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How green is our infrastructure? Helping cities assess its value for long-term liveability

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageGreen space and infrastructure are consistently high on the public's list of priorities, but urban planning has struggled to incorporate their value. Wang Song/from www.shutterstock.com

Australian cities score high in liveability awards. Melbourne has topped The Economist’s most liveable cities ranking five years in a row, with Adelaide,...

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Why do people decide to go gluten- or wheat-free?

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imageWhy are so many people now choosing to go gluten-free?Sarah R/Flickr, CC BY-SA

At different times, fat, sodium, carbohydrates, sugar and protein have all been targeted as “bad” dietary factors. Right now the focus seems to have shifted to gluten: a protein found in cereal grains, especially wheat but also rye, barley and oats.

For a...

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on tax reform

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University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Stephen Parker and Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics including Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s recent visit to Indonesia, Julie Bishop’s disloyalty to Tony Abbott, the tax debate and Simon Birmingham’s prospects in his new role as minister for education and...

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  2. Boiler room scams destroy lives yet police blame victims
  3. Grattan on Friday: Can Malcolm Turnbull manage months of a deregulated tax debate?
  4. Book review: Before Rupert – Keith Murdoch and the Birth of a Dynasty
  5. Speaking with: Shanthi Robertson and Ien Ang on migrants, refugees and Australia's place in Asia
  6. Why are we so obsessed with self-obsession?
  7. You don't have to go off the grid to get treatment for drug dependence
  8. OECD coal discussions highlight tensions in Australia's position on climate change
  9. Time pressure may be a better way to measure work-life balance
  10. Google's release of TensorFlow could be a game-changer in the future of AI
  11. The rise of writing events gives PhD students the support often lacking in universities
  12. Dead old white guys are on the rise
  13. Who should we blame for the Brazil mining dam disaster?
  14. Why Australia hesitates to legalise euthanasia
  15. Feeling blue? Get acquainted with the history of a colour
  16. Increasing land supply isn't the answer to the affordable housing problem
  17. Afghans march against terrorism and for a political system to secure their future
  18. FactCheck: how much of Australia's tax is collected by states and territories?
  19. Fourteen years on, what next for Australia's role in Afghanistan?
  20. Aviation has an emissions problem, and COP 21 won’t solve it
  21. Big Tobacco: 'Of all the concerns, there is one – taxation – which alarms us the most'
  22. Logistics the key as 100 leaders descend on Paris talks
  23. Turnbull's honeymoon continues despite GST talk
  24. Why is school not working for so many young people?
  25. On the ground at Australia's Universal Periodic Review
  26. Improved citizenship bill still invites criticism and High Court challenges
  27. Recipes for racism? Kitchen Cabinet and the politics of food
  28. Beyond gender: LGBTIQ abuse shows it’s time to shift the debate on partner violence
  29. The Trans-Pacific Partnership poses a grave threat to sustainable development
  30. We lose more than we gain in moving away from multilateral trade
  31. Explainer: what is mass?
  32. Malcolm Turnbull to show his international paces during summit season
  33. Turnbull's visit needs to restore Australia's strained relationship with Indonesia
  34. A simple greenwash detection tip: check what the firm puts on its homepage
  35. Cooking the books: when that sensational new research finding isn't all it seems
  36. What are the secrets to being a 'superstar music city'?
  37. Big data can improve health but first we need to build the foundations
  38. A small act to give abused children a voice
  39. Three superannuation reforms that would promote fairness and equity
  40. Crisis communication: saving time and lives in disasters through smarter social media
  41. Engineers don't just build things, they can help save the world
  42. Australian graduates who move overseas will have to pay back student loans
  43. The danger of stranded assets lurks for unwary coal producers
  44. The federal budget is hard to 'fix', but here are some solutions
  45. Business is picking up the pace ahead of the Paris climate summit
  46. Won't somebody think of the children? Five reasons why drug panics are counterproductive
  47. This woman's work: the onscreen and offscreen war service of Claire Adams Mackinnon
  48. What might The Dismissal's legacy mean for an Australian republic push?
  49. As Belgium threatens fines, Facebook's defence of tracking visitors rings hollow
  50. Kevin Rudd takes on George Pell over climate change

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