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Melbourne Asia Review is an initiative of the Asia Institute. Any inquiries about Melbourne Asia Review should be directed to the Managing Editor, Cathy Harper.

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Australia and Southeast Asia: Australia needs a new plan

Honorary Professorial Fellow Richard Robison,

Reform of Australia’s relations with Southeast Asia requires fundamental change in the political interests driving the Southeast Asian agenda within Australia.

COVID-19 mental health challenges and responses in Hong Kong

Professor Paul Yip,

Mental health problems caused by COVID-19 public health measures have largely been overlooked by the Hong Kong Administration.

INTERVIEW: From a public health crisis to a ‘police state’: China during and beyond COVID-19

Murong Xuecun,

The communist government is taking full advantage of the pandemic to further increase its power.

Human mobility in small island communities in pandemic times: Insights from Sangihe, Indonesia

Naimah Lutfi Abdullah Talib,

For Islanders, travelling is a way of exercising their social, political, and economic rights but this has been difficult during the COVID-19 pandemic.