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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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  7. André Rieu gives his audience exactly what they want: entertainment
  8. Tassie devils' decline has left a feast of carrion for feral cats
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  10. Twelve charts on race and racism in Australia
  11. What are tech companies doing about ethical use of data? Not much
  12. students, focus on your discipline then you’ll see your options expand
  13. Just how 'city smart' are local governments in Queensland?
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  15. The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
  16. lessons from the Foodora bunfight
  17. What happens when labour is induced and when is it necessary?
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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'
  24. Our long fascination with the journey to Mars
  25. New research on nightclubs finds men do it often but know it's wrong
  26. The battle to be the Amazon (or Netflix) of transport
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  28. We'll wait an eternity for the banks to fix themselves. Here's what we can do now
  29. Day One of minority government sees battle over national integrity commission
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  31. A brilliant artist whose life was rudely interrupted by colonisers
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  36. Why regulating facial recognition technology is so problematic
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  43. Coalition pares back losses in late counting, as predicted chaos eventuates in upper house
  44. Victorian Labor's thumping win reveals how out of step with voters Liberals have become
  45. Labor has landslide win in Victoria
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