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international students make up more than 30% of population in some Australian suburbs

  • Written by Peter Hurley, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
international students make up more than 30% of population in some Australian suburbsShutterstock

International students made up more than 30% of the population in some Australian suburbs, before borders closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The Mitchell Institute mapped where international students lived using data from the ABS census and Department of Home Affairs.

The results show striking growth in capital cities, and in some...

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We may live to regret open-slather construction stimulus

  • Written by Martin Loosemore, Professor of Construction Management, University of Technology Sydney

Many countries around the world, including Australia, are looking to the construction industry to help rebuild economies. Industry bodies such as the Master Builders Association are strongly urging governments to bring forward spending on already approved infrastructure projects. They also want these projects to be unbundled into smaller contract...

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Universities and government need to rethink their relationship with each other before it's too late

  • Written by Hannah Forsyth, Senior Lecturer in History, Australian Catholic University
Universities and government need to rethink their relationship with each other before it's too lateShutterstock

I’m reading Thomas Carlyle’s poetic classic, The French Revolution, published in 1837. It occurred to me that the historical narrative of Australian universities and their relationship to government is like that revolution, but in reverse.

Carlyle summarised the goal of the French Revolution with the refrain...

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Using cannabis during pregnancy could be bad news for your baby: new research

  • Written by Luke Grzeskowiak, The Hospital Research Foundation Mid-Career Research Fellow - Robinson Research Institute & South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute, University of Adelaide
Using cannabis during pregnancy could be bad news for your baby: new researchShutterstock

It’s well known smoking cigarettes during pregnancy can increase the risk of harm to the baby and is best avoided.

But in our research, published today in the Medical Journal of Australia, we show using cannabis during pregnancy is also associated with poorer outcomes for babies.

Read more: Pregnant in a pandemic? If...

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  4. the self-surveillance strategy to keep supermarket shoppers honest
  5. what seniors want instead of retirement villages and how to achieve it
  6. Psycho turns 60 – Hitchcock's famous fright film broke all the rules
  7. Morrison commits another $1.5 billion for infrastructure
  8. 48,000-year-old arrowheads reveal early human innovation in the Sri Lankan rainforest
  9. Senate committees are one of the few bright spots in the battle to hold government to account
  10. The coastal banksia has its roots in ancient Gondwana
  11. Non-Indigenous Australians need to educate themselves. One way to do this is to take an Indigenous tour.
  12. Michelle Grattan on protests, social-distancing, and domestic borders
  13. Bob Santamaria, 'the most significant' figure in Australian politics never to have been in parliament
  14. Tear gas and pepper spray are chemical weapons. So, why can police use them?
  15. taking a wrecking ball to monuments – contemporary art can ask what really needs tearing down
  16. What makes pepper spray so intense? And is it a tear gas? A chemical engineer explains
  17. why 'the marketplace for ideas' can fail – from an economist's perspective
  18. New NSW building law could be a game changer for apartment safety
  19. Should I wear a mask on public transport?
  20. The state removal of Māori children from their families is a wound that won't heal – but there is a way forward
  21. 3 things international students want Australians to know
  22. 120 million years ago, giant crocodiles walked on two legs in what is now South Korea
  23. An El Niño hit this banana prawn fishery hard. Here’s what we can learn from their experience
  24. 4 ways a smart government can create jobs and cut emissions
  25. Protests add new element of uncertainty to COVID exit
  26. Was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn't even be up for debate
  27. employers requisitioned our homes and our time
  28. TV has changed, so must the way we support local content
  29. Ten Twitter accounts you should be following if you want to listen to Indigenous Australians and learn
  30. what the AFL and NRL need to turn sport into show business
  31. Australia needs to confront its history of white privilege to provide a level playing field for all
  32. could bacteria in a capsule protect us from coronavirus and other respiratory infections?
  33. My baby has 'tongue-tie'. Should I be worried?
  34. with 100 days to go, can Jacinda Ardern maintain her extraordinary popularity?
  35. How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia
  36. University students aren't cogs in a market. They need more than a narrow focus on 'skills'
  37. At least 1,241 tonnes of microplastics are dumped into Aussie farmland every year from wastewater sludge
  38. how the government shaped a blokey lockdown followed by a blokey recovery
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  40. it's like an ethnic conflict, which offers clues to managing 'road wars'
  41. Heading back to the gym? Here's how to avoid injury after coronavirus isolation
  42. Pat Turner on Closing the Justice Gap
  43. Cutting the ABC cuts public trust, a cost no democracy can afford
  44. Defunding the police could bring positive change in Australia. These communities are showing the way
  45. The national cabinet's in and COAG's out. It's a fresh chance to put health issues on the agenda, but there are risks
  46. Who owns the bones? Human fossils shouldn't just belong to whoever digs them up
  47. Voices, hearts and hands – how the powerful sounds of protest have changed over time
  48. It's 12 months since the last bushfire season began, but don't expect the same this year
  49. By sacking staff and closing stores, big businesses like The Warehouse could hurt their own long-term interests
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