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Deepening Indigenous poverty in the Northern Territory
14 November 2017Anti-Poverty Week is a time when all Australians are encouraged to organise or take part in an activity aiming to highlight or overcome issues of poverty and hardship.
Pathways through fear: regulating sorcery accusation related violence
14 November 2017Many different types of fear are involved in the expression of this form of violence, and so it is a useful site to investigate the relationship between regulation and fear.
Small potent doses of illegal drugs are evading authorities but having a huge impact
13 November 2017Small quantities of synthetic opioids such as fentanyl are being smuggled past customs barriers and used to create recreational drugs, which are spreading at an alarming rate with the help of cryptocurrencies.
Time for costly medicine monopolies to go from TPP trade talks
13 November 2017Negotiators from 11 countries have been racing to resurrect the near-dead Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit this weekend. Dr Townsend discusses potential changes in the pipeline for rules affecting biologic drugs, an expensive class of medicines often used to treat conditions such as cancer and rheumatoid arthritis.
Applications now open for Philippines Project Visiting Fellowships and Collaborative Research Grants
02 November 2017The ANU Philippines Project is now accepting applications for its Visiting Fellowsh
Modern slavery in remote Australia?
02 November 2017In a recent article in Arena, RegNet’s Jon Altman reviews the design and effectiveness of the Community Development Program (CDP) and explains why it should be ab
The power of collective action
30 October 2017At Global Ideas Forum 2017, Sharon Friel sat down with Global Ideas’ Director Naveen Tenneti for a broad-ranging discussion about public health, the way corporations can both help and hinder climat
Criminal trade in new synthetic drugs
20 October 2017The criminal trade in new synthetic drugs is profitable, sophisticated, dangerous, and rapidly expanding. In this latest research from RegNet’s Roderic Broadhurst, he examines the transnational links between organised crime groups, and the implications of the expansion of the trade for law enforcement agencies in Asia and Oceania.
Regulation and governance in the Philippines
20 October 2017The Philippines has undergone rapid policy change from the 1990s until today.
NEW Master of Criminology, Justice and Regulation
20 October 2017We are excited to launch the new Master of Criminology, Justice and Regulation, which is now taking applications
