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24.01.2022 " Resettling refugees in other countries is not working, nor is it fair. So, why is Australia doing it?" Claire Higgins who is the Senior Research Fellow at the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW, writes - The federal government has scrambled in recent days to minimise the political fallout from its treatment of the Tamil family from Biloela. After almost two years stuck on Christmas Island, the Murugappans are now being permitted to return to the mainland unde...r community detention while their asylum case is settled." Her article discusses the issue of resettlement and asylum seekers. Certainly the manner in which the Federal Government has dealt with the Tamil family from Biloela, has bought condemnation from both Australians and the International community. https://tagg.com.au/resettling-refugees-in-other-countries/

21.01.2022 In, "Many of us want to take our dogs on public transport, but others shudder at the thought what’s the solution?", Jennifer Kent who is a Senior Research Fellow in Urbanism and Corinne Mulley who is a Professor Emerita, both from the the University of Sydney, write - "We’ve being looking at the ways people travel with dogs and what it says about attempts to shift towards a more sustainable and healthier transport system. Our recent research explores why some people might not want dogs on public transport, and how these concerns can be managed. " https://tagg.com.au/many-of-us-want-to-take-our-dogs-on-pu/

20.01.2022 Curated by Sophia Cai the digital exhibition Home is more than a place pairs artworks from the collection of Hamilton Gallery with works by contemporary Australian artists to broadly consider the meaning of home as both an external and internal experience.

17.01.2022 In, ‘We have filed a case under your name’: beware of tax scams they’ll be everywhere this EOFY, Paul Haskell-Dowland, who is an Associate Dean (Computing and Security) and, Nathalie Collins (both fro the Edith Cowen University), remind us that at this time of the financial year the tax scammers are out and about. They write - "Posing as the Australian Taxation Office in particular has been a key vehicle for scammers to target victims, with considerable success over the yea...rs.". Their article gives examples of some of the scams and how to avoid them, continuing on to say - "Year after year, we can’t avoid doing our taxes. But if we’re careful, calm and aware, we can at least avoid being taken advantage of by scammers." https://tagg.com.au/we-have-filed-a-case-under-your-name-b/

13.01.2022 "Kapow! Zap! Splat! How comics make sound on the page" Victor Araneda Jure, who is a Teaching Associate / Filmmaker at Monash University, looks at how comics have refined the art of the use if onomatopoeia';s in comics to assist in bringing them alive. But wait! There's more! What about context and how they are used? The article explores all these wonderful elements.... https://tagg.com.au/kapow-zap-splat-how-comics-make-sound-/ See more

05.01.2022 Stop woodchiping last 20% of our forests Clearfellng is a climate change driver Tell china to grow their own hemp ASAP