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Is social housing essential infrastructure? How we think about it does matter

  • Written by: Kathleen Flanagan, Research Fellow & Deputy Director, HACRU, University of Tasmania

We know that safe, adequate, affordable and appropriate housing is essential for our health, well-being and social and economic security. However, even as house prices subside from recent record highs, many Australians struggle to obtain the housing they need to be as healthy, well and secure as they could be. An unacceptable number of...

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the significance of the Treaty of Waitangi

  • Written by: Sandra Morrison, Associate Professor, Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies, University of Waikato
the significance of the Treaty of WaitangiOn February 6, 1840, representatives of the British Crown and Māori chiefs acting on behalf of their tribes signed the Treaty of Waitangi.from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-ND

The Treaty of Waitangi is New Zealand’s foundation document. On February 6, 1840, the treaty was signed by representatives of the British Crown and Māori chiefs...

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Why bank shares are climbing despite the royal commission

  • Written by: Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW

The Banking Royal Commission landed after the stock exchange closed for business on Monday. It recommended additional controls on banks and financial services providers, and excoriated one.

But the banks’ share prices surged on Tuesday as almost A$20 billion was added to the value of the big four – their biggest one day increase in...

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we should legislate on Hayne recommendations before election

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

As Labor seeks to get maximum political mileage from the banking royal commission report, Bill Shorten on Tuesday asked Scott Morrison for extra parliamentary sitting days to pass legislation to implement some of its recommendations.

In a letter to Morrison, Shorten said both houses should be recalled on March 5-7 and March 12-14. The sitting...

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  1. Michael McCormack on banks and the bush, and the election battle
  2. The shocking use of 'jiggers' in horse racing
  3. Just So You Know...The Conversation launches a Q&A service for teens
  4. Queensland's floods are so huge the only way to track them is from space
  5. Cladding fires expose gaps in building material safety checks. Here's a solution
  6. Our 'bee-eye camera' helps us support bees, grow food and protect the environment
  7. Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Result puts autism front and centre
  8. Five warning signs of overdiagnosis
  9. Hayne's failure to tackle bank structure means that in a decade or so another treasurer will have to call another royal commission
  10. Influential doctors aren't disclosing their drug company ties
  11. the real problem is how we value executives and workers
  12. Australians accept government surveillance, for now
  13. a 10-point plan to fix the residential building industry
  14. We discovered a warped and twisted disc of young, massive stars at the edge of our Milky Way
  15. There's insufficient evidence your sunscreen harms coral reefs
  16. Tarpe Mills, 1940s comic writer, and her feisty superhero Miss Fury
  17. Murray-Darling report shows public authorities must take climate change risk seriously
  18. no commissions, no exemptions, no fees without permission. Hayne gets the government to do a U-turn
  19. Compensation scheme to follow Hayne’s indictment of financial sector
  20. Changes to commenting at The Conversation
  21. New study confirms what scientists already know: basic research is under-valued
  22. Research shows most online consumer contracts are incomprehensible, but still legally binding
  23. why do we need soap?
  24. The humble spade flower moonlights as the ‘love shrub’
  25. Online trolling used to be funny, but now the term refers to something far more sinister
  26. Want to improve your mood? It's time to ditch the junk food
  27. Why the federal government’s new integrity commission isn't up to the job
  28. When extreme weather wipes out wildlife, the fallout can last for years
  29. imagine you are in Canada
  30. Six questions our banks need to answer to regain trust
  31. Three changes in how we live could derail the dream of the 30-minute city
  32. The great movie scenes: Rome, Open City
  33. Bowen fires back in economy debate
  34. McGowan remains tight-lipped about refugee legislation despite removal of children
  35. Behrouz Boochani's literary prize cements his status as an Australian writer
  36. Tasmania’s gambling election shows Australia needs tougher rules on money in politics
  37. other brands are better at matching practice with talk, but don't get the publicity
  38. Head start for home owners makes a big difference for housing stress
  39. Damning royal commission report leaves no doubt that we all lose if the Murray-Darling Basin Plan fails
  40. Michelle Grattan on the march of the independents
  41. Cloning monkeys for research puts humans on a slippery ethical slope
  42. how to spot the work of a political spin doctor this election season
  43. how political spin doctors' tactics aim to shape the news
  44. Banks are enabling economic abuse. Here's how they could be stopping it
  45. Five ways to boost Australian writers’ earnings
  46. Migrant women are particularly vulnerable to technology-facilitated domestic abuse
  47. The presence of people is slowing shark recovery on the Great Barrier Reef
  48. Australia's spike in summer drownings: what the media misses
  49. Vital Signs. Yet another year of steady rates. What's the point of the RBA inflation target?
  50. What Labor has to fear is the Big Scare

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