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Melbourne shows up Sydney in funding the most disadvantaged suburbs

  • Written by: Ilan Wiesel, Lecturer in Urban Geography, University of Melbourne
imageWhile state investment decreases on average with distance from the CBD, Melbourne's neediest suburbs aren't forgotten. ymgerman from www.shutterstock.com

Residents of neighbourhoods with good infrastructure and services often enjoy lower living costs and better wellbeing and life chances. But access to education, health, transport and other public...

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Curious Kids: Why don't the planets closest to the Sun melt or burn up?

  • Written by: Chris Tinney, Professor and Associate Dean (Research), UNSW
imageWhile Mercury is indeed very hot, it is not hot enough to melt.NASA/JPL-Caltech, CC BY

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome – serious, weird or wacky!


Can you tell me why the planets closest to the sun...

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To the High Court we go: six MPs under clouds in decisions that could undermine the government

  • Written by: Graeme Orr, Professor of Law, The University of Queensland
imageDeputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is one of five MPs caught out in the ban in dual citizens holding seats.AAP/Lukas Coch

Two green bottles and up to four blue ones. Falling from the parliamentary wall, unless the High Court saves them from the rules about MP qualifications. The six are now-resigned Greens senators Scott Ludlam and Larissa Waters,...

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  1. Here's how many people get infections in Australian hospitals every year
  2. The hollow promise of construction-led jobs and growth
  3. For a true war on waste, the fashion industry must spend more on research
  4. Costly signals needed to deliver inconvenient truth
  5. Climate change is a financial risk, according to a lawsuit against the CBA
  6. ABC targeted in government deal with Pauline Hanson
  7. No, it wasn't a conspiracy that caused Barnaby's problem – it was himself
  8. Cyberspace aggression adds to North Korea's threat to global security
  9. A fragmented streaming video market is good for everyone but the consumer
  10. No, combination vaccines don't overwhelm kids' immune systems
  11. On brand: how Australia's apartment frenzy echoes the 1870s cattle boom
  12. Royal commission provides a vital blueprint for justice for sex abuse victims – now it's time to act
  13. Book review: The New Puberty
  14. What the baby bonus boost looks like across ten years
  15. What Malcolm Turnbull might have learned from Alfred Deakin
  16. What causes depression? What we know, don’t know and suspect
  17. The inequality you can't change that lasts a lifetime
  18. The truth about inconvenient truths: 'big issue' documentaries don't always change our behaviour
  19. The science of being 'nice': how politeness is different from compassion
  20. Pace of renewable energy shift leaves city planners struggling to keep up
  21. 'Smart home' gadgets promise to cut power bills but many lie idle – or can even boost energy use
  22. New Zealand claims Barnaby Joyce as one of its own, in new dramatic citizenship turmoil
  23. Our lifestyle, not our innovation, attracts US investment to Australia
  24. Is liking something on Facebook 'protected political speech'? It depends
  25. Poo transplants beyond the yuck factor: what works, what doesn't and what we still don't know
  26. FactCheck Q A: is coal still cheaper than renewables as an energy source?
  27. The Madhouse Effect: this is how climate denial in Australia and the US compares
  28. Post-lobstergate swings to Labor in 4 Vic marginal seats
  29. High Court to rule on whether Barnaby Joyce is a New Zealander
  30. A short history of the office
  31. Why it costs you so much to see a specialist – and what the government should do about it
  32. How to engineer a plebiscite disaster: lessons from the Tasmanian dams vote
  33. Spotify may soon dominate music the way Google does search — this is why
  34. Cows in Antarctica? How one expedition milked them for all their worth
  35. Dancing brittle stars tell an ancient tale of life and death in brutal seas
  36. The bad buildings scream – lessons from Don Dale and other failed institutions
  37. Tweet streams: how social media can help keep tabs on ecosystems' health
  38. On North Korea, Turnbull locks Australia into the unpredictability of unpredictable players
  39. Turnbull's North Korea intervention could be his own 'all the way with LBJ' moment
  40. Why kids knock over drinks and must be careful around cars
  41. Pregnant women shouldn't start taking vitamin B3 just yet: reports it prevents miscarriage and birth defects are overblown
  42. A memo to Google – firing employees with conservative views is anti-diversity
  43. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on same-sex marriage going postal
  44. We frown on voters' ambivalence about democracy, but they might just save it
  45. Powerful and ignored: the history of the electric drill in Australia
  46. Love of bookshops in a time of Amazon and populism
  47. Politics podcast: Derryn Hinch on surviving the Senate
  48. Clearing homeless camps compounds the violation of human rights and entrenches the problem
  49. Friday essay: political cartooning – the end of an era
  50. Vital Signs: that feeling you get when the economy can't be explained by economic models

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The strategic rise of Bali as Australia’s next essential healthcare support hub

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Cost Savings and Benefits of Using Used Pallets in Logistics

In today’s competitive logistics and supply chain industry, businesses are constantly looking for ways to reduce operational costs without compromising efficiency and reliability. One of the most prac...

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How Fulfilment Services in Australia Help Businesses Scale Efficiently

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