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Suburbs 'swamped' by Asians and Muslims? The data show a different story

  • Written by: James Forrest, Associate Professor of Geography and Planning, Macquarie University
imageOnly one Australian suburb, Lakemba in Sydney, has a population that is more than half Muslim.AAP/Jane Dempster

Population growth has profound impacts on Australian life, and sorting myths from facts can be difficult. This article is part of our series, Is Australia Full?, which aims to help inform a wide-ranging and often emotive debate.


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Three charts on: the changing face of Australian union members

  • Written by: Bradley Bowden, Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
imageDespite public perception, figures indicate that white collar workers are more likely to be a member of a union than people working in traditionally blue collar professions. Shutterstock

What comes to mind when I say union member? Perhaps it conjures up a blue collar construction or factory worker. Well data on unions shows it’s more likely...

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The West's hyperbole on North Korea will only fuel Kim Jong-un's propaganda

  • Written by: Nicholas R. Smith, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Canterbury
imageKim Jong-un's rhetoric and action against the US and others is framed domestically as the heroic defiance of an evil enemy.Reuters/KCNA

After a fairly quiet couple of months on North Korea and its self-styled madman leader, Kim Jong-un, the international community is again on high alert.

On Tuesday, North Korea undertook another missile test. This...

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Doctors and nurses can't always tell if someone's drunk or on drugs, and misdiagnosis can be dangerous

  • Written by: Lauren Monds, Research Fellow in Addiction Medicine, Research Officer in Forensic Psychology, University of Sydney
imageEven emergency department staff can have trouble telling if someone's intoxicated as clinical clues can mislead.from www.shutterstock.com

Bob has arrived at the emergency department at 10am on a Tuesday after breaking several fingers slamming his hand in a car door. Bob is quite anxious; he speaks quickly and paces around. When asked to sit and...

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