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Land makes the housing market different, so changing planning rules won't fix affordability

  • Written by: Brian Feeney, Adjunct Fellow, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland

A commonly held view is that changing planning rules could significantly increase housing supply and hence make housing more affordable. Recent commentary, including in The Conversation, repeats this. It’s a view that glosses over the special features of land, which allow property developers to control housing supply to a significant extent....

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So what's a secretary to do? Banking Royal Commission raises questions about what's in minutes

  • Written by: Ellie Chapple, Professor, QUT Business School and research leader Accounting for Social Change research team, Queensland University of Technology
So what's a secretary to do? Banking Royal Commission raises questions about what's in minutesToo much or too little information? The role of a secretary is to get the balance right.Shutterstock

The Financial Services Royal Commission last week challenged the chair of the Commonwealth Bank Catherine Livingstone about her claim that she confronted management during a 2016 board meeting, saying it wasn’t recorded in the minutes.

“Do...

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Australia's spies to be allowed to use more force

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

The government is moving to give Australia’s overseas spies extra powers to protect themselves and their operations by the use of force.

Legislation to be introduced on Thursday will allow a staff member or agent of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) to be able to use “reasonable force” in the course of their work.

It...

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Tension as scientist at centre of CRIPSR outrage speaks at genome editing summit

  • Written by: Merlin Crossley, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW
Tension as scientist at centre of CRIPSR outrage speaks at genome editing summitJiankui He claims he has used CRISPR to edit the genomes of twin girls. Merlin Crossley, Author provided

I am currently at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing, where controversial CRIPSR scientist Jiankui He presented his research just a few hours ago. He also answered questions from gene experts Robin Lovell-Badge (Crick...

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  10. Twelve charts on race and racism in Australia
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  19. Liberal Julia Banks defects to crossbench as Scott Morrison confirms election in May
  20. In crime reporting, we should ask better questions about the relevance of religion and ethnicity
  21. Researcher claims CRISPR-edited twins are born. How will science respond?
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  23. How a change in climate wiped out the 'Siberian unicorn'
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