A recent decision by the Indonesian Immigration Office is set to present challenges to the widely practiced, and popular, ‘visa run’ renewal method.
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Feminism activist group Destroy the Joint has come under fire for excluding women with disabilities. What is intersectionality and why is it so important to feminism?
It beggars belief that there are people who have attached themselves to groups seeking to escape this barbarity. Their objectives are the very antithesis of those seeking sanctuary.
An increase in land supply is the usual solution put forward to solve the housing affordability crisis. What proponents of this argument fail to mention is that you need an industry prepared to deliver…
It would be easy to misinterpret a recent comment by federal Treasurer Scott Morrison as meaning that states and territories generate 90% of all revenue collected in Australia. That’s not the case.
Only a few coal producers are undertaking risk assessments about the danger of coal assets becoming “stranded”, or unviable.
The hyperbole used to describe the dangers of new drugs can be counterproductive. Rather than containing their spread, the media can act as advertisers for emerging substances.
Essena O'Neill’s dramatic rejection of her successful social media channels raises important questions about how advertising and sponsored posts are regulated on social media.
Naloxone, commonly known as Narcan, is a medicine that temporarily reverses the effects of opioid drugs such as heroin, morphine and oxycodone.
Splitting the Goods and Services Tax in two, and taxing goods at a higher rate, would help to reflect the extra environmental damage done by products that are bought and later thrown in the rubbish.
To the mark the eighth annual Open Access Week, we asked our readers what they wanted to know about the initiative. Here are their questions with answers from our experts.
The reasons this prominent economist doesn’t support removing exemptions on GST are not what you’d think.
Some things that develop as normal in elephant sharks and other marine life can mimic things we see in human disease. That makes these ‘mutants’ ideal for study to find out why things go wrong in humans.
Q&A presenter Tony Jones asked psychologist and research fellow Pat Dudgeon if Indigenous youth suicide rates across the top half of Australia are the highest in the world. We check the research evidence.
Computers control much of an engine’s performance these days. And it’s surprisingly easy to tweak the software to bypass emissions controls, as done by Volkswagen.
The Turnbull government seems to have lifted Abbott’s moratorium on rail funding, but giving light rail to every city that wants it will take some clever strategies to woo private investors.
The undeniable truth is that Nauru – whether inside or outside the confines of the detention camp – is a dangerous and soul-destroying place for both asylum seekers and refugees.
Oil price developments over the past 40 years have been truly spectacular, but the recent fall in oil prices is likely to last, thanks to increasing production.
If we can do anything that is remotely respectful it is to see Adam Goodes’ class not just as an Aboriginal or a man, but as an Australian.
Now that we have discovered liquid water on the surface of Mars, what does this mean for the prospects of finding life there, past or present?
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Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer, Curtin University
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Professor, Curtin University
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Research Associate in Justice Health and Social Issues, Curtin University
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Professor, School of Management and Marketing, Curtin University
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Research Associate, Curtin University
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Associate Professor, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University
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Research Associate, University of New South Wales, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin University
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ARC Future Fellow & Professor of Economics, Curtin University
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Research Officer, Curtin University
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Associate Professor, Curtin University
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Professor of Environmental Genomics, Curtin University
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Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
