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Three charts on: crane-spotting, a way to tell which Australian cities are growing and where

  • Written by: Jennifer Kent, Research Fellow, University of Sydney

Crane-spotters rejoice. The 10th Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) Crane Index® is public. And the news is, well, rather illuminating.

Operating since 2012, the Australian RLB Crane Index® tracks the number of tower cranes in key cities in Australia. Based on the theory that cranes in the sky indicate major project construction, the index gives...

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Google, Facebook fall into line on tax, but eBay remains defiant

  • Written by: Michael West, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney

Under pressure from the Australian Tax Office, Google and Facebook have begun to bring their revenue onshore to be taxed. eBay remains recalcitrant, still deeming its Australian business to be a Swiss business and thereby avoiding millions in income tax and GST.

It is multinational reporting season once again and the early signs are the...

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Affordable housing is not just about the purchase price

  • Written by: Mark Gibbs, Director: Knowledge to innovation. Chair: Green Cross Australia, Queensland University of Technology

Solving the affordable housing crisis is a high priority for state governments around Australia.

This is understandable given the hyper-inflated property markets in many Australian capital cities. Rising concerns that interest rates will increase over coming years also fuel the unaffordability fires.

Proposed solutions to this crisis often focus on...

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Who goes to MONA? Peering behind the 'flannelette curtain'

  • Written by: Kate Isabel Booth, Lecturer in Human Geography (Planning), University of Tasmania
imageHobart's Museum of Old and New Art: a must-see tourist destination, but for whom?Lukas Cooch/AAP

“I’ve never been with so many bogans in my life. Aren’t they fantastic!” cried an enraptured guest at the 2011 opening of Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art.

The general opening party debauchery (despite rumours of an...

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  2. Rather than capping tax revenue, the government should reform the system
  3. A short history of anaesthesia: from unspeakable agony to unlocking consciousness
  4. The hunt for the Superstars of STEM to engage more women in science
  5. The solar panel and battery revolution: how will your state measure up?
  6. The bark side: domestic dogs threaten endangered species worldwide
  7. 2017 higher education reform: cuts to universities, higher fees for students
  8. University students to pay more as government looks to $2.8 billion saving
  9. FactCheck Q A: do 80% of Australians and up to 70% of Catholics and Anglicans support euthanasia laws?
  10. Why Chinese investors find Australian real estate so alluring
  11. Politics podcast: Jane Halton on how to make a federal budget
  12. Men can help women deal with their PMS
  13. Action on problem gambling online is a good first step, but no silver bullet
  14. The off-topic Conversation #121
  15. Australian values are hardly unique when compared to other cultures
  16. Five ways an Australian housing bubble could burst
  17. Missing in action: the ABC and Australia’s screen culture
  18. Money given to GPs from ending the Medicare rebate freeze should target reform
  19. Your sons and your daughters: mental health in the age of overtime
  20. We should create cities for slowing down
  21. From bakery to wagashiya: a textbook case of 'moral education' in Japan
  22. Fighting the common fate of humans: to better life and beat death
  23. Climate change could drive coastal food webs to collapse
  24. Fruit juicers and hair brushes are now part of the Internet of (useless) Things
  25. GST carve-up to be examined by the Productivity Commission
  26. Queensland Galaxy: 52-48 to Labor as One Nation slumps
  27. Wittgenstein and the Dangers of Certainty
  28. Malcolm Turnbull leaves Julie Bishop in the hot seat in Abdel-Magied affair
  29. How Australia should react to the Trump tax cuts
  30. Government's oil and gas tax response will leave regional communities at a loss
  31. Trigger Warnings, Evidence-Based Policy and Media Literacy
  32. Inventing the Wicked Witch: Review of Susan Bordo’s The Destruction of Hillary Clinton
  33. Van Gogh and the Seasons is a sensitively curated crowd-pleaser despite a paucity of masterpieces
  34. Why we shouldn't ignore what 13 Reasons Why is trying to tell us
  35. Evidence mounts for a search further north for missing flight MH370
  36. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Turnbull's first meeting with Trump
  37. Economists split over Turnbull's plan to reserve gas for Australian customers
  38. Weekly Quiz: who was the youngest Twist child in Round The Twist?
  39. We must plan the driverless city to avoid being hostage to the technology revolution
  40. Teenagers who are both bully and victim are more likely to have suicidal thoughts
  41. Merged minor parties chase votes on the right as identity crisis grips Coalition
  42. Friday essay: moving autism on TV beyond the genius stereotype
  43. Unstacked: revealing the hidden gems of the State Library of NSW
  44. Every picture tells a story, but visualisation can tell the right one
  45. Vital Signs: what will end up in Scott Morrison's 'good' books?
  46. Why brain stimulation isn't what it's cracked up to be
  47. French and Australian experts on solving the world's sustainability challenge
  48. Grattan on Friday: Turnbull's pipe dreams channel ghost of Rex Connor
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