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Editor's note
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Population growth and the pressures and opportunities it creates have profound impacts on Australian life. Some aspects, such as immigration, are hot-button political issues and sorting myths from facts can be difficult.
Our new series, Is Australia Full?, aims to help inform this wide-ranging and often emotive debate. To begin with, Liz Allen notes that Australia lacks a national population policy and argues that this should be the starting point for a more productive and sensible approach.
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Top story
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Despite expert recommendations to adopt a population policy, Australian governments continue to resist.
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Liz Allen, Australian National University
Considering all the aspects of life in Australia that are affected by population, it's remarkable that the nation doesn't have a national policy on it.
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Arts + Culture
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Ken Murray, University of Melbourne
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Hea-Jin Park, Victoria University of Wellington
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Sue Swinburne, Griffith University; Richard Fabb, Griffith University
From a supernatural lesbian drama to lipsynching female comedians to a popular You Tube science show, Australian web series are thriving.
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Business + Economy
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Janet Austin, University of New Brunswick
Australian authorities are considering offering financial incentives for would-be whistleblowers to motivate them to come forward with high quality information.
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Stephen King, Monash University
As the federal government changes the rules around credit cards, it should force companies to be more transparent about fees.
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Science + Technology
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Nicholas Patterson, Deakin University
Get to know your internet router a little better.
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Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University
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Health + Medicine
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Nina Lansbury Hall, The University of Queensland
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Julie Robert, University of Technology Sydney
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Cities
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Marion Terrill, Grattan Institute
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Environment + Energy
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Pablo García-Díaz, University of Adelaide; Miquel Vall-llosera; Phill Cassey, University of Adelaide
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Max Finlayson, Charles Sturt University; Lee Baumgartner, Charles Sturt University; Peter Gell, Federation University Australia
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra; Deep Saini, University of Canberra
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Alana Mann, University of Sydney
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