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What’s the price to report on Nauru Island?

Media professionals will have to pay A$8,000, with no reimbursement if the application is rejected,  for a single entry visa to visit the tiny pacific island of Nauru, where hundreds of asylum seekers are detained by the Austr...
by Catarina Demony
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The international politics of searching for MH370

“We don’t want Chinese warships sniffing around in the area on the pretext of hunting for the missing jetliner or anti-piracy patrols” The world has been watching with baited breath as the search for Malaysian Airlines fl...
by Amanda Sheppard
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WATCH: Who knew Islam was a country?

When political candidate Stephanie Banister gave an interview to one of Australia’s major news networks she could not have imagined the stir it would cause. The 27 year old mother of two told Channel Seven: “I don’...
by Trudy McIntosh
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Australia’s graphic campaign targeting asylum seekers: An effective tool?

Australia’s immigrant policies are arguably some of the toughest in the world, but the Australian Government’s latest attempt to deter asylum seekers sparked unparalleled international criticism. The new campaign fe...
by Tímea Fazekas
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COP20 Fossil Of The Day: Australia’s winning no mates

For a second time this week, Australia was awarded the Fossil of the Day for their dismal performance at the UN climate change negotiations. This should come as no surprise given Australia’s infamous reputation as a climate ...
by Sydney Pead
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The cost of carbon? Your life.

How Global Warming Negatively Affects Your Health and Life Expectancy Over 400,000 people worldwide die every year from climate change. Most of those deaths are from hunger and communicable diseases, but this figure also includ...
by Allison Midori Reilly
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Could 2013 Kill Australia’s Carbon Tax?

Believe it or not, we all survived the Mayan apocalypse. It looks like we might even survive this fiscal cliff nonsense, and we all survived the first 6 months of Australia’s supposedly ‘catastrophic’ carbon tax. What a m...
by Chris Wright
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Gun Control: Don’t let a little thing called facts get in the way

At the height of the gun control debate in the United States earlier this year, the middle-sized country of Australia was getting a lot more mentions than was normal. I happened to find myself in the middle of this peculiar si...
by Trudy McIntosh
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‘The Queen is dead, long live the King…again?’ – Julia Gillard’s shock resignation

As night drew across the Australian capital of Canberra and its citizens prepared for rest, the dust settled on what may go down in history as the most brutal and intense battle for a political party’s leadership within the m...
by Benjamin Meggitt
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