Three in 10 Generation Z (Gen-Z) Australians who did not register for the 2022 federal election said they either did not know they had to register to vote or did not know how to.
Lack of ‘know-how’ is why many young people didn’t vote in 2022, survey indicates
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Polygamy—a legally or customarily recognized marriage involving three or more people—is currently illegal in Australia. However, new research suggests a way to legalize the practice without disrupting the foundations of Australian marriage law.This post was [...]
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in many countries worldwide to provide public social services, assisting in entitlement decisions to state-paid pensions and unemployment benefits, assessments of asylum applications, and assignments of places at [...]
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Researchers analyzed three decades of sanctions on foreign aid to assess their impact on health. They hope the work can help government officials better understand and address how foreign policy decisions affect the well-being of [...]
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Trying to persuade people with different political views can be fatiguing and frustrating, but it’s not as pointless as we might think. New research shows that even on divisive issues, far more persuasion attempts succeeded [...]
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The Trump administration’s dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled on March 18, 2025. The court order to pause the agency’s shuttering came days after Secretary of [...]
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The global trade landscape is shifting, and not in the way free traders had hoped. For decades, the belief that economic openness could foster peace and stability reigned supreme. Trade, it was argued, could transform [...]
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When the New Scientist revealed that it had obtained a UK government minister’s ChatGPT prompts through a freedom of information (FOI) request, many in journalism and politics did a double take. Science and technology minister [...]
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Protestors charged with non-violent offenses should be able to explain their motives in court as part of their legal defense, new research says.This post was originally published on this site
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Why do people living in democratic countries vote for political candidates who openly violate democratic standards? A new study by a University of Notre Dame researcher has found that diverse understandings of democracy among voters [...]
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Internal displacement in Syria was used by the Assad regime to reshape the country’s political and social landscape, a new study shows.This post was originally published on this site
