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Sidelining planners makes for poorer urban policy, and future generations will pay the price

  • Written by: Jenny McArthur, Postdoctoral Research Associate, City Leadership Laboratory: Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, UCL
imageInformed citizens are essential to support good planning and infrastructure decisions. Marginalising urban planning gets us nowhere.from www.shutterstock.com

Modern urban planning first came about to improve industrial cities that had become unsafe, unhealthy and essentially unliveable. However, new policies in Australia and New Zealand view...

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Houses aren't more unaffordable for first home buyers, but they are riskier

  • Written by: Jamie Alcock, Associate Professor, University of Sydney
imageDeclining interest rates have been working for home buyers, now they are working against them.Shutterstock

Climbing house prices seem to scare people but houses are relatively more affordable today than they were in 1990, it’s actually interest-rate risk that’s the bigger problem for first home buyers.

If you look at latest numbers on...

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With wariness on both sides, the US strikes a more conciliatory note on China

  • Written by: David Walton, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Western Sydney University
imageChinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump will meet next month in Florida. Reuters

A core question in Australian foreign policy circles is how the Trump administration will deal with an increasingly powerful China.

The news that US President Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to a two-day meeting on April 6 and 7...

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Dark tourism, Aboriginal imprisonment and the ‘prison tree’ that wasn’t

  • Written by: Elizabeth Grant, Senior Research Fellow (Indigenous Architecture), University of Adelaide
imageThe so-called 'prison tree': over time, myth has coalesced into a 'fact' for which there is no evidence.Author provided

An ancient boab tree with a girth of 14.7 metres stands near the town of Derby in remote Western Australia. Boabs’ massive trunks and spindly branches create the rather intriguing illusion that the trees are growing upside...

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  1. Why we signed the open letter from scientists supporting a total ban on nuclear weapons
  2. A soldier and a sex worker walk into a therapist’s office. Who's more likely to have PTSD?
  3. Teaching-only roles could mark the end of your academic career
  4. Plastic fantastic: how lotteries could revolutionise recycling
  5. Australia may be closer to being a cashless society but it won't happen by 2020
  6. Late payments: the policy no-brainer for business
  7. Hanson stirs the sugar pot and backflips on penalty rates
  8. The government is belatedly backing the penalty rates cut it always wanted
  9. PolicyCheck: the government's new child care plan
  10. Co-working is evolving to combine co-living
  11. Green chemistry is key to reducing waste and improving sustainablity
  12. Something big exploded in a galaxy far, far away: what was it?
  13. Technology-facilitated abuse: the new breed of domestic violence
  14. Distress, status wars and immoral behaviour: the psychological impacts of inequality
  15. Health Check: are microgreens better for you than regular greens?
  16. Indians' 'notes ban' compliance masks a silent crisis of legitimacy
  17. Li Keqiang's visit a good sign for the China-Australia relationship
  18. Millions of Australian adults are unvaccinated and it's increasing disease risk for all of us
  19. There are more useful questions to ask than whether Australia has 'too many' charities
  20. Government behind 45-55% in Ipsos poll
  21. Drawings reveal the struggles and triumphs of child refugees in their first six months of high school
  22. Safe in the City? Girls tell it like it is
  23. Five golden rules to help solve your recycling dilemmas
  24. Recycling can be confusing, but it’s getting simpler
  25. Rising imports make the case for Trump's border adjustment tax in Australia
  26. Youth underemployment at four-decade peak: Brotherhood report
  27. Regression to the mean, or why perfection rarely lasts
  28. Estonia is putting its country in the cloud and offering virtual residency
  29. Why aren't more people using the My Health Record?
  30. Does everything and nothing change when a cyclist dies?
  31. Decoding the music masterpieces: Bach's The Art of Fugue
  32. How our species got smarter: through a rush of blood to the head
  33. Not-for-profits must adapt as one arm of government's 'three-sector solutions'
  34. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the backlash to the 18C changes
  35. Decriminalisation in the NT signals abortion is part of normal health care
  36. ASIC's CommInsure pass shows why badly behaving bankers will never fear jail time
  37. Sporting codes' deals with gambling companies force them into a Faustian bargain
  38. Friday essay: reading Germaine Greer's mail
  39. Capital gains tax concession is too generous: economists poll
  40. What languages should children be learning to get ahead?
  41. Australia could alleviate its youth justice crisis by importing the right ideas from the US
  42. Painkillers like ibuprofen can increase the risk of heart disease and should be restricted
  43. Vital Signs: if it looks like a bubble and sounds like a bubble...
  44. Three rivers are now legally people – but that's just the start of looking after them
  45. How we edit science part 5: so what is science?
  46. Grattan on Friday: Barnaby Joyce is telling the government to listen to politics in the pub
  47. The metapolitical long game of the European New Right
  48. Let me entertain you – that's how to get a science message across
  49. Australia's copyright reform could bring millions of books and other reads to the blind
  50. National Science Statement does little to bring industry and researchers together

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Australian organisations are relying on business continuity plans built for a far more predictable world

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How to Rent a Car for Uber in Melbourne: What Every New Driver Needs to Know

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When Should You Speak to a Lawyer About a Legal Issue?

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The strategic rise of Bali as Australia’s next essential healthcare support hub

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Cost Savings and Benefits of Using Used Pallets in Logistics

In today’s competitive logistics and supply chain industry, businesses are constantly looking for ways to reduce operational costs without compromising efficiency and reliability. One of the most prac...

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How Fulfilment Services in Australia Help Businesses Scale Efficiently

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The 2026 Used-Car Market

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