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Sustainable cities? Australia's building and planning rules stand in the way of getting there

  • Written by: Andréanne Doyon, Lecturer, School of Global, Urban & Social Studies, RMIT University
imageAn outstanding example of sustainable residential building, Breathe Architecture's The Commons apartments in Melbourne won a 2014 National Architecture Award.Image courtesy of Australian Institute of Architects

Australia’s building and land-use policy settings fall well short of what’s needed to make meaningful progress toward creating...

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Abbott's disruption is raising the question: where will it end?

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageTony Abbott has reportedly threatened to cross the floor if there is any attempt to legislate a Clean Energy Target.Mick Tsikas/AAP

Even in today’s often bizarre political environment, Tuesday night’s encounter between Tony Abbott, Peter Credlin and Alan Jones on Sky News was surreal.

Credlin, Abbott’s former chief of staff, now...

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China’s crackdown on cryptocurrency trading – a sign of things to come

  • Written by: Andrew Godwin, DIRECTOR OF STUDIES, BANKING AND FINANCE LAW, University of Melbourne
imageAn illustration photo of Bitcoin (virtual currency) coins Reuters

The Chinese government’s decision to order several Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies exchanges to close shows how much of a threat they are perceived to be to financial stability and social order in China.

The decision to also ban initial coin offerings altogether (the...

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First refugees to leave for the United States

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

About 50 refugees from Nauru and Manus Island will leave in the next week to ten days for resettlement in the US.

This is the first batch under the deal the Turnbull government struck with the Obama administration, which US President Donald Trump has reluctantly agreed to honour – although the number that will be taken is unclear.

Immigration...

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  1. Bali's Mount Agung threatens to erupt for the first time in more than 50 years
  2. A cleanish energy target gets us nowhere
  3. Victoria gets serious on its political donations rules – now it's the federal government's turn
  4. New Zealand’s health service performs well, but inequities remain high
  5. Health Check: what's better for you, fresh, dried or frozen fruit?
  6. My favourite album: Hole's Live Through This
  7. Australia must sign the prohibition on nuclear weapons: here's why
  8. As Victorian MPs debate assisted dying, it is vital they examine the evidence, not just the rhetoric
  9. It may not be beautiful but the new ten dollar note is pretty secure
  10. Preventing Murray-Darling water theft: a space agency can help Australia manage federal resources
  11. Curious Kids: Why is the Earth round?
  12. Interest in tiny houses is growing, so who wants them and why?
  13. Hurricane Irma nursing home deaths shows stark dilemma of whether to stay put or evacuate
  14. Fred Williams in the You Yangs: a turning point for Australian art
  15. Vietnam's typhoon disaster highlights the plight of its poorest people
  16. NDIS failing to catch children with late-onset difficulties
  17. A pirate site explores a new way of paying for the Internet that doesn't involve ads
  18. Artificial intelligence won't replace a doctor any time soon, but it can help with diagnosis
  19. Excluding Indigenous youth from schools may severely increase their risk of incarceration
  20. Book review: Abbott's Right
  21. Keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees: really hard, but not impossible
  22. Speed plus control in new computer chip: slowing down light to sound
  23. How the media oversold standing desks as a fix for inactivity at work
  24. The prime ministership is not terminal – but it needs the right person for the times
  25. Australia's ‘big’ problem – what to do with our ageing super-sized statues?
  26. Airbnb and empty houses: who's responsible for managing the impacts on our cities?
  27. Bike sharing schemes might seem like a waste of space but the economics makes sense
  28. Expect the unexpected from the big-data boom in radio astronomy
  29. Politics podcast: Judith Brett on The Enigmatic Mr Deakin
  30. How better data would improve the electricity market
  31. Gareth Sansom – Transformer: visual ambushes, black humour and naughty pleasures
  32. I've always wondered: does anyone my age have any chance of living for centuries?
  33. Like alchemists with killer precision, brown snakes make different venoms across their lifetime
  34. New phonics test will do nothing to improve Australian children's literacy
  35. On marriage equality, Australia's progressive instincts have been crushed by political failure
  36. Male teachers are an endangered species in Australia: new research
  37. Most private patients are wasting money on costly rehab after major knee surgery
  38. A nation of convict cussers? Time for Australian law to embrace our potty mouths
  39. More than just drains: recreating living streams through the suburbs
  40. Three charts on: who holds more than one job to make ends meet
  41. When girls are in the audience, choir boys sing for attention
  42. Curious Kids: What happens if a venomous snake bites another snake of the same species?
  43. Coalition's pro-coal policy likely a vote loser; optional voting in plebiscite helps Yes
  44. Apakah bekerja lepas jadi pilihan masa depan?
  45. Turnbull would need to prevent 'protections' fight delaying legislation after a Yes vote
  46. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the energy wars
  47. Laser Beak Man busts the fourth wall and blows minds with superheroic puppetry
  48. Re: emails - should laugh and cry at the same thing?
  49. Isolation, collapsing lungs and spitting bans: three ways we used to treat TB, and still might
  50. My favourite album: readers' choice

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