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Five lessons from Tokyo, a city of 38m people, for Australia, a nation of 24m

  • Written by: Brendan F.D. Barrett, Senior Lecturer, Program Manager, Masters on International Urban and Environmental Management, RMIT University
imageTokyo, seen here from the Skytree tower, is home to more people than any other city on Earth but has managed to remain highly liveable.Brendan Barrett, Author provided

Population growth has profound impacts on Australian life, and sorting myths from facts can be difficult. This article is part of our series, Is Australia Full?, which aims to help...

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How to encourage literacy in young children (and beyond)

  • Written by: Louise Phillips, Lecturer, School of Education, The University of Queensland
imageAsk your child what their toys did while they were out today or invite them to help you read the mail.Evgeny Atamanenko/Shutterstock

How can parents best help their children with their schooling without actually doing it for them? This article is part of our series on Parents’ Role in Education, focusing on how best to support learning from...

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Migrants are stopping regional areas from shrinking

  • Written by: Emily Longstaff, PhD Candidate (Sociology), Australian National University
imageInternational migrants are key contributors to the unskilled workforce.World Bank/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Population growth has profound impacts on Australian life, and sorting myths from facts can be difficult. This article is part of our series, Is Australia Full?, which aims to help inform a wide-ranging and often emotive debate.


Rather than being an...

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Delaying action on car emissions will make Australia more vulnerable

  • Written by: Bonnie McBain, Tutor in Sustainability Science, University of Newcastle
imageWe don't know what the car of the future will look like – but that's no excuse to delay transport reform. www.twin-loc.fr/Flickr, CC BY-SA

France has set its car manufacturers the goal of halting sales of diesel and petrol cars by 2040. The announcement last week came a day after the Swedish manufacturer Volvo declared it will build only...

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  1. A time capsule containing 118 trillion cubic feet of gas is buried in northern Australia
  2. Here’s looking at: Jim Dine's The mighty robe
  3. Turnbull's dilemma: we don't need a homeland security portfolio but Dutton wants a bone
  4. Disagreement within the Greens shows the price of doing politics differently
  5. What we miss when we focus on the gender wage gap
  6. Why comparing technology to drugs isn't simply a question of addiction
  7. A short history of vaccine objection, vaccine cults and conspiracy theories
  8. Islamophobia is still raising its ugly head in Australia
  9. As an historic nuclear weapons treaty is reached, G20 leaders miss the mark on North Korea
  10. Four of the most lethal infectious diseases of our time and how we're overcoming them
  11. Market-driven compaction is no way to build an ecocity
  12. Three reasons the government promotes home ownership for older Australians
  13. We know innovation is key – but there's little agreement on exactly what it is
  14. Without better regulation, the global market for breast milk will exploit mothers
  15. Campaigns urging us to 'care more' about food waste miss the point
  16. As the world embraces space, the 50 year old Outer Space Treaty needs adaptation
  17. Where Australia's great theatre artists trod the boards: 50 years of Melbourne's La Mama theatre
  18. The Gateway Bug: a documentary about the future of food
  19. When Trump met Putin, and how the Russian won the day
  20. The Great Barrier Reef isn't listed as 'in danger' – but it's still in big trouble
  21. Renewed commitment to multilateralism required to deal with forced human displacement
  22. The G20's new guidelines will help investors tackle climate change
  23. Explainer: is a High Court challenge about to bring down the Turnbull government?
  24. Private clinics' peddling of unproven stem cell treatments is unsafe and unethical
  25. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on infighting in the Liberal Party
  26. It's not the science of tax, and five other things you should know about taxonomy
  27. Impending traffic chaos? Beware the problematic West Gate Tunnel forecasts
  28. Book review: The Death of Expertise
  29. Electronic games: how much is too much for kids?
  30. Vital Signs: the RBA was right to keep rates on hold
  31. A new approach to emissions trading in a post-Paris climate
  32. Forget cash: geocaching shows there are other ways to create value online
  33. Friday essay: double standards and derision – tracing our attitudes to older women and beauty
  34. Migrants are healthier than the average Australian, so they can't be a burden on the health system
  35. A busy week on the dark web highlight darknet markets' increasing role in crime
  36. Grattan on Friday: Everything's going Bill Shorten's way
  37. Labor motion on Palestinian recognition could put the Jewish vote in play at the next election
  38. Australia's dry June is a sign of what's to come
  39. Why the climate is more sensitive to carbon dioxide than weather records suggest
  40. Explainer: what is ballistic missile defence – and would it stop a missile from North Korea?
  41. Speaking with: Professor Peter Koopman on CRISPR and the power of genome editing
  42. Vivacious and unapologetic, The Rover's 17th-century feminism is painfully pertinent
  43. The G20’s economic leadership deficit
  44. Wayne Rooney for Everton
  45. What income inequality looks like across Australia
  46. Don't worry about the huge Antarctic iceberg – worry about the glaciers behind it
  47. How Angela Merkel has become – and remains – one of the world's most successful political leaders
  48. The Australian palaeodiet: which native animals should we eat?
  49. Satellites reveal melting of rocks under volcanic zone, deep in Earth's mantle
  50. Brisbane's Cross River Rail will feed the centre at the expense of people in the suburbs

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