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Associate Professor Anna Boucher on migration crisis and COVID-19

The Lowy Institute published analysis showing temporary migration is integral to Australia’s economic success story. And many of those migrants are now at risk.

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Five principles to guide the COVID-19 policy response

The Mandarin published the Lab's five principles for a policy response to COVID-19: don’t overlook the long-term impact of decisions made now.

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Uni fee hike will fail: HECS architect (The Saturday Paper)

The alternative to rage: how finding power can help save democracy (The Guardian)

How should an adopted child maintain a relationship with their birth family? (ABC)

It's easy to dismiss Queenslanders as coal-addicted bogans, but it's more complex than that (The Guardian)

Ask a policy expert: why is job training so difficult to access and not fit-for-purpose? (The Guardian)

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Dr Gareth Bryant on Australia's university funding overhaul

It doesn't add up: the university funding overhaul will also hurt STEM students.

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Associate Professor Kurt Iveson on reclaiming public space lost to the pandemic

Living with COVID-19 measures might normalise restrictions on, and surveillance of, our access to public space and one another.

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Australia’s leaders are sitting on the sidelines. It’s up to the people to take a stand (The Guardian)

Amid the chaos, there's hope in the heart of Brexit (Sydney Morning Herald)

The Hong Kong protestors have turned more militant and strategic (The Conversation)

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Why a pandemic response should include dentistry

Life after lockdown: Policy for the next phase of COVID-19

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Associate Professor Anna Boucher on migration crisis and COVID-19

Five principles to guide the COVID-19 policy response

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Dr Gareth Bryant on Australia's university funding overhaul

Associate Professor Kurt Iveson on reclaiming public space lost to the pandemic

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