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Neighbours' fears about affordable housing are worse than any impacts

  • Written by Gethin Davison, Lecturer in City Planning and Design, UNSW Australia

Housing affordability is a hot topic in Australia. Governments are increasingly recognising that more needs to be done to provide a greater range of affordable housing options, especially in the major cities. It is well documented, however, that proposals for affordable housing development often encounter opposition from host community members.

The...

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From 'fascists' to 'feminazis': how both sides of politics are biased in their political thinking

  • Written by Sam Moreton, PhD Candidate in Psychology, University of Sydney
imageIndividuals from both sides of politics will refuse to accept evidence that contradicts their beliefs.Shutterstock

Any frequent user of social media is probably aware of the tendency for both sides of politics to view the other as fundamentally immoral and ignorant.

Interestingly, longitudinal data suggests that political polarisation is...

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The worst year for mosquitoes ever? Here's how we find out

  • Written by Cameron Webb, Clinical Lecturer and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney

This is the worst year for mosquitoes ever!

I hear this every year. I know it’s not true. We’re quick to forget those swarms from last summer as the chill of winter wipes our memory.

Sometimes, however, it is actually true. This Australian spring has been plagued by unseasonably large mosquito populations. There have also been warnings...

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Can we blame climate change for thunderstorm asthma?

  • Written by Janie Maxwell, Associate Lecturer in Climate Change and Health, University of Melbourne
imageClimate change can cause higher pollen countsLukasz Szmigiel/Unsplash

Australians have been left unsettled by the recent thunderstorm asthma event that claimed eight lives in Melbourne. As with previous extreme weather events, we are left to wonder whether it was climate change at work, if it will happen again and if it will be worse next time.

We...

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  1. The Business Council of Australia and its new head need a reality check
  2. Imitation game: how copies can solve our cultural heritage crises
  3. What can Australia learn from Germany's remarkable energy transition?
  4. Nitrogen pollution: the forgotten element of climate change
  5. The Christmas Film Recommendables - Part 3
  6. The underbelly of sport: Dirty Games
  7. Trump rewrites the diplomatic rule book
  8. Will Italy's referendum trigger the next crisis?
  9. A New Politics of Time
  10. ABCC amended local content rules will help Australian steelmakers compete against low-quality imports
  11. Pinchgut's Theodora brings the irrational power of love to uncertain times
  12. Inquiry into Lyme-like illness calls for more research and better treatment
  13. South Australia's reasons for voting down euthanasia go against the evidence
  14. Great Barrier Reef report to UN shows the poor progress on water quality
  15. Three ways to boost science performance in Australian schools
  16. On the pleasure of smoking
  17. Looking back at Italy 1992: a country stuck in the centre in 2016
  18. Everyone's talking but no-one's listening: it's time to reclaim the art of communication
  19. Parliament finishes for 2016, capping off a messy, turbulent year
  20. Don't expect a rerun of the Asian Financial Crisis
  21. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the final week of parliament
  22. A tiny wasp could save Christmas Island's spectacular red crabs from crazy ants
  23. Why the health and agriculture sectors need to work together to stop antibiotic resistance
  24. Why Australia should trial the new phonics screening check
  25. The Christmas Film Recommendables - Part 2
  26. How hard will it be for Australia to extradite and prosecute Neil Prakash?
  27. Look up: how policy gaps and failure blind us to what's going on in Indigenous affairs
  28. Explainer: what is scurvy and is it making a comeback?
  29. Friday essay: the Rise and Fall of oil in popular culture
  30. Despite the hype, batteries aren't the cheapest way to store energy on the grid
  31. Investors and speculators aren't disrupting the water markets
  32. Vital Signs: the data that won't help the government on housing supply
  33. Why people love to delude themselves with sports rituals and superstitions
  34. Grattan on Friday: Can Malcolm Turnbull persuade sceptical voters he is delivering?
  35. The age of uncertainty is upon us, and we'd better get used to it
  36. Government gives Greens $100 million for Landcare to get backpacker tax deal
  37. Australia's Google Tax may be the second in the world but it's too early to tell if it's the 'toughest'
  38. Got high cholesterol? Here are five foods to eat and avoid
  39. What to say if your child asks, 'what's the point of maths?'
  40. How microplastics make their way up the ocean food chain into fish
  41. It's good the government will report GDP per capita, but it shouldn't stop there
  42. From warm to swarm: why insect activity increases in summer
  43. Why the world needs superheroes
  44. Hope, certainty and trust: issues abound in US refugee resettlement deal
  45. Unfaithfully yours: what happens when virtual reality affairs get real?
  46. The Christmas Film Recommendables - Part 1
  47. Italy votes on constitutional reform but it may not be enough to save the economy
  48. ShapingSEQ regional plan gives 'stakeholders' a bigger say than citizens
  49. Restoring the construction watchdog ABCC: experts respond
  50. Forget Silicon Valley, Finland's Slush is a celebration of Europe's tech ascendancy
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