Ahead of the US presidential election in November, five prominent Australian thinkers give us their view on what they would like to come out of the contest. Joshua Gans, Professor of Strategic Management…
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Syrian opposition fighters and members of the aid community have called for a no-fly zone in recent months, amid an increasingly vicious armed rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad. With thousands…
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In absorbing some of the press coverage recently, one could be forgiven for thinking a significant percentage of crime in Victoria is perpetrated by young African-Australians. In my PhD study, my academic…
The world is watching Australia progress toward tobacco plain packaging. A number of developed countries have said they will follow suit. But as tobacco companies lose their grip in developed countries…
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture, Planning and Urbanism, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Candidate, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Architecture, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Student in Political Science (Joint Supervision with Business School), The University of Melbourne
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Research Assistant, Anthropolgist, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Political Science, The University of Melbourne
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The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature, The University of Melbourne
