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that is ... no punctuation

is unlawful ... elicit is to draw out

illusive, or illusory, describes something that causes an illusion or a deception. Elusive describes something that is hard to catch hold of.

'...after Cate Blanchett's imminent departure at the end of next year...' Macquarie says 'imminent' means likely to occur at any moment, impending; so a highly publicised departure planned for a definite time, especially when it's a year away, cannot really be described as imminent.

not from ... you build up an immunity to something

that has implications for the future health of the planet (not about)

can't be done, impossible

could be done, but not easily right now

two words, as are all right and thank you

father-in-law, fathers-in-law, and so on

'Should the Paralympics be included in the Olympics...' not 'included into'

a quotation longer than a few lines is usually indented and set off from the main body of text. It's set in roman type with no surrounding quotes (inverted commas).

capitalise for Australian Aborigines, lower case for original inhabitants elsewhere

to deduce something ... imply is to hint at something

mean the same thing—not fireproof. Something that is fireproof is non-flammable

'Surfing is ingrained in our national consciousness...' not ingrained on. The writer here may have been thinking of 'imprinted on'...

please don't write 'new innovation'. To innovate is to introduce something new, so the newness is inherent and doesn't need reinforcing. 'New innovation' is a tautology.

normally used to describe a formal investigation ... enquiry is normally used to describe the act of seeking information, as in 'enquire here'.

instalment in Australia, installment in the USA

against risk ... assure your life ... ensure means to make sure.

integrate with, introduce to

interred means deposited in a grave ... interned means held (as a prisoner of war, for instance)

one word except where 'in' and 'to' belong to separate phrases, as in 'sworn in to the presidency' or 'I walked in to work'. Into is being used more and more often where 'in' by itself is enough. For instance, 'enter a film into the festival.' is too thrusting by far. All that's needed is enter a film in the festival.

in Greenland and Canada

also called quotation marks, or quote marks. Our house style is to use single quotation marks everywhere except for quotes within quotes.

carry out an investigation into or of something, then report on your findings.

small i, capital P, no space, no hyphen.

needs its capital P

regardless of ... not irregardless, there's no such word.

'exploring the issues of homelessness and mental illness' contains three unnecessary words.

is the contracted form of 'it is' ... its means 'belonging to it'

small i, capital T, no space, no hyphen.