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Facts sink glib housing supply mantra – the focus must be on affordable rental

  • Written by: Hal Pawson, Associate Director - City Futures - Urban Policy and Strategy, City Futures Research Centre, Housing Policy and Practice, UNSW

As everyone supposedly knows, fixing housing unaffordability is simply a matter of boosting housing supply. But wait! With their just-published report on house-building and population growth, ANU academics Ben Phillips and Cukkoo Joseph have blown yet another hole in that sacred claim.

By comparing housing demand and supply at a sub-regional...

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English test for international students isn't new, just more standardised

  • Written by: Amanda Muller, Senior Lecturer (Nursing English), Flinders University
imageMany English providers already meet the "new" standards.Shutterstock

Since it was introduced in the 1800s, standardised testing in Australian schools has attracted controversy and divided opinion. In this series, we examine its pros and cons, including appropriate uses for standardised tests and which students are disadvantaged by them.


International...

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There's some evidence lithium protects from dementia, but not enough to put it in drinking water

  • Written by: Perminder Sachdev, Scientia Professor of Neuropsychiatry, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), School of Psychiatry, UNSW
imageLong-term treatment with lithium has improved memory and learning in rats.from shutterstock.com

When people think of lithium, it’s usually to do with batteries, but lithium also has a long history in medicine. Lithium carbonate, or lithium salt, is mainly used to treat and prevent bipolar disorder. This is a condition in which a person...

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  23. Don Dale royal commission demands sweeping change – is there political will to make it happen?
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