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The forgotten 660,000 locked out of home ownership

  • Written by: Piers Gooding, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Disability Research Initiative, University of Melbourne
imagePeople with intellectual disability face so many barriers to finding a home of their own that it’s hard to pick one.shutterstock

Imagine two people in their 30s, Lee and Sarah. Both want to acquire their first home. They’ve saved a deposit of A$70,000 each and want to buy the same type of apartment in the same block.

Lee is able to buy...

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the company tax cut

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

As the Senate returned on Friday, the fate of the government’s ten-year company tax package was still up in the air. Michelle Grattan tells University of Canberra vice-chancellor Deep Saini that the crossbenchers were not buying the plan.

“The Nick Xenophon Team has been for a long time talking about confining the tax cuts to firms that...

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Comparing Australia's electricity charges to other countries shows why competition isn't working

  • Written by: Bruce Mountain, Director, Carbon and Energy Markets., Victoria University
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Australia’s residential electricity prices are amongst the highest in the world so it’s not hard to see why customers have been up in arms about high prices.

Comparing the charges for electricity retail services in Australia and in other countries, we find Australia’s charges are much higher. The difference is particularly stark...

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If you destroy it, they will come – climate change displacement and the Trump effect

  • Written by: Amy Maguire, Senior Lecturer in International Law and Human Rights, University of Newcastle
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US President Donald Trump this week signed an executive order on “energy independence”. The order rescinds key elements of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan.

Trump’s order lifts requirements placed on American states to slash carbon emissions. It characterises policies mindful of climate change...

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