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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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