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Editor's note
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A recent front page newspaper report suggested migrants from North Africa and the Middle East are increasingly reliant on welfare.
Labour force data shows this group does have a higher unemployment rate than the rest of the population during the first five years of settling in Australia. However, this doesn't necessarily mean these migrants are disproportionately drawing on public resources, as John van Kooy explains.
In fact, over time the rate for employment for these migrants actually reaches parity with the rest of the population.
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Jenni Henderson
Editor, Business and Economy
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Top story
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Settling well in Australia often takes time for people from migrant backgrounds.
Lukas Coch/AAP
John van Kooy, University of Melbourne
Labour force data actually shows that, after an initial period of relatively high unemployment, employment rates among migrant communities eventually reach parity with the rest of the population.
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Politics + Society
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John Blaxland, Australian National University
The small city-state is an important regional ally, and we should work hard to maintain that strong relationship.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
At the beginning of the parliamentary year, the government is beleaguered on several fronts. But Arthur Sinodinos is determined to be optimistic.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Cory Bernardi says he aims to provide the many disillusioned conservative voters with 'a principled, credible and stable alternative in which they can vest their vote'.
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Nick Economou, Monash University
Cory Bernardi's Australian Conservatives joins a crowded field battling for the relatively small right-of-centre vote.
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Ed Blakely, University of Sydney; Peter Fisher, RMIT University
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Arts + Culture
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Ian J. McNiven, Monash University
In the 1840s, the eel traps of Budj Bim were described as the work of 'civilized men'. But it took another 135 years for more appreciative European eyes to examine the complexity of western Victoria’s Aboriginal fishery.
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Education
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Fazal Rizvi, University of Melbourne
17% of the Australian population is now of various Asian backgrounds. School curriculum around Asia-Australia relations needs updating to reflect demograpic changes.
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Health + Medicine
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Meredith Nash, University of Tasmania
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Megan Munsie, University of Melbourne; Andrew Nunn, Monash University; Claire Tanner, University of Melbourne
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Environment + Energy
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Lawrence McIntosh, University of Technology Sydney; Dani Alexander, University of Technology Sydney
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Mike Burbridge, Curtin University
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Science + Technology
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Marc C-Scott, Victoria University
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Business + Economy
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Katherine Hunt, Griffith University
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