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Evidence is clear on the benefits of legalising same-sex marriage

  • Written by: Ryan Anderson, PhD Candidate, School of Arts and Social Sciences, James Cook University
imageThere are considerable mental health and wellbeing benefits conferred upon those in the fortunate position of being able to legally marry.AAP/Lukas Coch

Emotive arguments and questionable rhetoric often characterise debates over same-sex marriage. But few attempts have been made to dispassionately dissect the issue from an academic, science-based...

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It's not just the buildings, high-density neighbourhoods make life worse for the poor

  • Written by: Laurence Troy, Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
imageHigher-density developments change neighbourhoods, often in ways that further disadvantage low-income households.Laura Crommelin, Author provided

This article is the second in a series based on new research into the place of lower-income and disadvantaged households in a compact city.


Last year marked the first time that construction began on more...

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Greening the concrete jungle: how to make environmentally friendly cement

  • Written by: Rackel San Nicolas, Academic specialist, Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne
imageWith some tweaks to the recipe, cement and concrete can be made kinder to the planet.Postman Photos/Shutterstock.com

Cement is the world’s most widely used material apart from water, largely because it is the key ingredient in concrete, the world’s favourite building material.

But with cement’s success comes a huge amount of...

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The 2017 Melbourne International Film Festival: films to watch out for

  • Written by: Stuart Richards, Researcher and Lecturer in Screen and Cultural Studies, University of Melbourne
imageTimothee Chalamet and Armie Hammer in Call Me By Your Name: an erotic romance imbued with the effervescence of a European summer.Frenesy

The theme of this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival was to “explore new worlds”, which saw matters of social justice, empathy and connection examined in many films. Between us, we saw...

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  6. Politics podcast: Mathias Cormann on the same-sex marriage postal survey
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  9. Where to take refuge in your home during a bushfire
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  11. Curious Kids: Why do we count to 10?
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