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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian | Photo Dean Lewins:AAP

A long history of political corruption in NSW — and the...

By David Clune, University of Sydney New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has become ensnared this week in the sensational ICAC hearings into alleged corruption...
NSW
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minutes
Police inspection | James Ross/AAP

Can a High Court challenge of Melbourne’s lockdown succeed? Here’s what...

By Luke Beck, Monash University Just days after Victorian Premier Dan Andrews signalled the state won’t be ready for a major loosening of COVID-19 restrictions...
Politics + Society
4
minutes
Asylum seekers | Photo: DARREN ENGLAND:AAP

Self-harm in immigration detention has risen sharply. Here are 6 ways...

By Kyli Hedrick, University of Melbourne and Rohan Borschmann, University of Melbourne Newly published data have revealed the number of self-harm incidents in Australia’s immigration...
Politics + Society
4
minutes
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern | Photo: AAP/Bianca de Marchi

One-way trans-Tasman travel bubble to start mid-October

By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra The first stage of a trans-Tasman travel bubble will start from October 16. But it will only be one-way...
Politics + Society
1
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Aged care | Image by Sabine van Erp from Pixabay

Federal government did not prepare aged care sector adequately for COVID:...

By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra The royal commission into aged care has said government did not prepare the sector well enough for the pandemic. In...
Health
3
minutes
Anthony Van Dyck's Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague-stricken of Palermo/The Conversation (with apologies)

God, plagues and pestilence – what history can teach us about...

By Robyn J. Whitaker, University of Divinity Most of us are living through a year that is unprecedented in our lifetimes. Too young to remember...
COVID-19
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