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Andrew Norton – The Conversation@ the good and bad about Australia’s foreshadowed changes to student loan repayments. theconversation.com/profiles/andre…

Students on social work, nursing and teaching placements to get weekly $319.50 means tested Prac Payment from July next year. More good news for young Australians theconversation.com/students-on-so…

Nuclear power makes no sense for Australia – but it’s a useful diversion from real climate action theconversation.com/nuclear-power-…

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“Australians get the benefits of migration, even the doubters | Lowy Institute” But attitudes may vary according to the form of immigration. If different forms of immigration are conflated in the data with NOM is the distinction twixt each being lost? lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

Kos Samaras Not one Labor figure,including any Muslim Labor MP, has come out to condemn Dutton’s racist slurs yesterday. Imagine the firestorm if the possibility of other religious MPs from Western Sydney had been described in that way These Labor figures are lost x.com/uz_khawaja/sta…

Senator Payman, Palestine, and caucus solidarity - Pearls and Irritations Caucus Solidarity Forever Until it is Changed johnmenadue.com/senator-payman…

@"UK general election, ATEC, ESOS Bill: Latest rundown of higher education"linkedin.com/pulse/uk-gener… on LinkedIn Meanwhile in Australia, UA Says the crackdown on international student visas is not helping stability in higher education.

To understand how slanted The New York Times coverage is now - see the French elections headlines: The Washington Post 'Far-Right suffers unexpected blow' CNN 'Leftists beat Far Right' The New York Times 'French Election Yealds Deadlock' almost as bad as Fox News's predictable 'Riots erupt'

‘Alien invasion’: researchers identify which exotic animals may soon hitchhike into Australia theconversation.com/alien-invasion… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Do 84 percent of overseas students go home? - johnmenadue.com/do-84-percent-… I am not sure of the sums in this article but I share the conclusion for both government and provider action.

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What does China really want from Myanmar? - Nikkei Asia Stability? asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/What-d…

Being a member of Hamas would be an automatic visa refusal under s501 of Migration Act. But just about every Palestinian would support some Hamas objectives (eg a Palestinian state). That would not be a breach of s501. QandA

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From Aussie politics to Henry Lawson: the story of how ‘Australian studies’ spread across China - johnmenadue.com/from-aussie-po… Great to the spread of in China of Australian Studies.

Record numbers of temporary graduates in immigration limbo - johnmenadue.com/record-numbers… Temporary graduate visas allowed graduates to stay after graduation for a limited period to gain work experience then to return home. A proportion applied to immigrate, many are now in limbo.