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Matt Withers

Matt Withers is a senior lecturer in the School of Sociology at the Australian National University.

21 November 2024

Free agency is a right, not an option

by Matt Withers and Sophia Kagan

Children at kindergarten in Tonga (Conor Ashleigh-DFAT)

16 August 2022

Pacific migrant workers and the social costs of family separation

by Matt Withers

13 December 2019

Migration-development … without care?

by Matt Withers

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