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Outlaw culture: Aboriginal women and the power of resistance

07 Feb 2022

From bushrangers to community matriarchs, Aboriginal women have found many ways to empower themselves and their people through acts of resistance – within and outside of the law. 

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What’s wrong with Australian mortgages? They’re fixed for shareholders, not home owners

04 Feb 2022

There’s no reason why Australian lenders couldn’t offer 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, as they do in the US.

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Five things to know about supply chains and COVID-19 stock shortages

01 Feb 2022

Stock shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic are about more than just panic buying or labour shortages in supply chains, says UNSW Business School's Professor Jack Cadeaux

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Vital Signs: it’s too early for the RBA to pull the trigger on interest rates

28 Jan 2022

The case for the RBA increasing interest rates certainly exists. But it’s far less pressing than in the United States.

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10 Minute Genius: Megan Davis on the power of Voice

25 Jan 2022

In 2017 on the lands of the Anangu, Cobble Cobble woman Megan Davis stepped out from the shadow of Uluru and delivered the Uluru Statement from the Heart for the very first time. It was the first time anyone would hear it, and it was a process that showed the power of First Nation Voices. 

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Vital Signs: disclosure please, we shouldn't be playing bingo with COVID statistics

21 Jan 2022

Governments should tell us everything they know about infections, hospitalisations and deaths. So why aren’t they?

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Federal government slashes COVID payment when people need it most

20 Jan 2022

With Australia now in the worst stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, there couldn't be a worse time to restrict Pandemic Leave Disaster Payments.

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Do you identify as a workplace chameleon?

19 Jan 2022

Some employees still feel the need to disguise themselves to ‘survive’ certain work cultures, say UNSW Business School academics.

If denied, can Djokovic challenge the Minister's decision in court?

If denied, can Djokovic challenge the Minister's decision in court?

14 Jan 2022

Australian public law expert Associate Professor Janina Boughey explains what might happen if the Immigration and Home Affairs ministers use their personal discretionary powers to cancel the visa of tennis player Novak Djokovic.

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The 3 problems with fines for not reporting positive COVID tests

14 Jan 2022

The NSW government’s announcement of a $1000 fine for failing to report a positive voluntary rapid antigen test will likely achieve the opposite of its intention.

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