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Indonesia's new cabinet built on political transactions

  • Written by: Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir, PhD Candidate in Politics at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne
imageIndonesian President Joko Widodo announces the new members of his cabinet on Wednesday.Reuters

It is not surprising that the new ministers recently appointed by Indonesian President Joko Widodo still reflect a cabinet of compromise.

As a political outsider, the president lacks the support of a strong political machinery. In the context of...

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A complacent, secretive IMF failed to deal with EU crisis; what's changed?

  • Written by: Remy Davison, Jean Monnet Chair in Politics and Economics, Monash University

In a 650-page report last week, the IMF’s own Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) has castigated the Fund’s handling of the Eurozone crisis.

The IEO cited a “culture of complacency” in the IMF; a “failure to identify the build-up of vulnerabilities”; and maintaining an “unworkable strategy” for too...

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Commuters help regions tap into city-driven growth

  • Written by: Todd Denham, PhD Candidate, School of Global, Urban & Social Studies, RMIT University
imageConnecting the city and regions, long-distance commuting is a significant factor in regional centres.Peter Mackey/flickr, CC BY-ND

There is a strong geographic element to the transitions in the Australian economy that our prime minister so frequently refers to. Generally, the old economy, based on manufacturing, mining and agriculture, provided...

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The casual stigmatisation of opioid use is lazy journalism

  • Written by: Michael Vagg, Clinical Senior Lecturer at Deakin University School of Medicine & Pain Specialist, Barwon Health

I was a bit annoyed by this article that appeared on The Age website and was retweeted widely. The title - Opioid addiction: Treatments get people off painkillers, but it is a hard road - suggests the story is about prescription opioid addiction.

The body of the piece then sets out the familiar narrative (to me at least) that current prescribing...

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