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Australia's housing affordability problem explained in five historical steps

  • Written by Dallas Rogers, Lecturer in Urban Studies, Western Sydney University
imageWhose land are domestic and foreign real estate investors trading?AAP/Lukas Coch

There is much debate about which groups of people have played the greatest role in creating the increasingly unaffordable housing markets in Australian cities. Baby boomers and foreign investors are two popular targets.

But in my new book, The Geopolitics of Real Estate,...

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Risky business: how companies are getting smart about climate change

  • Written by Tayanah O'Donnell, Research Fellow, University of Canberra
imageCompanies are weighing up whether investment in a coal mine is worth the risk.from www.shutterstock.com

The divestment movement is gaining momentum – and is just one of the emerging risks from climate change that businesses face. The Paris climate agreement not only signalled social change but also sent the market a strong signal to move away...

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Government gets a deal for $6.3 billion in savings to pass parliament

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

A government-Labor deal will see the passage of A$6.3 billion in savings over the forward estimates in the Coalition’s omnibus bill. Its passage would be the first major legislative achievement of the re-elected Turnbull government.

In the “across the aisle” agreement, Labor preserved the energy supplement for most new recipients...

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Here's why we need nurse-resident ratios in aged care homes

  • Written by Sarah Russell, Principal Researcher, Research Matters; Research Officer, Monash University

More than 170,000 older Australians live in aged care homes. Of those, 83% are classified as requiring high care. An estimated 60% of “high care” residents have dementia, 40–80% have chronic pain, 50% have urinary incontinence, 45% have a sleep disorder and 30–40% have depression.

The management of these complex conditions,...

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More Articles ...

  1. Dickensian approach to residential tenants lingers in Australian law
  2. Australia's Health 2016 report card: experts respond
  3. Young people worldwide fear a lack of economic opportunities – it's easy to see why
  4. LNP abandons hope of challenging Herbert result
  5. Chris Mitchell writes a love letter to himself
  6. The democratic paradox
  7. Political meddling in teacher education needs to stop
  8. Free speech is at risk in Australia – and it's not from Section 18C
  9. Get out of my face! We're more antisocial in a shared office space
  10. Plebiscite looks set to fail, but the push for same-sex marriage will not
  11. Finding momentary pleasure: how viewing art can help people with dementia
  12. What is physical activity in early childhood, and is it really that important?
  13. Australia to embrace the new era of gravitational wave astronomy
  14. Climate action is the key to Australia achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
  15. Plebiscite trouble wherever Malcolm Turnbull looks
  16. Netflix likely to ignore 50% of customers willing to pay a premium for US content
  17. Senate to inquire into Nauru and Manus Island
  18. On the life of an adjective
  19. Fifteen years on from 9/11, we calculated the true cost to business
  20. When political self-interest decides donations rules, what chance reform in the public interest?
  21. Health Check: can vitamins supplement a poor diet?
  22. The off-topic Conversation #107
  23. Blame game as government forced to filibuster to fill Senate work gap
  24. Why moving out public housing tenants is a tragedy for Millers Point and for Sydney
  25. Retraction: why we removed an article about Chinese donations
  26. Phew! New Urban Agenda clears last hurdle before Habitat III
  27. Are refugee and migrant diasporas the missing piece of the development puzzle?
  28. Soft power and the institutionalisation of influence
  29. Road user charging belongs on the political agenda as the best answer for congestion management
  30. Free speech and the media are too often in a marriage of convenience
  31. Explainer: what is free speech?
  32. A history of failed reform: why Australia needs a banking royal commission
  33. To really tackle corporate tax evasion we need a public register
  34. Here’s looking at: Mike Parr’s Jackson Pollock the Female
  35. How does ice use affect families and what can they do?
  36. Ancient life in Greenland and the search for life on Mars
  37. Do arts teachers have to be artists?
  38. The fossil fuel divestment game is getting bigger, thanks to the smaller players
  39. What we have in common with corals and their unexplored microbial world
  40. Boyer Lectures: Episode 2 – Give every child the best start
  41. Why Australia needs a Chief Artist
  42. The tragedy of Eaten Fish, the award-winning cartoonist on Manus Island
  43. It's not easy keeping the Paralympics a level playing field, but the current system is the best there is
  44. One in five tattoo inks in Australia contain carcinogenic chemicals
  45. What are the attributes needed to be a successful sporting leader?
  46. Countering the claims about Australia's Aboriginal number systems
  47. Company results wrap: weighing up the risks behind the profits of Australia's big four banks
  48. Dastyari dilemma – the attraction of strangers bearing gifts
  49. A US$24b summit about a staircase: lessons for Germany and the 2017 G20 leaders
  50. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Malcolm Turnbull's first year in office
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