By Dominic D Ahiaga-Dagbui, Director of Deakin Megaprojects Research Group and Senior Lecturer of Construction and Project Management, Deakin University
From Snowy Hydro to Inland Rail, projects get announced early, then costs soar tens of billions higher. Yet there are proven ways to stop that happening.
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By Peter McDonald, Honorary Professor of Demography, Centre for Health Policy, The University of Melbourne
There are growing tensions in Australia’s migration policy. So far, the Albanese government has not tackled it - but the Liberals’ approach will not solve it either.
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By Linda J. Graham, Professor and Director of the Centre for Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
Callula Killingly, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
New data shows more than one quarter of Australian students receive a disability adjustment. This is up from 18% in 2015.
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By Tracy McEwan, History Fellow, Australian Catholic University; University of Newcastle
Catholic nuns and religious sisters are gaining new visibility in digital spaces. These contemporary self-representations are connected to a complicated history.
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By Dennis Altman, Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
Most of Errol Flynn’s films now seem B-grade at best – but Patricia O'Brien’s biography of this Tasmanian devil is compulsive reading.
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By Revti Raman Sharma, Associate Professor of International Business, Head of the School of Marketing & International Business, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Despite the promise of “1.4 billion potential customers”, India is a vast and complex market. No pan-India strategy can substitute for careful, focused planning.
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By Kylie Gwynne, Associate Professor, Indigenous Studies, UNSW Sydney; Macquarie University
Katrina Ward, PhD Candidate in Nursing and Midwifery, RMIT University
Vita Christie, Senior Research Officer, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
Indigenous people have a far higher risk of early stroke than non-Indigenous people. It’s often caused by atrial fibrillation, which may not have any symptoms.
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By Bjorn Sturmberg, Senior Research Fellow, Collaboration on Energy and Environmental Markets, UNSW Sydney
Australia’s 20 million domestic cars – and almost all heavier vehicles – will eventually be electric. We need to prepare for this.
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By Isabelle Wallach, Professeure de sexologie, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Baby boomers have broken many taboos and transformed social norms, particularly around sexuality. As this generation grows older, is society’s view of older adults’ sexuality changing? Research suggests it is, even if some taboos persist.
As a specialist in sexuality and aging, I have been working on this topic for nearly 15 years and have observed growing interest in it.
The baby boomer generation’s greater comfort with sexuality may explain this trend. However, this openness — both in society…
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By Adnan Skhawat Ali, PhD Candidate, Public Policy and Global Governance, Queen's University, Ontario
Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant, Professor, Political Studies; Director, Canadian Opinion Research Archive, Queen's University, Ontario
Pakistan has made measurable progress in reducing the gender gap in voter registration. More women are now listed on electoral rolls than ever before.
Yet this administrative success masks a troubling democratic reality: while the number of registered women voters increased significantly before the 2024 general elections, overall voter turnout declined…
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