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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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  7. Morrison commits another $1.5 billion for infrastructure
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  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
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  14. Tear gas and pepper spray are chemical weapons. So, why can police use them?
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  18. New NSW building law could be a game changer for apartment safety
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  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
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  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
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