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Freeing up the huge areas set aside for parking can transform our cities

  • Written by: Dorina Pojani, Lecturer in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland
imageLots of parking: the extraordinary amount of valuable land used to park cars in most cities could soon be freed up for other uses.Antonio Gravante/Shutterstock

Parking may seem like a “pedestrian” topic (pun intended). However, parking is of increasing importance in metropolitan areas worldwide. On average, motor vehicles are parked 95%...

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Buying fresh potatoes and carrots all year round is destroying Australia's soil

  • Written by: Bill Cotching, Soil scientist, University of Tasmania
imageProducing fresh fruit and vegetables year-round has a hidden cost. Dean Hochman/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Have you thought about what it takes to get fresh carrots onto supermarket shelves during winter?

We all want fresh carrots rather than soft, old or bendy ones. That’s why many companies – such as supermarkets that tout their “fresh...

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Why we're building a climate change game for 12-year-olds

  • Written by: Inez Harker-Schuch, PhD candidate, Australian National University
imageBy the age of 16, most teenagers have already made up their mind about climate change. from www.shutterstock.com

There is no doubt that we need to teach kids about climate change.

But although the Australian Curriculum embeds climate change into its senior high school program, children are typically aged around 16 before they receive any formal...

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Federal Coalition will be watching the Queensland election anxiously

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageAny appearance in the Queensland campaign by Malcolm Turnbull can be expected to be minimal.Joel Carrett/AAP

People distinguish between levels of government when casting their votes. Nevertheless, a state result can reverberate federally, whether it is sending a protest or for other reasons.

We only have to remember 2015 to understand that the...

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  1. Palaszczuk must grapple with One Nation, and history, in unpredictable Queensland election
  2. Labor should head left to win 25 November Qld election
  3. Joyce will be safe in New England but the High Court disrupts the government
  4. High Court rules Joyce and Roberts ineligible. SSM plebiscite turnout high
  5. The High Court sticks to the letter of the law on the 'citizenship seven'
  6. Not just available, but also useful: we must keep pushing to improve open access to research
  7. High Court knocks Barnaby Joyce out in dual citizenship case as byelection looms in New England
  8. Finally, unproven stem cell clinic practices might be curtailed
  9. Xi Jinping unveils China’s new leadership team
  10. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on calls for Michaelia Cash's resignation
  11. Politics podcast: Energy Security Board chair Kerry Schott on a national energy plan
  12. Don't use technology as a bargaining chip with your kids
  13. The off-topic Conversation #140
  14. Why we can’t rely on corporations to save us from climate change
  15. For bankers, acountability does not start at home
  16. The case of Michaelia Cash and her leaking adviser illustrates a failure of ministerial responsibility
  17. Students will suffer if Australia and New Zealand change tertiary fee agreement
  18. 'They shot my two daughters in front of me': Rohingya tell heartbreaking stories of loss and forced migration
  19. Five claims about coconut oil debunked
  20. The behavioural economics of an A$1,800 iPhone
  21. Friday essay: journey through the apocalypse
  22. Last of the Millers Point and Sirius tenants hang on as the money now pours in
  23. Australia still lags behind in vehicle emissions testing
  24. South Korea's public broadcasters are in an impossible political position
  25. Turnbull government says no to Indigenous Voice to Parliament
  26. Grattan on Friday: Cash takes a hit in the government's pursuit of Shorten
  27. George Michael: Freedom documents a star at war with fame
  28. Did Westpac just mansplain gender diversity to its competitors?
  29. We cannot deny the violence of White supremacy any more
  30. In for the long-haul: the challenge to fly non-stop from Australia to anywhere in the world
  31. I've always wondered: what's behind the belly button?
  32. Gluten free diets aren't easy, but if you slip up a dietary supplement could help
  33. Government spending on Indigenous people is rising, so why do so many still live in poverty?
  34. The Australian Federal Police needs to be free to do its job without political interference
  35. Why hot weather records continue to tumble worldwide
  36. Becoming more urban: attitudes to medium-density living are changing in Sydney and Melbourne
  37. Drop, bears: chronic stress and habitat loss are flooring koalas
  38. How climate change affects the building blocks for health
  39. Unemployment is falling, but who’s getting left behind?
  40. Teaching kids about maths using money can set them up for financial security
  41. With a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, Australia must fix its record on Indigenous rights
  42. Thor: Ragnarok pitches superheroes against science (and how does Hulk keep his pants on?)
  43. Imagining a better world: the art of degrowth
  44. Five ways to help parents cope with the trauma of stillbirth
  45. Cash staff member quits over media tip offs as AWU affair backfires
  46. China's ambition burns bright – with Xi Jinping firmly in charge
  47. Hanging out with the boys: how bromance often steals the spotlight in The Bachelorette
  48. Performance funding is not the way to improve university teaching
  49. Replacing pharmacists with robots isn't the answer to better productivity
  50. Nothing but truthiness: Adani and Co's post-truth push for the Carmichael mine

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