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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the unofficial election campaign

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With the defeat of the government’s industrial relations legislation in the Senate, politicians are gearing up for the July 2 double-dissolution election. But while the nation moves into unofficial election mode, Malcolm Turnbull is quick to emphasise he is still in a governing phase.

University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Stephen Parker and...

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Affordable, sustainable, high quality urban housing? It's not an impossible dream

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imageAn illustration of Nightingale 1.0, which provides an alternative to developer-led housing.SOURCE?llustration supplied by Breathe Architecture

A quiet revolution is happening in housing development in Australia. It started small, with a group of architects in Melbourne, but has the potential to transform the way urban housing is conceived, funded,...

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