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If it's voluntary for developers to make affordable housing deals with councils, what can you expect?

  • Written by: Katrina Raynor, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Transforming Housing Project, University of Melbourne
If it's voluntary for developers to make affordable housing deals with councils, what can you expect?Many places overseas require developers to build a certain proportion of affordable housing, but Victoria has opted for a voluntary negotiated approach.Lichtwolke/Shutterstock

Housing in Australia is broken. Across the country, only 2% of private rentals are affordable for a person on the minimum wage. Less than 1% are affordable for a single...

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Why there's more greenhouse gas in the atmosphere than you may have realised

  • Written by: Zoe Loh, Research Scientist, CSIRO
Why there's more greenhouse gas in the atmosphere than you may have realisedThe Cape Grim observatory, home of the 'world's cleanest air'... and rising greenhouse gases.CSIRO, Author provided

This week brought news that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels at the Mauna Loa atmospheric observatory in Hawaii have risen steeply for the seventh year in a row, reaching a May 2019 average of 414.7 parts per million...

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on being an ethical vegan for 33 years

  • Written by: John Kinsella, Professor of Literature and Environment, Curtin University
on being an ethical vegan for 33 yearsThe author in his vegetable patch.Wendy Kinsella

I live in a vegan family situation. I have been a vegan for over 33 years and my partner, poet and novelist Tracy Ryan, has been a vegan for over a quarter of a century; our 16-year-old son Tim was conceived and born a vegan, and remains one.

If you ever doubt it’s his choice, ask him —...

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  3. We don't know all the details of how voluntary assisted dying will work yet – but the system is ready
  4. Whichever way you spin it, Australia's greenhouse emissions have been climbing since 2015
  5. The end is nigh for Apple's iTunes as the tech giant targets separate audio and video markets
  6. How The Conversation makes an impact by doing things differently
  7. What next after 100 Resilient Cities funding ends?
  8. Media raids raise questions about AFP's power and weak protection for journalists and whistleblowers
  9. Expect weak economic growth for quite some time. What Wednesday's national accounts tell us
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  11. Is my child being too clingy and how can I help?
  12. Isabel Flick, the tenacious campaigner who fought segregation in Australia
  13. Flammable cladding costs could approach billions for building owners if authorities dither
  14. How we're helping the western ground parrot survive climate change
  15. Why the raids on Australian media present a clear threat to democracy
  16. Electronic monitoring bracelets are only crime deterrence tools, they can't 'fix' offenders
  17. Australia should give victims a voice in tackling environmental crimes
  18. mapping out a stronger Australian media landscape
  19. It's perfectly legal for doctors to charge huge amounts for surgery, but should it be allowed?
  20. The gene therapy revolution is here. Medicine is scrambling to keep pace
  21. We taught bees a simple number language – and they got it
  22. What does a koala's nose know? A bit about food, and a lot about making friends
  23. Chilly house? Mouldy rooms? Here's how to improve low-income renters’ access to decent housing
  24. Climate sceptic or climate denier? It's not that simple and here's why
  25. Indigenous Australians shouldn't have to sing it
  26. Budget lessons in the politics of Indigenous self-determination
  27. How we tracked down the only known sculpture of a WWI Indigenous soldier
  28. How to know if your child is addicted to video games and what to do about it
  29. Investigative reporter Louise Milligan on Cardinal Pell and redactions in the Royal Commission's report
  30. The Reserve Bank will cut rates again and again, until we lift spending and push up prices
  31. 19 years of personal data was stolen from ANU. It could show up on the dark web
  32. Why reducing unemployment should have been a focus for NZ's well-being budget
  33. Are you burnt out at work? Ask yourself these 4 questions
  34. Was there an 'ethnic vote' in the 2019 election and did it make a difference?
  35. who's who in Labor's shadow ministry
  36. Thirty years on, China is still trying to whitewash the Tiananmen crackdown from its history
  37. A deadly fungus threatens to wipe out 100 frog species – here's how it can be stopped
  38. Preschool benefits all children, but not all children get it. Here's what the government can do about that
  39. What's the difference between credit and debt? How Afterpay and other 'BNPL' providers skirt consumer laws
  40. ancient memories of maar volcanoes
  41. The search for an alternative to GDP to measure a nation's progress – the New Zealand experience
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  43. How big data can help residents find transport, jobs and homes that work for them
  44. Had pre-eclampsia in pregnancy? These 5 things will lower your risk of heart disease
  45. Blocking Huawei's 5G could isolate Australia from future economic opportunities
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