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Study confirms intimate partner violence leading health risk factor for women

  • Written by: Kim Webster, PhD candidate, University of Melbourne
imageFor women of reproductive age and Indigenous women, intimate partner violence is the single biggest health risk factor. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Barely a week passes without a media report of the suffering or tragic death of a woman at the hands of a partner. Typically, these accounts focus on the individuals involved. While important, in...

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Why Brexit and the spectre of President Trump aren't hurting Australia's economy

  • Written by: Efrem Castelnuovo, Principal Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research - Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Melbourne
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Uncertainty about future policy decisions is often identified as major drag on a country’s economy. Uncertainty about interest rate movements, for example, may see households postpone their consumption, and entrepreneurs wait and see before investing in a business. As a result, aggregate demand naturally weakens, and the economy slows down.

B...

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China's currency needs reform at home before gaining more traction internationally

  • Written by: Hui Feng, Future Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute and Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University
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Businesses and governments around the world are watching as China grows, innovates and extends its influence. We explore how the country got to where it is and what might be in store for its future in our series Understanding China’s Influence.


In Chinese, “renminbi” means the currency of the people. Yet for so long China’s...

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How China came in from the cold to help set up Antarctica's vast new marine park

  • Written by: Nengye Liu, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of New England
imageNext year the Ross Sea will be home to the world's largest marine reserve.Andrew Mandemaker/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

Conservationists have been celebrating the creation of the world’s largest marine park, covering 1.55 million square kilometres of the Ross Sea off Antarctica.

The agreement, brokered at last week’s annual meeting of the Co...

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