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Government should focus on sick, elderly and borders: ANUPoll title

Australians’ believe the role of government is to provide healthcare, aged care and strong borders and should be less involved in providing jobs, housing and a decent standard of living, according to the latest ANUPoll.

RSSS scholar appointed to National Data Advisory Council title

An Australian National University scholar plans to use his appointment to the new National Data Advisory Council to advocate on behalf of researchers who use data in ways that contribute to public policy debates.

Demographer Dr Liz Allen on societal improvements in Australia and globally title

Demographer Dr Liz Allen says the Prime Minister's plans to lower the migration cap won't ease congestion in major cities title

Liz Allen on Coalition's plan to cap immigration to 160,000 title

Dr Liz Allen discusses whether the PM's immigration proposals will make a difference to cities like Sydney and Melbourne title

Young people are moving out of Sydney. But foreigners aren't taking their jobs. title

New ANUpoll reveals changing attitude to Australia's population title

More than two thirds of Australians do not think Australia needs more people, according to an Australian National University poll (ANUPoll) conducted in late 2018.

The ANUPoll asked “The Australian population is now a little over 25 million… do you think Australia needs more people?” with only 30.4 per cent answering ‘yes’, a decline of about 15 per cent since a very similar question was asked in an ANUPoll conducted in 2010.

Ben Phillips discusses population growth and housing trends in Canberra title

Using multi-criteria decision analysis to assess expert and stakeholder preference on adolescent illicit drug policy options in Hong Kong title

Multiple-criteria analysis (MCA) has been applied to many complex decisions to assist in risk assessment and selection of alternative operators or policy options. Using the MCA techniques, key expert preferences for 19 drug interventions in Hong Kong were examined. Significant differences in preferences were found among academics, health professionals and law enforcers regarding drug testing, and a range of law enforcement, harm reduction and treatment interventions.
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