La Trobe opinions
La Trobe Opinions are the views of La Trobe academics and are not official University policy.
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13 Jul 2018New Zealander deportation on the rise
Patrick Keyzer - Professor and Head of the La Trobe Law School, La Trobe University & Dave Martin - PhD Candidate, La Trobe University
12 Jul 2018Where are you from?
Dr Donna Starks - Associate Professor of Language in Education, La Trobe University
11 Jul 2018Who is Brett Kavanaugh?
Dr Kumuda Simpson - Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University
10 Jul 2018Aboriginal names for ten suburbs
Stephen Morey - Senior Lecturer Department of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University & Jason Gibson - Research Fellow, Deakin University & Helen Gardner - Associate Professor of History, Deakin University
06 Jul 2018Failure to stand up for press freedom
Tony Walker - Adjunct Professor School of Communications & Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
03 Jul 2018Sequencing the koala genome
Jenny Graves - Distinguished Professor of Genetics, La Trobe University
02 Jul 2018Sexual harrassment report published
Anne Rees - David Myers Research Fellow, La Trobe University, Laura Rademaker - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Australian National University, Alana Piper - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney, University of Technology Sydney, Andy Kaladelfos - Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University, Jordana Silverstein - Historian, University of Melbourne, Katherine Ellinghaus - Hansen Lecturer in History, University of Melbourne, Mary Tomsic - Postdoctoral Research Assoicate, University of Melbourne, Naomi Wolfe - Lecturer in History & Aboriginal Academic, Australian Catholic University, Nikki Henningham - Research Fellow - Australian Women's Archives Project
02 Jul 2018Coping with the Beijing freezer
Bec Strating - Lecturer in Politics, La Trobe and James Leibold - Associate Professor of Politics and Asian Studies, La Trobe University
02 Jul 2018Questions about ethical breeding remain
Clare Fisher - PhD Candidate in Crime, Justice and Legal Studies, La Trobe University
26 Jun 2018Is gender inequality inevitable?
Beatrice Alba - Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
22 Jun 2018Our obsession with the Anglosphere
Dennis Altman - Professorial Fellow in Human Security, La Trobe University
21 Jun 2018Time to denounce China’s Muslim gulag
James Leibold - Associate Professor of Politics and Asian Studies, La Trobe University
19 Jun 2018Breakthrough or pause in hostilies?
Professor Nick Bisley - Head of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University, La Trobe University
18 Jun 2018China-India border dispute
Dr Ruth Gamble - David Myers Research Fellow, La Trobe University
18 Jun 2018Addressing response to royal commission
Dr Timothy W. Jones - Senior Lecturer in History, La Trobe University
18 Jun 2018The women expats who found liberation
Dr Anne Rees - David Myers Research Fellow, La Trobe University
15 Jun 2018Education freeze should ring alarm bells
Vice-Chancellor Professor John Dewar, La Trobe University
14 Jun 2018What the summit agreement leaves out
Benjamin Habib - Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Politics and Philosophy, La Trobe University
14 Jun 2018How flexischools could close the gap
Jo Lampert - Professor, School of Education, La Trobe University and Marnee Shay - Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow, School of Education and Centre for Policy Futures, The University of Queensland
13 Jun 2018Why do brumbies evoke such passion?
Pete Minard - Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of the Inland, La Trobe University., La Trobe University
13 Jun 2018Changes to security laws too hasty
Tony Walker - Adjunct Professor School of Communications & Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
12 Jun 2018Shaky US-North Korea summit set to begin
Benjamin Habib - Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Politics and Philosophy, La Trobe University
12 Jun 2018Five years on, NDIS progress is slow
George Taleporos - Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University
12 Jun 2018How epidemics have evolved
Hassan Vally - Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, La Trobe University
04 Jun 2018Chinese Indonesian women break silence
Monika Winarnita - Research Associate Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University and Ken Setiawan - McKenzie Research Fellow at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne
04 Jun 2018Australia-China relations need a reset
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, Professor Tony Walker
25 May 2018Unpacking Australia’s NBN
Dr John Doyle - Honorary Associate in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University
09 May 2018A new solution to rural doctor shortage
Professor John Dewar, Vice-Chancellor, La Trobe University & Professor Glyn Davis, Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne
15 Mar 2018Domperidone can boost breast milk supply
Luke Grzeskowiak NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow – Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide; Lisa Amir Associate Professor in Breastfeeding Research, La Trobe University; Wendy Ingman Associate Professor, University of Adelaide;
14 Mar 2018Why VR cannot match the real thing
Professor Janna Thompson
08 Mar 2018Tackling unconscious biases
Beatric Alba, Research Fellow, La Trobe University
05 Mar 2018Treatment of asylum seekers in Australia
Professor Robert Manne
01 Mar 2018Minimum NT alcohol price to reduce harm
Michael Livingston, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University and Sarah Callinan, Research Fellow, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
22 Feb 2018 Teflon tycoons and sticky-taped kits
Nasya Bahfen, Senior Lecturer in the School of Media, Film and Journalism, La Trobe University
22 Feb 2018Turnbull and Trump key talking points
Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
16 Feb 2018Four types of drinker: which one are you
Emmanuel Kuntsche, Director of the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University and Sarah Callinan, Research Fellow at the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
14 Feb 2018Sex and the sisterhood
Sarah Hayes, Research Fellow in Archaeology and History, La Trobe University and Barbara Minchinton, La Trobe University
14 Feb 2018Close the gap: more indigenous graduates
Mark Rose, Vice President Victorian Aboriginal Education Association IncExecutive Director Indigenous Strategy and Education, La Trobe University
12 Feb 2018US security approach is deeply troubling
Joseph Camilleri, Emeritus Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
12 Feb 2018How an Olympic broadcast works
Merryn Sherwood, Lecturer in Sports Journalism, La Trobe University
07 Feb 2018Classroom design and architectural fads
Peter C. Lippman, PhD Candidate, School of Arts, Sciences & Commerce, La Trobe University and Terry Byers, Research fellow, University of Melbourne
07 Feb 2018Trump, Turnbull and Afghanistan
Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
05 Feb 2018Curious kids
Senior Lecturer in Sleep Ecophysiology, La Trobe University, John Lesku
01 Feb 2018Kids: genes they do and don't inherit
La Trobe University Distinguished Professor, Jenny Graves
29 Jan 2018Asia is set for a difficult year in 2018
Executive Director of La Trobe Asia and Professor of International Relations, Nick Bisley
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