a sprightly 92 years of age, while her husband Prince...

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Will an ambitious Chinese-built rail line through the Himalayas lead to a debt trap for Nepal?

  • Written by: Jagannath Adhikari, Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Design and the Built Environment, Curtin University
Will an ambitious Chinese-built rail line through the Himalayas lead to a debt trap for Nepal?The spectacular view of the tourist town of Pokhara, one of the places that could be connected by a trans-Himalaya rail line.Author provided

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has ambitions to reshape the global economy by connecting more than 60 countries across Asia, Europe and Africa through trade and infrastructure projects. All told,...

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Man who burnt his wife alive gets at least 27 years' jail, but not life

  • Written by: Lisa Featherstone, Associate Professor in Australian History and the History of Sexuality, The University of Queensland
Man who burnt his wife alive gets at least 27 years' jail, but not lifeDomestic killings have long been treated as somehow less serious than when random strangers are killed.Shutterstock

Last week in the New South Wales Supreme Court, Justice David Davies sentenced a 45-year-old man found guilty of murdering his wife to a maximum of 36 years with a minimum non-parole period of 27 years. He had burned her alive in the...

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Government to provide more funds for prosecuting bank crime

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

The government has announced an extra $51.5 million to boost resources for the prosecution of criminal misconduct by banks and other financial institutions and the processing of civil claims.

Of this, $41.6 million will go to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) over eight years, and $9.9 million to the Federal Court over four...

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