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The ‘missing’ Indian-Australians in politics (हिंदी अनुवाद)

  • Dr Surjeet Dhanji,

Why are Australians of Indian origin yet to make substantial in-roads into Australian legislative institutions?

Indonesia’s ‘new despotism’

  • Dr Airlangga Pribadi Kusman & Dr Milda Istiqomah,

The government of President Joko Widodo is manipulating the law to repress its opponents and undermine democracy.

Muslim communities in Australia and the ‘mainstreaming’ of outer-group suspicion and apprehension

  • Professor Fethi Mansouri,

Muslims tend to be characterised as the least desirable group of migrants and continue to be viewed with suspicion and apprehension.

From ‘human nature’ to ‘sex’: sexualising ‘xing’ and reimagining sex in Chinese 中文

  • Yahia Zhengtang Ma,

The Chinese character ‘xing’ (性 ) has had varied usage and multiple meanings across time.

Suicide, under-employment and poverty: the gendered impacts of COVID-19 in Japan

  • Associate Professor Nana Oishi,

The socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 have been significant in Japan and have particularly affected the lives of women.