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Visa delays triple for skilled migrants

The processing time for skilled visas has tripled, adding to migration pressures and cracks in our ...  
America is losing its comparative advantage

The current policies of the U.S. Government are undermining its comparative advantage in a range ...  
Educated and unwise: Why tech-savvy societies need moral reasoning

Today’s citizens are better educated than any generation before, but a society needs more than ...  
Habitat destruction pushing koalas toward extinction

Koalas are disappearing as state governments and industries destroy habitats — what will future ...  
The Reserve Bank's latest interest rate cut is too little, too late

The slower the RBA is to cut rates, the bigger the pile-up of economic problems later.  
Karen Wyld latest artist to pay the price for speaking out about Gaza

Author Karen Wyld's black&write award was revoked after QLD Premier David Crisafulli wrote to ...  
Tariff tensions see rise in regional resilience

As global trade tensions escalate, Asia-Pacific economies must rethink strategies to protect ...  
Australians resoundingly reject ratbaggery of the religious Right

The May Election confirmed no appetite for U.S.-style religious meddling in Australia’s polit ...  
Australia must raise the standard of prisoner rights

The high mortality rate in Australian prisons is alarming — as shown by more progressive nati ...  
Adani, Trump and the undoing of global anti-corruption norms

Trump's suspension of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has signalled to business elites that ...  
Exploiting immigrants on reality TV

Immigrants vying for U.S. citizenship is being pitched for reality TV — exploiting the migrant ...  
Reading in the age of genocide

Does the state of the world turn readers to “escapist” books, or does it just turn readers ...  
The Coalition marriage breakup: A nuclear meltdown

The Liberal and National parties are "on a break", but what does this mean for Australia's poli ...  
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EDITORIAL: The Coalition marriage breakup: A nuclear meltdown

After almost four decades without an official skirmish, the Liberal National Coalition has split ...  
In defence of diplomacy: A path to Australian independence

Australia cannot make diplomacy its first line of defence until it reclaims the independence it ...  
Timor-Leste shows us the true spirit of independence

While Timor-Leste flies flags for a freedom it fought for, Australia still hesitates to claim its ...  
How Australia lost its broadband lead and how to win it back

As the world races toward fibre and 5G, Australia risks being left in the digital dust unless bold ...  
Asylum seekers refused at both primary and appeal stages exceeds 50,000

The number of asylum seekers refused at both the primary and appeal stages and still not departed ...  
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