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strategic anxieties about rising China

  • Written by: Reuben Steff, Lecturer in International Relations and Security Studies, University of Waikato
strategic anxieties about rising ChinaAs China is extending its influence in the South Pacific, New Zealand has responded with increased aid for the region.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-SA

China’s expanding influence is complicating strategic calculations throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Small states, dependent on maintaining high levels of trade with China to secure their...

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A survey needs to involve how many people before I'm convinced?

  • Written by: Adrian Barnett, Professor of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology
A survey needs to involve how many people before I'm convinced?The survey results are in, but do they say anything meaningful?Shutterstock/create jobs

Research studies, opinion polls and surveys all rely on asking a number of people about something to try to extract some pattern of behaviour or predict a result.

But how many people do you need to ask for that finding to have any convincing meaning?

Before any...

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Michelle Grattan on Barnaby Joyce's TV deal, Greg Hunt's temperament and One Nation in a pickle

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Michelle Grattan on Barnaby Joyce's TV deal, Greg Hunt's temperament and One Nation in a pickleIt has not been a happy week for One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.AAP/Mick Tsikas

Michelle Grattan talks with University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Deep Saini about the week in politics, including whether Barnaby Joyce’s TV deal and taking time off is a sign of his time in parliament, Greg Hunt’s temperament,...

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when art, freedom of speech and social media collide

  • Written by: Sarah Joseph, Professor, Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University

Another one bites the dust. In posting a racist tweet that resulted in the US network ABC summarily cancelling her show, Roseanne Barr joins a long line of people who have blown up their career with a social media post. And, as is always the case with such episodes, a prominent strand of the ensuing maelstrom will be all about “free speech&rd...

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