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Upcoming: Compromised Democracy: Citizen Participation in the Age of Finance Capitalism Tue 12 March 2019 Speaker: Hendrik Wagenaar, King's College London 11:00am - 12:00pm Read More
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Upcoming: Measuring epistemic deliberation on polarized issues: The case of abortion provision in Ireland Tue 5 March 2019 Speaker: David Farrell, University College Dublin 11:00am - 12:00pm Read More
Income Under-reporting and Tax Evasion: How They Impact Inequality in Vietnam Tue 12 February 2019 Dr Hai Anh La, Senior Research Fellow at the NATSEM, University of Canberra 11:00am-12:00pm Read More
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VIRGINIA HAUSSEGGER AM NAMED ACT AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR 2019 Tue 30 October 2018 VIRGINIA HAUSSEGGER AM NAMED ACT AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR 2019 Read More
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