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Editor's note
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Do you buy products made with slave labour? The chances are you do, but just don’t think about it – and possibly don’t really care. The University of Melbourne’s Michal Carrington and her colleagues have been interested in why many consumers feel no guilt about benefiting from the exploitation of others. Their research highlights the reasons we use to justify not caring.
Over the past 12 months, there has been much discussion of our immigration policy - too many immigrants, too few, just right? And recently, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said he has heard the message that “Australians in our biggest cities are concerned about population”. But as Andrew Markus writes, they may not be as concerned as we have been led to believe. In fact, two recent Scanlon Foundation surveys reveal that a minority of
Australians think immigration is too high - most think the levels are OK or should be increased.
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Tim Wallace
Deputy Editor: Business + Economy
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Top Stories
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Modern slaves are not kept in literal chains, but this does not justify being oblivious to it. Consumers should care about how a product is made.
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Michal Carrington, University of Melbourne; Andreas Chatzidakis, Royal Holloway; Deirdre Shaw, University of Glasgow
Hidden slavery is a growing global problem but we continue to turn a blind eye and embrace a seemingly insatiable demand for fast, cheap goods and services.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he has heard “loud and clear” that “Australians in our biggest cities are concerned about population”.
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Andrew Markus, Monash University
The results of three surveys show that, in testing public opinion, much hangs on how the questions are asked and the surveys are designed.
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An unconventional gas valve in WA’s Kimberley region, which has been newly opened up to fracking.
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Hanabeth Luke, Southern Cross University; Martin Brueckner, Murdoch University; Nia Emmanouil, Southern Cross University
The Western Australian government's decision to green-light fracking in selected areas aims to walk a line between industry interests and community opposition. But across Australia the picture varies widely.
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Health + Medicine
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Christine Carson, University of Western Australia; Tim Inglis, University of Western Australia
It's hard to predict how long it will take to feel better after you start taking antibiotics. But if you start feeling worse one to two days after starting the therapy, you must see your doctor.
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Stephen Bright, Edith Cowan University; Nicole Lee, Curtin University
Media-driven panic about drugs can create a perception more people are using the drug than they actually are, and when teens think 'everyone' is doing it, they are more likely to want to do it too.
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Science + Technology
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David Blair, University of Western Australia
More ripples in space-time have been detected from merging pairs of black holes, one of which was the most massive and distant gravitational-wave source ever observed.
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Jake Clark, University of Southern Queensland; Belinda Nicholson, University of Southern Queensland; Josh Calcino, The University of Queensland
Long ago in the distant past, our entire Universe was microscopic – just like an atom – and obeyed completely different rules of cause and effect.
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Cities
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Patrick Harris, University of Sydney; Edward Jegasothy, University of Sydney
The health concerns that dominate public submissions to the parliamentary inquiry into WestConnex are a reminder that papering over such issues comes back to haunt governments.
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Arts + Culture
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Sasha Grishin, Australian National University
There is nothing to prepare us for the shock to the senses in the National Gallery of Victoria's latest exhibition combining the works of M. C. Escher with Japanese design firm nendo.
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Politics + Society
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Andrew Markus, Monash University
The results of three surveys show that, in testing public opinion, much hangs on how the questions are asked and the surveys are designed.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Morrison described the rule change as historic and the biggest in the
74 years of the party's history.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The right is strong within the
party. And with the Morrison government now dealing with a hung parliament, there has been a risk that a disendorsed Kelly could defect to the
crossbench.
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Tony Walker, La Trobe University
In the wash-up of the G20 meetings, it seems China has come away with the better deal – at least for now.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Kelly has threatened to run as an independent if he loses preselection and also at times has left the way open to go to the crossbench.
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Environment + Energy
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Hanabeth Luke, Southern Cross University; Martin Brueckner, Murdoch University; Nia Emmanouil, Southern Cross University
The Western Australian government's decision to green-light fracking in selected areas aims to walk a line between industry interests and community opposition. But across Australia the picture varies widely.
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Samantha Hepburn, Deakin University
Indian mining firm Adani has announced scaled-down plans for its planned Queensland coal mine, which it will now fund itself. But there are still many questions hanging over the project.
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