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A planning strategy for Australia’s first multi-city region, home to nearly one in four Australians, is being developed. So what’s the thinking behind creating an integrated network of six cities?
Victoria’s real gross state product has grown by 5.6%, while New South Wales has fallen to 1.8%.
Processes like La Niña set the scene for the sort of extreme weather that has hit eastern Australia. But what decides which towns and suburbs are hit hardest, and which ones are spared?
Despite some wins, the NSW premier faces multiplying challenges eight months from the next election
Infrastructure has been rife with controversy for years. Can a new department secretary make a difference?
Voluntary assisted dying is now legal, or will soon will be, in all six states. But we need enough doctors to put their hands up for training.
In the first week of the campaign we journeyed around the country with a team of politics experts. Now we retrace our steps to look at what’s happened since.
Latest results show Labor ahead of the Coalition federally as well as in South Australia, Queensland and possibly NSW.
Labor wants to run the Kurri Kurri gas power station on green hydrogen. But the figures don’t stack up.
Multiple amendments could make the law unwieldy, incoherent and even unworkable.
Many Indigenous people in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand are lacking food security due to public health orders preventing them from traditional food sourcing.
Events have overtaken state plans for limited numbers of international students to return. With NSW dropping quarantine for fully vaccinated arrivals, flight capacity is the final obstacle.
There are reasons for concern, but there are also some protections in place.
Modelling suggested Sydney would open up when NSW had around 1,900 new daily cases. Last Monday, it eased restrictions with just 496 new cases.
The proposed NSW legislation is similar to other states, including replicating a key flaw.
There is a contradiction between the New South Wales government’s plan for Closing the Gap and its persecution of Aboriginal people who want to maintain their saltwater culture.
The NSW Anti-Discrimination Act is in a state of neglect. Considered state-of-the-art 40 years ago, the law today reads like a lot of mini anti-discrimination acts strung together.
Most kids will be unvaccinated if schools in the two largest states re-open in term 4. There may still be community transmission, but there are measures we can take to shield kids from the virus.
Different groups of researchers give different predictions. And it’s easy to be bewildered, especially if you’re in lockdown and looking for answers. Here’s what to make of it all.
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Politics and Journalism, Griffith University, Griffith University
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Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Distinguished Professor, Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University
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Professor of Law, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Principal Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Associate, Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
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Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor in Politics, Murdoch University
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Professor of Marine Fisheries Ecology, Macquarie University
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Deputy Director, Engagement and Impact, The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century, Australian National University
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Deputy Director, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania
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Landscape Ecologist, The University of Queensland