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Dream homes: Architecture and popular imagination

  • Written by: Naomi Stead, Professor, Monash University
imageImaginary Architecture by Lara Tumak. Image used with permission and thanks.

It’s always fascinated me, the place that architecture holds in the public imagination. I don’t mean that regular people frequently get carried away about buildings, which they generally don’t. I’m talking about the heady, even intoxicating way...

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Full response from Mark McGowan on methamphetamine use in Western Australia

  • Written by: Madeleine de Gabriele, Deputy Arts+Culture Editor, The Conversation

In relation to this FactCheck on the rates of methamphetamine use in Western Australia, The Conversation requested sources and comment from West Australian Labor leader Mark McGowan.

In response, a spokesperson for Mark McGowan said (questions from The Conversation in bold):

When Mark McGowan used the term “we”, was he was referring to...

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Climate change doubled the likelihood of the New South Wales heatwave

  • Written by: Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Research Fellow, UNSW
imageEmergency crews tackle a bushfire at Boggabri, one of dozens across NSW during the heatwave.AAP Image/NEWZULU/Karen Hodge

The heatwave that engulfed southeastern Australia at the end of last week has seen heat records continue to tumble like Jenga blocks.

On Saturday February 11, as New South Wales suffered through the heatwave’s peak,...

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Something smells off: Kate Grenville's case against fragrance

  • Written by: Ian Musgrave, Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide
imageFragrance is intimately linked with our memories and feelings. J. Sibiga Photography/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Scents, fragrances, perfumes. These words transform the mere concept of odours into something more evocative. Fragrance is intimately linked with our memories and feelings.

For me the heavy smell of eucalyptus is forever associated with summer....

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  4. Perceptions of genetically modified food are informed by more than just science
  5. Politics podcast: Barnaby Joyce on a year at the top
  6. Clementine Ford and Lindy West talk Twitter and life on and off the Internet
  7. How the warming world could turn many plants and animals into climate refugees
  8. Before pregnancy even starts, healthy weight in mums and dads lowers obesity risk in children
  9. Regulations needed for litigation funders who can't pay out when cases fail
  10. Closing the Gap is failing and needs a radical overhaul
  11. States drag feet on affordable housing, with Victoria the worst
  12. That Lump of Coal
  13. FactCheck: is Australia on track to have the oldest pension age in the developed world?
  14. How to cut through when talking to anti-vaxxers and anti-fluoriders
  15. Why the government should tax unhealthy foods and subsidise nutritious ones
  16. Moving on from home ownership for 'Generation Rent'
  17. Understanding populism: how leaders can better sell economic reform
  18. The Great Australian Plays: The Front Room Boys and New Wave theatre
  19. End of the road? Why it might be time to ditch your car
  20. How far they'll go: Moana shows the power of Polynesian celestial navigation
  21. Molecules do not have colour!
  22. Morrison pushed NDIS 'hypothecation' announcement despite caution about timing from Turnbull's office
  23. 6 things young men should know about food, nutrition and getting in shape
  24. FactCheck: it's true – Western Australia has the nation's highest rate of methamphetamine use
  25. Want electricity reform? Start by giving power back to the states
  26. Young women can budget in the short term but struggle with long-term investments: survey
  27. Why the Sydney Opera House is a little overcooked
  28. WA state election: Liberals' deal with One Nation may come back to bite them
  29. The gap of Indigenous disadvantage is being closed too slowly: report
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  33. Errors in Centrelink's debt recovery system were inevitable, as in all complex systems
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  38. 'Ice Wars' message is overblown and unhelpful
  39. Why housing supply shouldn't be the only policy tool politicians cling to
  40. To the mattresses: a defence of romance fiction
  41. We need a comprehensive housing approach to deal with heatwaves
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  43. Rudd warns against a 'second Stolen Generation' by default
  44. There is a difference between a strong contest of views on energy policy and counter-productive hyper-partisanship
  45. FactCheck Q A: is violent crime getting worse in Victoria and do people feel less safe than ever?
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