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Evictions versus holdouts. How to painlessly dissolve a strata title

  • Written by: Duygu Yengin, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Adelaide

Should private citizens be allowed to force the sale of a neighbour’s property against his or her will?

Let’s ask the question another way: is it fair that just one neighbour, or maybe a small group of neighbours, should be able to block the sale or redevelopment of someone else’s property?

When it comes to collective strata sales,...

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Michelle Grattan on the Liberal pick for Wentworth and Morrison's bad week

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

Michelle Grattan speaks with University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor Nick Klomp about the week in politics. They discuss the party disunity over a Liberal candidate for the Wentworth byelection, and the problems in Scott Morrison’s first sitting week as prime minister, including Peter Dutton’s legal issues and allegations of...

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New law won't safeguard medicine supply – it'll only ensure we know there's a shortage

  • Written by: Stephen Carter, Lecturer, Pharmacy Practice, University of Sydney
New law won't safeguard medicine supply – it'll only ensure we know there's a shortageMedicine shortages occur too often in Australia, which is reliant on the global supply chain.from shutterstock.com

The Australian government this week passed legislation designed to safeguard access to prescription and essential non-prescription medicines, such as EpiPens, for Australian patients.

The legislation was prompted by a national shortage...

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Vital for life, heat and power – what you never knew about salt water

  • Written by: Timothy Duignan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Energy Storage , The University of Queensland
Vital for life, heat and power – what you never knew about salt waterSalt water is fun to swim in – but it also carries the electrical signals vital for life. Raphael Nogueira/Unsplash, CC BY

Your tongue is a salt detector – it dissolves the solid salt crystals sprinkled on your chips to create an intense flavour sensation.

But salt is way more important than just being a food additive.


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  2. Wentworth preselectors' rebuff to Morrison caps week of mayhem
  3. Once upon a time ... 'sleeping beauties' and the importance of storytelling in science
  4. who owns a family's story? Why it's time to lift the Berndt field notes embargo
  5. Vital signs. When cutting interest rates might not help
  6. Gender diversity is more accepted in society, but using the pronoun 'they' still divides
  7. We mapped cancer rates across Australia – search for your postcode here
  8. We need more flexible housing for 21st-century lives
  9. Year 11 and 12 students in NSW will no longer learn about women's contributions to physics
  10. How much plastic does it take to kill a turtle? Typically just 14 pieces
  11. Cathy McGowan and Rebekha Sharkie on the role of community candidates
  12. you're gonna need a bigger rope to tie down this alien hunter
  13. As Witness K trial opens, questions over how much of Timor-Leste spying case to keep secret from public
  14. knee arthroscopy is one of the most common but least effective surgeries
  15. Independent isn't necessarily better. Why appointing independent directors can achieve little
  16. Sharing your meter data might help cut your power bill, but it needs secure regulation
  17. the poetry of Rosemary Dobson
  18. World politics explainer: The Holocaust
  19. New body for complaints against police in Victoria is a good move, with some caveats
  20. double standards a double fault
  21. where do clouds come from and why do they have different shapes?
  22. The paradox of choice. Why made-to-order might not solve the fashion industry's problems
  23. In defence of conspiracy theories (and why the term is a misnomer)
  24. Yes, AI may take some jobs – but it could also mean more men doing care work
  25. Where Australian states are up to in decriminalising abortion
  26. Why anti-American sentiment is weaker under Trump than it was under George W. Bush
  27. what is energy security, and how has it changed?
  28. Why driverless vehicles should not be given unchecked access to our cities
  29. how Australia scrambles to regulate Chinese technology
  30. Communist aristocrat, Soviet spy and activist filmmaker
  31. Why education about gender and sexuality does belong in the classroom
  32. Wentworth goes to the polls on October 20
  33. Three billion per year. How the financial system rips us off
  34. Artemisia Gentileschi, a Baroque heroine for the #MeToo era
  35. Why it's so hard to reach an international agreement on killer robots
  36. Happiness hinges on personality, so initiatives to improve well-being need to be tailor-made
  37. How our art museums finally opened their eyes to Australian women artists
  38. What should buyers of a house be told about it?
  39. why conservative voters fail to see gender as an obstacle to political success
  40. Digital government isn't working in the developing world. Here's why
  41. R U OK day is coming up, but what do you do if someone says 'no'?
  42. Google searches reveal where people are most concerned about climate change
  43. Don't lose hope, quality media still exists in Australia
  44. The Herald Sun's Serena Williams cartoon draws on a long and damaging history of racist caricature
  45. Mark Knight is our best tabloid cartoonist. Is his Serena Williams drawing racist?
  46. Dutton accuses Quaedvlieg of "grooming" a young woman, in new angry clash
  47. lessons from the 2018 US Open tennis
  48. Labor retains big Newspoll lead; savage anti-Liberal swing in Wagga Wagga; Wentworth is tied
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