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The government wants to privatise visa processing. Who will be held accountable when something goes wrong?

  • Written by: Marina Khan, PhD Candidate, Western Sydney University

The Department of Home Affairs has begun taking steps to outsource its visa processing to private service providers. This move has sparked an important national debate on transparency, accountability and profiteering in the immigration system.

The proposed changes will involve private service providers processing certain “low-risk”...

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Scientists fear insect populations are shrinking. Here are six ways to help

  • Written by: David Yeates, Director of the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO
Scientists fear insect populations are shrinking. Here are six ways to helpScientists need your help to protect Australia's insects and track their numbers.Joe Castro/AAP

Are you planning a big garden clean-up this summer, or stocking up on fly spray to keep bugs at bay? Before you do, it’s worth considering the damage you might cause to the insects we share the planet with.

Australia’s insect populations are...

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Left-leaning Australians may look to New Zealand with envy, but Ardern still has much work to do

  • Written by: Grant Duncan, Associate Professor for the School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University
Left-leaning Australians may look to New Zealand with envy, but Ardern still has much work to doJacinda Ardern created an indefinable aura of promise – but just as people fall in love, some have fallen out of love, too.AAP/Mick Tsikas

In October 2017, 37-year-old Jacinda Ardern became prime minister of New Zealand. The world looked longingly at a young and inspiring female leader who had unexpectedly catapulted the Labour Party into...

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  1. Explainer: the ideas of Kant
  2. To restore public confidence in apartments, rewrite Australia's building codes
  3. To stop a tech apocalypse we need ethics and the arts
  4. how hospital design supports children, young people and their families
  5. spending dips and saving soars as we stash rather than spend our tax cuts
  6. Fingerprint login should be a secure defence for our data, but most of us don't use it properly
  7. a mixed bag theologically and politically, with bravura performances
  8. the medevac repeal and what it means for asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru
  9. Having problems with your kid's tantrums, bed-wetting or withdrawal? Here's when to get help
  10. The top ranking education systems in the world aren't there by accident. Here's how Australia can climb up
  11. Global emissions to hit 36.8 billion tonnes, beating last year's record high
  12. Medevac repealed after government comes to secret arrangement with Jacqui Lambie
  13. Did people or climate kill off the megafauna? Actually, it was both
  14. Neaera, the Athenian child slave raised to be a courtesan
  15. why army veterans are twice as likely to end up in prison
  16. How do you stop the youth exodus from private health insurance? Cut premiums for under-55s
  17. Shark nets are destructive and don't keep you safe – let's invest in lifeguards
  18. Homes can be better prepared for cyclones. But first we must convince the owners
  19. how climate change will affect food production and security
  20. Time to end drug company distortion of medical evidence
  21. Aussie students are a year behind students 10 years ago in science, maths and reading
  22. a deeply serious arboreal adventure with a message for our times
  23. Australia's threatened birds declined by 59% over the past 30 years
  24. How plant-based meat is stretching New Zealand's cultural and legal boundaries
  25. The government is hyping digitalised services, but not addressing a history of e-government fails
  26. Limiting cash payments to $10,000 is more dangerous than you might think
  27. Islamophobic attacks mostly happen in public. Here's what you can do if you see it or experience it
  28. Students with disabilities need inclusive buildings. We can learn from what's already working
  29. Haring Basquiat at the NGV
  30. Why is my poo green?
  31. Market-led infrastructure may sound good but not if it short-changes the public
  32. brain stimulation holds huge promise, but is critically under-regulated
  33. Earth has a couple more chances to avoid catastrophic climate change. This week is one of them
  34. Westpac ticking every anti-money-laundering box wouldn't make much difference to criminals
  35. Lessons on terrorism and rehabilitation from the London Bridge attack
  36. We can reverse antibiotic resistance in Australia. Here's how Sweden is doing it
  37. Cancel culture, cleanskin, hedonometer ... I'm not sure I like any of Macquarie Dictionary's words of the year
  38. we should use genetics, geology and more to repatriate Aboriginal remains
  39. For hydrogen to be truly 'clean' it must be made with renewables, not coal
  40. how hospital design has been a matter of life and death
  41. Scientists re-counted Australia's extinct species, and the result is devastating
  42. New research shows prejudice still high in Australia, but many people seeking to promote social inclusion
  43. The PISA world education test results are about to drop. Is Australia getting worse?
  44. Comeback city? Lessons from revitalising a diverse place like Dandenong
  45. a virtuoso of white on white who left the art world too soon
  46. are your kids cheating on their virtual partners?
  47. Banning Huawei could cut off our nose to spite our face. Good 5G matters
  48. Australia’s proposed defamation law overhaul will expand media freedom – but at what cost?
  49. Did Hanson mislead the government on union bill or did it misread her?
  50. Clive James spent his salad days in good company

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