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Health

Inquiry warns distrustful public wouldn’t accept COVID measures in future pandemic

The inquiry examined the health and economic responses; while it did not directly delve into the state responses, it did cover the federal-state interface.
INNOVATION

Two ideas from Fiji for PNG’s upcoming budget

Depreciation of the kina, while painful for urban residents, helps rural producers earn more for their coffee exports and helps make their vegetable sales more competitive against imports.
IMMIGRATION

How visa status and language barriers puts migrants at risk of being sexually harassed, assaulted or trafficked

These cases, and many others, all demonstrate that economic and sexual exploitation can commingle for migrant workers.
OPINION

Pokies? Lotto? Sports betting? Which forms of problem gambling affect Australians the most?

Sports betting, in particular, is getting faster with in-play betting and microbetting.
OPINION

If a Year 12 student gets an early offer for uni, does it mean they stop trying?

The main round of university offers is in December-January, after students have done their final exams in the previous October and November and have their final results or ATAR.
IMMIGRATION

Understanding Pacific communities in Australia: younger or older?

Arrival patterns are mostly consistent and steady across Pacific countries, but Vanuatu and Timor-Leste are at the two extremes.
HEALTH

Why do I get so anxious after drinking? Here’s the science behind ‘hangxiety’

A hangover is the body’s way of recovering after drinking alcohol, bringing with it a range of symptoms.
POLITICS

Queensland election signals both major parties accept pumped hydro and the renewable energy transition as inevitable

ANU’s RE100 Group has published global atlases of about 800,000 potential pumped hydro sites.
OPINION

Stalking rates in Australia are still shockingly high – one simple strategy might help

The ABS has conducted similar surveys roughly every five years since 2005, which reveal basically the same results each time.
OPINION

New research shows problematic community attitudes allow child sexual abuse to continue

The data reveal some troubling findings, with pervasive and harmful community norms and attitudes that act to enable child sexual abuse to continue.
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Prime Minister Albanese lands in Fiji, pledges stronger Pacific ties

Albanese was welcomed at Nausori Airport by Fiji's Deputy Prime Minister Viliame Gavoka and Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade Sakiasi Ditoka. He was accorded a 50-member Guard of Honour by the Republic of Fiji Military Forces.
NEWS

Victoria’s law-and-order crisis deepens as Labor MP Katie Hall injured stopping brutal attack

“I believe that the thug is now exactly where he should be – in custody.”
POLITICS

One Nation will scrap Multicultural Affairs office and Minister in English-only services push

What we are saying is that government services should be delivered in English.”
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