By Louisa Jones, Lecturer and Discipline Lead (Migration), Thomas More Law School, Australian Catholic University
Australia’s migration system is complicated. It’s heavily influenced by politics and global pressures, which can make it difficult to understand. This often results in lively debates across the dinner table.
But given migration is dominating public discussion at the moment, it’s worth explaining how the system operates so we all have a better understanding of what’s true and what isn’t.
Let’s unpack five common myths about migration in Australia.
Migration is the most debated public policy issue of the current moment, both in Australia…
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By Kristle Romero Cortés, Associate Professor of Finance, Co-founder UNSW RISE Finance, UNSW Sydney
Mandeep Singh, Lecturer, University of Sydney
What can research tell us about the upsides and risks of going to auction? And what can a failed auction mean for a property’s final selling price?
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By Jane Howard, Arts + Culture Editor, The Conversation
Winter evenings are the perfect time to escape into another world, with teachers in Korea, a fortune teller in Japan, or in a retirement village in New Mexico.
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By Alice Gorman, Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
Seventy years ago, Earth had only one satellite: the Moon. Now it has more than 15,000 – about 10,000 of which are owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The world’s first trillionaire plans to launch one million more satellites, each roughly 70 metres long and 20 metres wide, that would form a data centre megaconstellation.
But more satellites means more…
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By Sterling B. Tebbett, Postdoctoral Researcher, Tropical and Temperate Reef Ecology, University of Tasmania
John Keane, Research Fellow (Dive Fisheries), University of Tasmania
Scott Ling, Associate Professor, Ecology and Biodiversity, University of Tasmania
Australia is home to some of the world’s most beautiful reefs.
This includes the lush Great Southern Reef, which wraps around Australia’s southern coastline, and the world-renowned Great Barrier Reef.
But the corals of the Great Barrier Reef and the kelp forests of the south are both plagued by prickly problems – voracious starfish and sea urchins.
The coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish is one of the greatest…
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By Fraser Brims, Professor, Curtin Medical School, Curtin University
Lung cancer screening promises to find cancer early and treat it before it progresses. But a year on, issues have emerged.
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By Alison Fogarty, Research Fellow, Lifespan Institute and School of Psychology, Deakin University, Deakin University
Grace McMahon, Clinical Psychologist and Research Officer in the Intergenerational Health Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Monique Seymour, Clinical Psychologist, Research Fellow in the School of Psychology, Deakin University
It’s a sentence that can feel heartbreaking to parents. You try to set a boundary with your little one and they lash out.
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By Marie-Amelie George, Associate Professor of Law, Wake Forest University
The Supreme Court’s rulings on Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J. focused on transgender students participating on sports teams, but likely has broader implications.
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By Association for Progressive Communications
In the face of widespread oppression and commodification of the global south, our hope rests on the strength of our diversity as we move together imperfectly towards our collective liberations.
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By Jared Margulies, Lecturer in Environmental Governance, UCL
Four Czech men were arrested at Guarulhos International Airport in São Paolo, Brazil in February this year on charges of smuggling native species.
Brazil is a well-known centre of the illegal bird and pet trade, but allegations of an attempted theft of more than 100 cactus plants and some 2,000 seeds were perhaps more surprising.…
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