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We subscribe to movies and music, why not transport?

  • Written by: Benjamin Kaufman, PhD Scholar in Transport, Griffith University
We subscribe to movies and music, why not transport?It won't be long before many cities find life without a car even easier, and possibly even cheaper. Shutterstock

Many mainstays in our lives – phones, personal music libraries and movies – began as pay-as-you-go services. But subscription services are starting to rule, from iTunes shifting to Apple Music, and...

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how human-built structures leave coastal ecosystems in the shadows

  • Written by: Martino Malerba, Postdoctoral Fellow, Monash University
how human-built structures leave coastal ecosystems in the shadowsHuman-built structures are home to a wide variety of creatures.

About half of the coastline of Europe, the United States and Australasia is modified by artificial structures. In newly published research, we identified a new effect of marine urbanisation that has so far gone unrecognised.

When we build marinas, ports, jetties and coastal defences,...

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Jacqui Lambie plays the Harradine game

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

In an intervention that would resonate with the late Brian Harradine, who was legendary for extracting concessions for Tasmania in return for his Senate vote, Jacqui Lambie has demanded the federal government forgive the state’s housing debt.

The Tasmanian senator – who has returned to the parliament after being disqualified in the...

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  1. Victoria's commitment to a non-fatal strangulation offence will make a difference to vulnerable women
  2. From Shark Bay seagrass to Stone Age Scotland, we can now assess climate risks to World Heritage
  3. Trump and Kim are talking (again). But the leaders have yet to find real common ground
  4. To be a rising star in the space economy, Australia should also look to the East
  5. how poverty makes it hard to escape mental illness
  6. Ultra-low unemployment is in our grasp. How Philip Lowe became the governor who lifted our ambition
  7. it's Jeremy Hunt (who?) vs Boris Johnson (yes, really), with the future of the UK at stake
  8. 6 charts on the inner cities of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne
  9. Time will tell if this is a record summer for Greenland ice melt, but the pattern over the past 20 years is clear
  10. A new exhibition captures the magic and power of tattoos across cultures
  11. a history from the forbidden fruit to Facebook
  12. Morrison and Albanese to discuss inquiry into press freedom
  13. Back-to-back Reserve Bank cuts take interest rates to new low of 1%
  14. K-pop fans are creative, dedicated and social
  15. Had gestational diabetes? Here are 5 things to help lower your future risk of type 2 diabetes
  16. We need human oversight of machine decisions to stop robo-debt drama
  17. With China's swift rise as naval power, Australia needs to rethink how it defends itself
  18. Rate cuts might hurt, as well as help. What if this man didn't need to do as much?
  19. how studying body donors in the bush is changing forensic science
  20. Genetic risk tests are now widely available, but they aren't always useful – and could even be harmful
  21. a 67-year-old widow who uses Pokémon Go to reconnect with her city
  22. in a crowded Democratic field, who can beat Trump?
  23. Morrison 'very confident' of winning support for tax passage, as he looks to crossbench
  24. Stages 1 and 2 of the tax cuts should pass. But Stage 3 would return us to the 1950s
  25. ACTU president Michele O'Neil on John Setka and the government's anti-union legislation
  26. A radical new adaptation eviscerates the dominance of male voices in Wake in Fright
  27. At the G20, a focus on sideshow diplomacy and photo opps, with limited material gains
  28. Regardless of what the Federal Court says, you shouldn't put 'flushable' wipes down the loo
  29. why do we crave comfort food in winter?
  30. how can penguins stay warm in the freezing cold waters of Antarctica?
  31. Demolish your front fence. It would be an act of radical kindness
  32. Nearly 30% of kids experience sibling bullying – as either bully or victim
  33. 'Have you been feeling your spirit was sad?' Culture is key when assessing Indigenous Australians' mental health
  34. Thirty years on, the Fitzgerald Inquiry still looms large over Queensland politics
  35. To carve out a niche in space industries, Australia should focus on microgravity research rockets
  36. Dolphin researchers say NZ's proposed protection plan is flawed and misleading
  37. Buckle up. 2019-20 survey finds the economy weak and heading down, and that's ahead of surprises
  38. a winter deciduous Australian tree
  39. Michelle Grattan on Australians' attitudes to China, the G20 summit and the Israel Folau saga
  40. After defamation ruling, it's time Facebook provided better moderation tools
  41. Period pain is impacting women at school, uni and work. Let's be open about it
  42. How the 'Sydney School' changed postwar Australian architecture
  43. Academia can help humans and large carnivores coexist
  44. How we closed in on the location of a fast radio burst in a galaxy far, far away
  45. mapping 30-minute cities, how do our capitals compare?
  46. how 19th century ideas influenced today's attitudes to women’s beauty
  47. Go home on time! Working long hours increases your chance of having a stroke
  48. Xi Jinping's grip on power is absolute, but there are new threats to his 'Chinese dream'
  49. If Dutton had defeated Turnbull, could the governor-general have stopped him becoming prime minister?
  50. having a bob each way on US and China is Australia's own super power

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