The Migrant

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Easter chocolate eggs

What’s the difference between Easter egg chocolate and regular chocolate?

Margaret Murray, Swinburne University of Technology and Andrew Costanzo, Deakin University With Easter around the corner, you’ll have seen chocolate Easter eggs on supermarket shelves....
Health
4
minutes
houses neighborhood

25 years into a new century and housing is less affordable...

Brendan Coates, Grattan Institute; Joey Moloney, Grattan Institute, and Matthew Bowes, Grattan Institute Of all the problems facing Australia today, few have worsened so rapidly...
Business + Economy
4
minutes
Wes Mountain:The Conversation, CC BY-ND

When we open up, let’s open up big: top economists say...

By Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia’s leading economists have overwhelmingly endorsed a return to the highest immigration intake on...
Business + Economy
4
minutes
Australia, train, city, transport

A myth that won’t die: stopping migration did not kickstart the economy

By Brendan Coates, Grattan Institute; Alex Ballantyne, Grattan Institute, and Will Mackey, Grattan Institute Australia’s unemployment rate – now at 4.2% – is at its...
Business + Economy
4
minutes
Juniper Chrystal Halliday Residential Aged Care

Nursing home residents are paying $800 a week for services they...

By Anna Howe, Macquarie University Nursing home residents confined to their rooms during COVID are like hypothetical tenants locked in their bedrooms by landlords –...
Health
3
minutes
vaccination

Haven’t yet been vaccinated for COVID? Novavax might change your mind

By Jack Feehan, Victoria University and Vasso Apostolopoulos, Victoria University After significant delays in production and approval, Novavax – the first protein-based vaccine against COVID...
COVID-19
4
minutes