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Melbourne Asia Review is an initiative of the Asia Institute. Any inquiries about Melbourne Asia Review should be directed to the Managing Editor, Cathy Harper.

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Australia and Southeast Asia: Australia needs a new plan 

  • Honorary Professorial Fellow Richard Robison,

Reform of Australia’s relations with Southeast Asia requires fundamental change in the political interests driving the Southeast Asian agenda within Australia.

WEBINAR: What does Southeast Asia want from Australia?

Amid great power competition between China and the US, will Australia deepen its engagement with Southeast Asia?

What does Southeast Asia want from Australia?

  • Melissa Conley Tyler and Sarah Allan,

The region wants Australia to be a stabiliser, not a destabiliser.

Rethinking human trafficking in Southeast Asia to better reflect survivors’ agency

  • Dr Guangyu Qiao-Franco,

It is crucial to consider the diverse experiences and circumstances of trafficked people without labelling them as only victims.

INTRODUCTION: Transnationalism, diaspora and the migration-development nexus in Asia and Australia

  • Professor Andrew Rosser and Associate Professor Yan Tan,

The impacts of transnational linkages and diaspora are huge and include trade and investment, livelihoods for poor people, and migrant workers’ rights.