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More than half of university students, including internationals, face food insecurity

While food insecurity increased among most groups, younger students, those studying on campus and international students were the most at risk.

Understanding Chinese interests in the Pacific

The PRC’s representatives in Melanesia integrate these three strands of Chinese statecraft to complement each other’s effects and adapt them to conditions on the ground.

Pakistan suspends Simla Accord: An own goal masquerading as retaliation?

This suspension of the Simla Agreement, framed as retaliation, likely stems from immediate frustration rather than coherent strategic calculus.

Why do Labor and the Coalition have so many similar policies?

One party says they’ll cap international student numbers to lower immigration. The other is trying to do precisely the same.

As rivers dry, strategy flows: New Delhi suspends Indus Treaty with calculated precision

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned, “Blood and water cannot flow together”

Feeling mad? New research suggests mindfulness could help manage anger and aggression

Mindfulness is the ability to observe and focus on your thoughts, emotions and bodily sensations in the present moment with acceptance and without judgement.

The dead Hindus in Kashmir ask: is your global outrage reserved for some lives only?

In any nation, we may have differences of opinion and majority and minority groups, but can we act together to exercise our commitment to the common humanity that we all belong to?

‘We get bucketloads of homework’: young people speak about what it’s like to start high school

Students were interviewed in Term 3 and asked to share their thoughts about what the move to high school was like.

Early voting opens in the federal election – but it brings some problems for voters and parties

But at the 2022 federal election, almost half of all Australians on the electoral roll voted early.

USP lauded as ‘lighthouse of hope’ as 1,881 students awarded degrees, marking milestone

Leaders urged graduates to be bold, visionary, and anchored in Pacific values as they take on new roles in a rapidly changing world.

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Albanese government secures additional critical fuel supplies to keep planes flying and trucks moving

Prime Minister Albanese said the government was working “day and night” to protect Australia from the fallout of international conflict impacting global fuel markets.

“Brave man” Baljeet Singh fights for life after saving sister in Adelaide restaurant fire

Baljeet's brother-in-law, Inderjeet Singh, said Baljeet pushed his sister Satbir out of harm’s way moments before being overwhelmed by the fire.

Australia to begin domestic missile rocket motor production in $126.9 million defence industry push

Solid rocket motors, which provide the propulsion for most guided weapons systems, are in high global demand and are considered a critical capability for modern military forces.
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