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Housing still out of reach for many even as rents fall in post-boom Western Australia

  • Written by: Shae Garwood, Honorary Research Fellow, School of Social and Cultural Studies, University of Western Australia

As rents soar in Melbourne and Sydney, the rental market in Western Australia has become more affordable for low-wage workers since the end of the mining boom. But many households still struggle to find affordable accommodation.

Today Anglicare released its annual national Rental Affordability Snapshot, which includes a focus on each state.

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Age discrimination in the workplace happening to people as young as 45: study

  • Written by: Justine Irving, Researcher older workers, retirement and ageism, University of South Australia

Almost a third of Australians perceived some form of age-related discrimination while employed or looking for work in the last 12 months - starting as early as 45 years of age, our study finds.

We conducted a national survey of 2,100 men and women aged 45 years and over, and 100 telephone interviews. The most common form of perceived...

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The slow death of Australian children's TV drama

  • Written by: Anna Potter, Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) Fellow, Senior Lecturer Screen and Media Studies, University of the Sunshine Coast
imageEbonnie Masini and Rian McLean in Round the Twist (1989), one of Australia's most fondly remembered children's TV dramas.Australian Children's Television Foundation

Australian children’s TV may have recently picked up an Emmy Kids award for the ABCME animation Doodles, but otherwise kids’ TV in this country is in a dire state.

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Cyber attacks ten years on: from disruption to disinformation

  • Written by: Tom Sear, PhD Candidate, Australian Centre for Australian Centre for Cyber Security, Australian Defence Force Academy, UNSW
imageThe solider of Tallinin, a bronze statue that triggered the first recognised cyber attack. 65817306@N00/flickr , CC BY-NC

Today is the tenth anniversary of the world’s first major coordinated “cyber attack” on a nation’s internet infrastructure. This little-known event set the scene for the onrush of cyber espionage, fake...

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  2. How virtual reality spiders are helping people face their arachnophobia
  3. Budget to distinguish good and bad debt
  4. Gas export restrictions imposed to ensure domestic supply
  5. Abdel-Magied Anzac row is a storm over not much
  6. The schoolgirls of Charles Blackman – haunting works from a politically innocent age
  7. Explainer: what is reflation and is Australia experiencing it?
  8. Politics podcast: Peter Jennings on North Korea's aggression
  9. Macron and Le Pen battle voter disdain as they square off for French presidency
  10. Investing in rural health brings dollar returns to local economies (and improves health)
  11. Backyard skinny-dippers lack effective laws to keep peeping drones at bay
  12. Self-esteem among narcissists is 'puffed up, but shaky'
  13. Chevron is just the start: modelling shows how many billions in revenue the government is missing out on
  14. The US, Russia and China: a twisted tale of personal ego, profound mistrust and foolish nationalism
  15. Five things the east coast can learn from WA about energy
  16. Here's looking at: Vincent Van Gogh’s Olive grove with two olive pickers
  17. Cities are complex systems – let’s start looking at them that way
  18. Health Check: what can your doctor tell from your urine?
  19. No, epigenetics and environmental responsiveness don’t undermine Darwinian evolution
  20. Curious Kids: Does space go on forever?
  21. Your headphones aren't spying on you, but your apps are. Here is why
  22. Turnbull expects to meet Trump next week
  23. Witch-hunts and surveillance: the hidden lives of queer people in the military
  24. Stitching lives back together: men's rehabilitation embroidery in WWI
  25. How Anzac Day came to occupy a sacred place in Australians' hearts
  26. Discovered in WWI, bacterial viruses may be our allies in a post-antibiotic age
  27. English language bar for citizenship likely to further disadvantage refugees
  28. How our addiction to safety could lead to another financial crisis
  29. Chevron: a game-changer for multinational tax avoiders
  30. Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2: a scientist's review
  31. 457 visa changes won't impact on wider temporary education workforce. And maybe that's deliberate
  32. Research Check: are Aussie women ageing up to 20 years faster than US women?
  33. Why and how businesses should protect against data breaches from within
  34. Australian politics explainer: the Prices and Incomes Accord
  35. The Hobbit hits the headlines again, but is the mystery of its origins really solved?
  36. Logies 2017 – Samuel Johnson wins gold for Molly at a wonderfully daggy ceremony
  37. Macron likely to defeat Le Pen in French Presidential election runoff
  38. Lies, monsters and Kate Mulvany's intensely human portrayal of Richard 3
  39. Want to boost the domestic gas industry? Put a price on carbon
  40. The real reason Scott Morrison is playing down the budget
  41. Why China will be watching how we commemorate Anzac Day
  42. Bigfoot, the Kraken and night parrots: searching for the mythical or mysterious
  43. East Timor, war, coffee and Australia's debt of honour
  44. Bayes' Theorem: the maths tool we probably use every day, but what is it?
  45. Parking isn't as important for restaurants as the owners think it is
  46. Science or Snake Oil: can turmeric really shrink tumours, reduce pain and kill bacteria?
  47. How Dutton comes out of dispute about Manus claim goes to the question of character
  48. Pence visit reassures that the US remains committed to the Asia-Pacific
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