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Sydney the most expensive capital in Australia, Perth comes in fifth: new report

  • Written by: Rachel Ong, Deputy Director, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
imageWhile people in WA might be spending less, there remains segments of the population that are vulnerable to intense cost of living pressures.shutterstock

People have been spending more in New South Wales in recent years, followed by Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia, according to a new report. And while real household...

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Friday essay: the art of the pinch - popular music and appropriation

  • Written by: Mitch Goodwin, Curriculum Design Lab, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne
imageThe Rolling Stones performing in Hamburg during the 'No Filter' European tour: the band's legacy is entwined with the pioneers of black American music.Morris Mac Matzen/Reuters

Everything old is new again. Today the Rolling Stones release On Air, a collection of much-bootlegged BBC live studio broadcasts taped for a variety of programs between 1963...

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New Royal Commission into water theft may be just the tip of iceberg for the Murray Darling Basin

  • Written by: Jamie Pittock, Director, International Programs, UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance, Australian National University
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Last weekend South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill announced the establishment of a Royal Commission to investigate breaches of the Murray Darling Basin Agreement.

This follows apparently egregious behaviour by some irrigators and state government regulators in New South Wales. Yet the alleged theft of water in the Murray-Darling Basin is only...

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Penguins under threat from drowning in fishing nets

  • Written by: Ursula Ellenberg, Honorary Lecturer, La Trobe University
imageBycatch: penguins can easily drown in nets designed to ensnare fish.NZ Ministry of Fisheries

Fishing nets pose a serious risk to the survival of penguin species, according to a new global review of the toll taken by “bycatch” from commercial fishing. Fourteen of the world’s 18 penguin species have been recorded as fishing bycatch.

A...

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  2. The way your children watch YouTube is not that surprising - but it is a concern. Here are some tips
  3. Using university language tests for migration and professional registration is problematic
  4. Never had a Pap smear? Now there's a DIY option for you
  5. Inner-city neighbourhood shows the way in protecting heritage of centuries past
  6. Grattan on Friday: Nationals force reluctant Turnbull to dress in Shorten's banking clothes
  7. Politics Podcast: Matt Canavan on divorce in the LNP and discipline in the Coalition
  8. Dastyari saga shows the need for donations reform, and for politicians to take more care
  9. Why the big four asked for a parliamentary inquiry into banking
  10. Is the future for artists in crowdfunding?
  11. Bali's Agung – using 'volcano forensics' to map the past, and predict the future
  12. Do different drinks make you different drunk?
  13. It's 30 years since scientists first warned of climate threats to Australia
  14. Six things New Zealand's new government needs to do to make climate refugee visas work
  15. Dastyari demoted again – but government demands he leave parliament
  16. Banking royal commission will expose the real cost of bad behaviour
  17. Supporting part-time and online learners is key to reducing university dropout rates
  18. Tourists are stuck at the airport, but erupting Mt Agung has a deeper significance for the Balinese
  19. Queensland Liberals and Nationals have long had an uneasy cohabitation, and now should consider divorce
  20. How school has been used to control sovereignty and self-determination for Indigenous peoples
  21. Permission to laugh? Humour without risk of danger and offence would be an emaciated thing
  22. Blind in the mind: why some people can't see pictures in their imagination
  23. Sustainable re-use and recycling work for heritage buildings and places too
  24. Governments haven't always shirked responsibility for our low wages
  25. World-first continental acoustic observatory will listen to the sounds of Australia
  26. Labor's dark vision would bring $164 billion tax hit over decade: Morrison
  27. Government questions whether Dastyari fit to be a senator, in new row over Chinese donor
  28. How we found 112 'recovery reefs' dotted through the Great Barrier Reef
  29. Henry Reynolds: Triple J did the right thing, we need a new Australia Day
  30. Marriage bill clears Senate – now for the lower house
  31. Want to better understand Victoria's assisted dying laws? These five articles will help
  32. How 'brand you' came to be
  33. Withdrawing funding for hospitals' mistakes probably won't lead to better patient care
  34. Don Burke story reveals the pernicious culture of men protecting each other in the media
  35. The 2017 ARIA Awards are still off-key when it comes to gender
  36. Comic explainer: what is lone-actor terrorism?
  37. Why Victoria should rethink the abolition of defensive homicide
  38. Three charts on: poorer Australians bearing the brunt of rising housing costs
  39. What goes on inside a medically supervised injection facility?
  40. Indigenous cultural appropriation: what not to do
  41. Three new reports add clarity to Australia's space sector, a 'crowded and valuable high ground'
  42. Curious Kids: How do x-rays see inside you?
  43. Want to solve our STEM skills problem? Bring in the professionals
  44. A fresh start for climate change mitigation in New Zealand
  45. Explainer: why we shouldn't be so quick to trust energy modelling
  46. Heritage building preservation vs sustainability? Conflict isn't inevitable
  47. Here's how to keep up with the latest on Mt Agung, the Bali volcano
  48. Turnbull talks with rebel National on banks
  49. Australia's record on racial equality under the microscope
  50. The Queensland election outcome is a death knell for Adani's coal mine

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