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Smart cities wouldn't let housing costs drive the worse-off into deeper disadvantage

  • Written by: Emma Baker, Reader in Housing, University of Adelaide
imageHousing costs are driving poorer families into areas with fewer and fewer opportunities.Kate Ausburn/flickr, CC BY

In his 1972 election campaign, Gough Whitlam loudly proclaimed that in modern Australia an individual’s health, wellbeing and life chances were shaped more by where they lived than by the job they held, their religion, race or...

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Politicians' inability to speak freely on issues that matter leaves democracy all the poorer

  • Written by: Frank Bongiorno, Associate Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
imageIt started with Labor, but both major parties now emphasise unity on most policy matters.AAP/Sam Mooy

There is a strange paradox at the heart of modern Australian politics. We want our politicians to engage in reasoned debate, to exercise judgement, to be other than cogs in a machine.

We love it when they say things on Q&A that suggest...

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A vote for Brexit means a wounded David Cameron and a calamitous blow to Europe

  • Written by: Nick Rowley, Adjunct Professor, University of Sydney
imageShould the British decide to leave the EU, it is unlikely that David Cameron could, or would want to, remain prime minister.Reuters/Dylan Martinez

On June 23, Britons will decide whether the United Kingdom remains part of the European Union.

The outcome of the last referendum on the issue, in 1975, was clear. More than 67% voted in favour of Britain...

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Seven ways to tell whether a private equity-backed IPO should be avoided

  • Written by: Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Australia
imagePrivate equity IPOs can over-perform for investors.Image sourced from www.shutterstock.com

Private equity-backed IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) have come under significant scrutiny following several high-profile failures: but are these representative or merely anomalous blights on an otherwise well-performing sector?

Last week, the proposed...

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