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Don't listen to the rich: inequality is bad for everyone

  • Written by: Chris Doucouliagos, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Deakin Business School and Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
imageHaving only a few people with most of the wealth, motivates others. This theory is actually wrong according to research.Aakkosia sosialistien lapsille (1912)/Flickr, CC BY-SA

A world where a few people have most of the wealth motivates others who are poor to strive to earn more. And when they do, they’ll invest in businesses and other areas...

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A 20-minute city sounds good, but becoming one is a huge challenge

  • Written by: Carolyn Whitzman, Professor of Urban Planning, University of Melbourne
imageMelbourne's ambitions to be a '20-minute city' aren't likely to be achieved by its recently updated planning strategy.Nils Versemann / shutterstock.com

Liveability is an increasingly important goal of Australian planning policy. And creating cities where residents can get to most of the services they need within 20 to 30 minutes has been proposed,...

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Living blanket, water diviner, wild pet: a cultural history of the dingo

  • Written by: Justine M. Philip, Doctor of Philosophy, Ecosystem Management, University of New England
imageA watercolour of a dingo, pre-1793, from John Hunter's drawing books. By permission of The Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons, London.

In traditional Aboriginal society, women travelled with canine companions draped around their waists like garments of clothing. Dingoes played an important role in the protection and mobility of the...

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Australia doesn't 'get' the environmental challenges faced by Pacific Islanders

  • Written by: Steven Cork, Adjunct Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
imageEnvironmental threats in the Pacific Islands can be cultural as well as physical.Christopher Johnson/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

What actions are required to implement nature-based solutions to Oceania’s most pressing sustainability challenges? That’s the question addressed by the recently released Brisbane Declaration on ecosystem...

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  1. How a charter of rights could protect Australians' fundamental freedoms
  2. Liberals face crunch on marriage as Coalition behind in 17th consecutive Newspoll
  3. Poor households are locked out of green energy, unless governments help
  4. Queensland Galaxy 51-49 to Labor, but Palaszczuk's ratings slump
  5. Allegations against the CBA show the need for a Royal Commission into the banks
  6. NAPLAN results show it isn’t the basics that are missing in Australian education
  7. Trump-Turnbull call: trading people like pawns undermines the goals of international co-operation
  8. The dangers of leaving home: UK WannaCry ransomware hero arrested in the US
  9. Bottom of the canal: Pfizer's billion-dollar tax ploy
  10. Turnbull's promise to Trump: 'You can count on me'
  11. Climate change to blame for Australia's July heat
  12. Transcript of Trump-Turnbull call shows just how hard it'll be to deal with the president
  13. Another attack on the Bureau, but top politicians have stopped listening to climate change denial
  14. Why anecdotes aren't strong evidence when it comes to quitting smoking
  15. Country rules: the ‘splinternet’ may be the future of the web
  16. The Goldwater rule prevents psychiatrists diagnosing Trump from afar but some say there's too much at stake
  17. Five quotes from the Turnbull-Trump call show the folly of Australia's refugee policy
  18. Greg Hunt's plan to reduce hospital admissions won't work if he can't measure successes and failures
  19. Cricket pay saga a case study in how not to resolve industrial disputes in sport
  20. Friday essay: the photographer, the island and half a million lifejackets
  21. When it comes to sport, boys 'play like a girl'
  22. The right to bare arms: the history of Australian sex worker activism
  23. How do you know that what you know is true? That's epistemology
  24. Computer says no: robo-advice is growing but we still don't trust it
  25. As a coastal defence, the Great Barrier Reef’s value to communities goes way beyond tourism
  26. The Wonderful Weirdness of 'You're Not Alone'
  27. Grattan on Friday: Marriage on the rocks in divided Liberal Party
  28. Turnbull to tell power companies: do better by customers
  29. Politics podcast: Tiernan Brady on same-sex marriage showdown
  30. Australia has ignored black viewpoints before – why would a constitutional 'voice' be any different?
  31. ABC News' long-form journalism pays off on Twitter
  32. Weekly Dose: methylprednisolone, a drug for treating inflammation but not rare kidney disease
  33. Diana revived the monarchy – and airing old tapes won't change a thing
  34. Stigma and stereotypes about sex work hinder regulatory reform
  35. To empower students with effective writing skills, handwriting matters
  36. The off-topic Conversation #131
  37. Human embryo CRISPR advances science but let's focus on ethics, not world firsts
  38. Australia’s city/country divide is not as wide as you may think
  39. Sex work and the law – it's complicated
  40. Guide to the classics: Homer's Iliad
  41. Dr G. Yunupingu's legacy: it's time to get rid of chronic hepatitis B in Indigenous Australia
  42. After the streaming 'gold rush' – a guide to China's video crackdown
  43. Fair winds and following seas: yes, a spider could migrate across an ocean
  44. Class divide defies social mixing and keeps public housing stigma alive
  45. 'Tax returns for water': satellite-audited statements can save the Murray-Darling
  46. Solar is now the most popular form of new electricity generation worldwide
  47. Australia needs dozens more scientists to monitor climate properly, report says
  48. Entsch warns against 'ambush' meeting on marriage, amid speculation about postal ballot
  49. Lack of internet affordability may worsen Australia’s digital divide: new report
  50. Weekly Dose: anaesthetic and recreational drug ketamine could be used to treat depression

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