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Asians out! Not in this suburb. Not in this apartment

  • Written by: Alanna Kamp, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Australian Cultural Geography, Western Sydney University
Asians out! Not in this suburb. Not in this apartmentA large majority of Asian Australians who make up an increasing proportion of the population, especially in big cities like Sydney, have experienced racism.ketrktt/Shutterstock

This is the fourth article in our series, Australian Cities in the Asian Century. These articles draw on newly published research, in a special issue of Geographical...

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Why Australian retailers should respect the past and rename their 'Black Friday' sales

  • Written by: Daniel May, PhD Candidate, Australian National University
Why Australian retailers should respect the past and rename their 'Black Friday' salesForest remains after bushfire, Icy Creek Victoria, 1939.Wikipedia Commons

Australians familiar with “Black Friday” sales might associate them with images of Americans clambering over each other to battle for iPhones and TVs. Yet this term - used here by companies such as Amazon, Kogan, Bonds, and The Good Guys to promote their sales -...

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City water restrictions hurt our most vulnerable – especially women

  • Written by: Paul Satur, Research Fellow for Water Sensitive Cities, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
City water restrictions hurt our most vulnerable – especially womenAustralian women have disproportionately been affected in times of drought.Tyler Olson/Shutterstock

When we think of the difficulties that women have accessing water, we tend to think of women and girls in developing nations struggling to carry water across large distances. We do not usually think of a woman in metropolitan Melbourne, one of the...

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A decade after the invention of the smartphone, we're about to find out how we use our time

  • Written by: Lyn Craig, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Melbourne
A decade after the invention of the smartphone, we're about to find out how we use our timeAustralia hasn't had a time use survey since 2006. Budget cuts got in the way.Shutterstock

Much has changed since 2006 about the way we use our time.

Back then we didn’t have iPhones, iPads, Tinder, Snapchat, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, or machines that could play us streamed music, check our heart rates and guide us to our destinations as...

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  2. It's hard to think about, but frail older women in nursing homes get sexually abused too
  3. It looks like an anchovy fillet but this ancient creature helps us understand how DNA works
  4. Households to get $2000 subsidy for batteries under Shorten energy policy
  5. Where has the joy of writing gone and how do we get it back for our children?
  6. Colonial Australia was surprisingly concerned about Aboriginal deaths in custody
  7. If there's one thing Pacific nations don't need, it's yet another infrastructure investment bank
  8. Fresh urgency in mapping out ethics of brain organoid research
  9. An urgent rethink is needed on the idealised image of the ANZAC digger
  10. How do moths eat our clothes?
  11. the carbon tax that would leave households better off
  12. If you're feeding with formula, here's what you can do to promote your baby's healthy growth
  13. Why adult video stars rely on camming
  14. Why we should worry about Victoria's China memorandum of understanding
  15. The Greens set to be tested on a number of fronts in the Victorian election
  16. How much will voters pay for an early Christmas? Eight charts that explain Victoria’s transport election
  17. how offline businesses are learning from Google to improve profits
  18. Getting clean drinking water into remote Indigenous communities means overcoming city thinking
  19. your guide to the 2018 election health promises
  20. Labor's worst polls since Turnbull; chaos likely in Victorian upper house
  21. public housing tenants fight for their place in the city
  22. Bainimarama wins again in Fiji, helped by muzzling the media, unions and the church
  23. Indonesia matters to us, and always has. Why the relationship will survive Morrison's Jerusalem thought bubble
  24. Are short prime ministerships the new normal?
  25. how to ensure we value wildlife properly
  26. Australian prime minister foreshadows cut to 'migration settings'
  27. As tensions ratchet up between China and the US, Australia risks being caught in the crossfire
  28. women 'over-invest' in workplace capabilities
  29. Women targeted with $109 million to promote "economic security"
  30. Insurance is unaffordable for some, but it's middle Australia that is underinsured
  31. Toppling bankers can be satisfying, but it's not enough to heal a sick culture
  32. busting a common wellness myth
  33. Euripides’ Medea and her terrible revenge against the patriarchy
  34. Your riding position can give you an advantage in a road cycling sprint
  35. What about a Jerusalem consulate as a Morrison escape hatch?
  36. Lowy Institute's Jonathan Pryke on APEC 2018
  37. Rock Bang is a highly charged fusion of music, theatre, and circus
  38. After APEC, US-China tensions leave 'cooperation' in the cold
  39. why women get PMS and why some are more affected
  40. How do remote controls work?
  41. One year on from Royal Commission findings on Northern Territory child detention: what has changed?
  42. that spiny tongue does more than keep a cat well groomed
  43. the scandals, sloganeering and key issues to watch
  44. Violence towards women in the video game Red Dead Redemption 2 evokes toxic masculinity
  45. Rethinking what it means to be Australian through art
  46. How to talk to your child about their school report
  47. anti-fungal creams or tablets don't always work for vaginal itch
  48. For Mobility as a Service (MaaS) to solve our transport woes, some things need to change
  49. Why predicting the weather and climate is even harder for Australia’s rainy northern neighbours
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