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Peter Dutton on balancing interests in home affairs

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

The recently created home affairs department, headed by Peter Dutton, is a behemoth that its critics fear will compromise civil liberties.

But Dutton argues there is no basis for such concerns. “There are no greater laws or arrest powers that have been introduced or a lessening of protections that have been provided for under this new...

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phenibut – the Russian anti-anxiety drug linked to Gold Coast teens' overdoses

  • Written by: Janet Cheung, Lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Sydney
phenibut – the Russian anti-anxiety drug linked to Gold Coast teens' overdosesPhenibut was included in medical kits for Russian cosmonauts for its anti-anxiety and tranquilising properties.Wikimedia Commons

Phenibut was initially developed in the 1960s in Russia as an anti-anxiety (anxiolytic) drug with cognitive enhancing properties. It has since attracted a strong following of users in the “smart drug” market,...

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An education research institute won't take politics out of the classroom

  • Written by: Jennifer Charteris, Senior Lecturer in Pedagogy, University of New England
An education research institute won't take politics out of the classroomEducation research is inherently political, and can never be objective and value-free.AAP/David Crosling

The Labor Party has pledged to create a A$280 million research institute to “take politics out of the classroom” and “put an end to decades of ideological battles about school education”, if it wins the next federal...

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Strong sense of cultural identity drives boom in Māori business

  • Written by: Jason Paul Mika, Senior Lecturer, School of Management, Massey University
Strong sense of cultural identity drives boom in Māori businessMāori businesses now account for an economic asset base of more than NZ$42.6 billion, made up mostly of small and medium-sized enterprises. Judith Lienert/Shutterstock, CC BY-ND

Māori entrepreneurs with a strong sense of cultural identity and guardianship over the land and the sea are driving a boom in Māori business.

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