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mapping 30-minute cities, how do our capitals compare?

  • Written by: David Levinson, Professor of Transport, University of Sydney
mapping 30-minute cities, how do our capitals compare?Perth has the most jobs and workers reachable by car within 30 minutes because of the speed of travel on its road network.bmphotographer/Shutterstock

Accessibility – the ease of reaching valued opportunities such as jobs, workers and shops – is the whole reason cities exist. There is no reason to locate anywhere but to be near things,...

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how 19th century ideas influenced today's attitudes to women’s beauty

  • Written by: Michelle Smith, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies, Monash University
how 19th century ideas influenced today's attitudes to women’s beautyAn advertisement for breast implants in Sydney in 2015. Advertisements often promote a 'natural' ideal of beauty, even when advocating surgical intervention.Paul Millar/AAP

In the 19th century, a range of thinkers attempted to pinpoint exactly what it was that made a woman beautiful. Newly popular women’s magazines began to promote ideas...

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Go home on time! Working long hours increases your chance of having a stroke

  • Written by: Libby Sander, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University
Go home on time! Working long hours increases your chance of having a strokeIs it time to cut back on overtime?Annie Spratt

Australia is in the bottom third of OECD countries when it comes to working long hours, with 13% of us clocking up 50 hours or more a week in paid work.

These long hours are bad for our health. A new study from France has found that regularly working long days of ten hours or more increases our risk...

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Xi Jinping's grip on power is absolute, but there are new threats to his 'Chinese dream'

  • Written by: Bates Gill, Professor of Asia-Pacific Security Studies, Macquarie University
Xi Jinping's grip on power is absolute, but there are new threats to his 'Chinese dream'Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

As China solidifies its new status as superpower, we’re launching a series looking at what this means for the world – how China maintains its power, how it wields its power and how its power might be threatened.


Chinese leader Xi Jinping took power as head of the Chinese Communist Party – the...

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  1. If Dutton had defeated Turnbull, could the governor-general have stopped him becoming prime minister?
  2. having a bob each way on US and China is Australia's own super power
  3. Australian household wealth has taken its biggest dive since the GFC, but things are looking up
  4. Folau affair shows Morrison heading into religious freedom morass
  5. Turnbull slams Porter for "nonsense" advice
  6. what consumers need to know about Facebook’s new cryptocurrency
  7. Infecting healthy people in vaccine research can be ethical and necessary
  8. how bluestone shaped Melbourne’s identity
  9. Bellingcat's report on MH17 shows citizens can and will do intelligence work
  10. Trade war tensions sky high as Trump and Xi prepare to meet at the G20
  11. why it's time to focus on the perpetrator when tackling domestic violence
  12. Competition for the kerb is rising, and cities are going to have to manage it
  13. Our ailing aged care system shows you can't skimp on nursing care
  14. Media chiefs unite on press freedom, but will it result in any action?
  15. Is Australia's electricity grid vulnerable to the kind of cyber attacks taking place between Russia and the US?
  16. Sydney declares a climate emergency – what does that mean in practice?
  17. Coach Fitz and the accidentally comic voice
  18. could the Australian Christian Lobby be investigated for its Israel Folau fundraiser?
  19. beneficial or risky? Here's what the evidence says
  20. what are the media companies' challenges to the AFP raids about?
  21. how Ash Barty became the world's best female tennis player
  22. How English-speaking countries upended the trade-off between babies and jobs without even trying
  23. People living in rural areas may be at lower risk of Alzheimer's disease
  24. Most Australian teachers feel unprepared to teach students with special needs
  25. Australia's social housing policy needs stronger leadership and an investment overhaul
  26. Australians' feelings sour towards China: Lowy poll
  27. Morrison warns of widespread pain if US-China trade tensions are not contained
  28. To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12
  29. Why Christians disagree over the Israel Folau saga
  30. 5 things to know about the traditional Christian doctrine of hell
  31. why can’t we do whatever we want?
  32. Can you be liable for defamation for what other people write on your Facebook page? Australian court says: maybe
  33. what is surveillance capitalism and how does it shape our economy?
  34. Peter Dutton is whipping up fear on the medevac law, but it defies logic and compassion
  35. You can't get influenza from a flu shot – here's how it works
  36. here's why Darwin was rocked so hard by a distant quake
  37. fear for the Great Barrier Reef made climate change feel urgent
  38. talk of the demise of central banks is greatly exaggerated
  39. Jobs are changing, and fast. Here's what the VET sector (and employers) need to do to keep up
  40. E. coli in milk won't necessarily make you sick – but it signals risks from other bacteria
  41. why older Australians are more trusting, and what that means for them
  42. Julie Gough's 'Tense Past' reminds us how the brutalities of colonial settlement are still felt today
  43. why do spiders need so many eyes but we only need two?
  44. Australia's still building 4 in every 5 new houses to no more than the minimum energy standard
  45. Would you eat meat grown from cells in a laboratory? Here's how it works
  46. Morrison wants to unleash economy's 'animal spirits' and foreshadows new look at industrial relations
  47. dead, in crisis, or in transition?
  48. In Never Look Away we finally have a painter biopic offering insight into the creative process
  49. People who spread deepfakes think their lies reveal a deeper truth
  50. For women's sake, let's screen for depression as part of the new heart health checks

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When Should You Speak with Divorce Lawyers in Sydney?

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