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Australian Election 2025
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1

Aussie rules: Democracy sausages, budgie smugglers, and electoral integrity

Nick Fabbri

2

Voting for a changing world

Greg Earl

3

Australia’s election: After branding his opponents Trump-like, Albanese now needs to work with the US President

Daniel Flitton

4

What the Pacific sees at stake in the Australian election

Isabelle Zhu-Maguire

5

Facts gone missing in Australia’s debate about Indonesia-Russia basing deal

Susannah Patton

6

Housing affordability is a problem for Australian foreign policy

Hugh Piper

7

Australia and Southeast Asia: Why strategic balance still matters

Hangga Fathana

8

What difference will the election outcome make to Australia ties with Southeast Asia?

Susannah Patton

9

Australia’s foreign policy reckoning: Time for a new White Paper

Mercedes Page

10

If foreign countries could vote in Australia’s election, which box would they tick?

Daniel Flitton

11

Beyond politics: Australia’s role in solving the Rohingya crisis

Arunn Jegan

12

Young men are lurching right worldwide, but is Australia immune?

Intifar Chowdhury

13

Australia’s foreign policy in a hung parliament

Hugh Piper
Debate Topic

Women across borders
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1

Protecting frontline humanitarians: Australia’s role as a middle power

Amra Lee

2

Getting dads to care: A key to equality in Asia

Ramona Vijeyarasa

3

Imagine a first for ASEAN, a woman as the Secretary-General

Mutiara Indriani , Lucy Klein

4

The lost potential in STEM: Why women are still left behind

Lisa Singh

5

Feminism is still a dirty word in China

Ciara Morris

6

The hidden national security threat: Misogynistic extremism

Emma Gerhardy
Debate Topic

Assessing Trump’s territorial ambitions
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1

Trump goes deep into the Panama Canal

Selwyn Parker

2

The practical obstacles to Canada as the 51st state

Grant Wyeth

3

The legal options for Trump to acquire Greenland

Donald R Rothwell