
Justin Bergman
Deputy Politics and Society Editor at The Conversation (Australia)
Writer at Interest.co.nz
International affairs editor, The Conversation. Former correspondent at Monocle magazine, Shanghai and Singapore.
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1 month ago |
hashtag.net.au | Justin Bergman
Both Labor and the Coalition are considering an increase to defence spending ahead of the federal election. Defence spending is currently at about 2% of gross domestic product (GDP), or around A$56 billion per year. The Coalition is reportedly eyeing an increase to 2.5% of GDP by 2029. The Albanese government’s current spending plan is expected to reach 2.33% of GDP by 2034.
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1 month ago |
tolerance.ca | Justin Bergman
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1 month ago |
interest.co.nz | Gemma Ware |Justin Bergman |Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves
By Gemma Ware, Justin Bergman & Matt Garrow*Scam Factories is a special multimedia and podcast series by The Conversation that explores the inner workings of Southeast Asia’s brutal scam compounds. Multimedia series‘We could hear the screams until midnight’: life inside Southeast Asia’s brutal fraud compoundsPeople around the globe are swindled out of billions of dollars a year in scams. The scammers, though, are sometimes victims, too.
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2 months ago |
theconversation.com | Ashlynne McGhee |Gemma Ware |Justin Bergman |Matt Garrow
Scam Factories is a special multimedia and podcast series by The Conversation that explores the inner workings of Southeast Asia’s brutal scam compounds. The Conversation’s digital storytelling and podcast teams collaborated with three researchers: Ivan Franceschini, a lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Melbourne; Ling Li, a PhD candidate at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice; and Mark Bo, an independent researcher.
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2 months ago |
flipboard.com | Ashlynne McGhee |Gemma Ware |Justin Bergman |Matt Garrow
1 hour agoFrom winding borders to straight lines and landlocked nations, Al Jazeera explores the stories behind Africa’s map. Africa has the most countries of any continent with a total of 54. Rather than following natural terrains or historical boundaries, many of its borders are strikingly straight in some …
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RT @ConversationEDU: 🎧💻 Out now Scam Factories takes you inside Southeast Asia’s brutal scam compounds. In our podcast series (🔎 search f…

As Jokowi prepares to leave office in Indonesia, @EdwardAspinall looks back at his 10 years as president. Once deemed the 'new hope' for Indonesia, his legacy will be one of democratic backsliding. @ConversationEDU @ANUBellSchool #jokowi https://t.co/egS1Y0z5oa

Why is China so invested in an election in a remote corner of the Pacific? @GraemeKSmith's report for @ConversationEDU on Palau's upcoming vote--and what it means for China and Taiwan.

Palau is one of the few remaining countries to have diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Is a switch to Beijing possible following next month’s election? @OurANU https://t.co/npHGBXRzWd