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Editor's note
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As Peter Dutton’s authority has grown in the Home Affairs Department – most recently with proposed new laws preventing foreign fighters from returning home – there’s been much concern over whether the minister now has too much power.
Jacinta Carroll writes, however, that there was similar push-back nearly 40 years ago when the new Department of Defence was formed.
A Home Affairs “super portfolio” enables a more strategic and integrated approach to security, law enforcement, migration and border issues.
There are significant challenges to getting it right, but Carroll argues that the creation of the portfolio is ultimately a good thing for Australia and for good public policy and services.
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Justin Bergman
Deputy Editor: Politics + Society
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The creation of the Home Affairs department means that complex and sometimes competing security and law enforcement priorities now have a strategic policy home.
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Jacinta Carroll, Australian National University
Similar concerns were raised 40 years ago when the Department of Defence was formed, but the decision to merge several agencies is now held up for its strategic vision.
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Not all Thoroughbreds mate in the natural way.
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Cathrynne Henshall, Charles Sturt University; Paul McGreevy, University of Sydney
Today's the official birthday of all race horses in Australia which means the breeding season is just a month away. It's about to get very busy for stallions and mares on the stud farms.
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The Bangladesh government wants Karail, an established community of 200,000 people in the capital Dhaka, to make way for development.
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Tanzil Shafique, University of Melbourne
A community of 200,000 in Dhaka faces eviction to make room for "development". Is it time to rethink the concept, especially with a billion people now living in informal settlements worldwide?
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Fleabag: until now it has been rare for a female TV character to ‘break the fourth wall’ and address the viewer directly.
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Clem Bastow, University of Melbourne
Key to the success of the much-lauded Fleabag is its creator's repurposing of two cliched narrative devices: flashback and breaking the fourth wall.
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Environment + Energy
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Trevor Thornton, Deakin University
Australia's recycling woes belong to everyone, from households to government to business. It's time to stop pointing fingers and get to work on a solution.
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Robert McLachlan, Massey University
New Zealand has proposed new fuel standards, along with a consumer rebates for cleaner cars – paid for by higher costs for high-polluting cars – to cut its rising transport emissions.
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Health + Medicine
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Ralph Martins, Macquarie University
Many chronic diseases increase our risk of Alzheimer's disease. This link between our bodies and our brains means certain healthy choices could protect our cognitive function.
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Bruce Baer Arnold, University of Canberra; Wendy Bonython, Bond University
The government has breached the public's trust and its own privacy policy by using Medicare data about Australians' prescribing habits to recruit participants for a study.
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Helen Pringle, UNSW
Although abortions have been legally performed in NSW for years, doctors have long called for greater clarity in the law in regard to the possible criminality of their actions.
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Science + Technology
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Janie Hoormann, The University of Queensland
If you got too close to a black hole, it would suck you in and you'd never be able to escape, even if you were travelling at the speed of light.
This point of no return is called the event horizon.
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Education
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Rachel Wilson, University of Sydney; Deborah Chadwick, University of Sydney
Studying maths is likely to make you smarter and more employable.
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Arts + Culture
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Jeanell Carrigan, University of Sydney
A world premiere performance of a new Australian opera is an exhilarating experience. But the music in this reworking of the Peter Carey novel underwhelmed.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The citizenship provision of the Constitution’s section 44 has raised its head again, with the eligibility of Treasurer Josh Frydenberg being challenged by an elector in his Kooyong seat. Michaal Staindl…
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