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how to provide suitable and affordable housing for ageing people

  • Written by: Fatemeh Yavari, PhD candidate in Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington
how to provide suitable and affordable housing for ageing peopleConverting existing larger homes into smaller units could provide options for older people wanting to stay in their neighbourhood.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

With a global rise in the number of people aged 65-plus, it will be increasingly important to have appropriate housing that allows them to remain in their familiar communities and...

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When AI meets your shopping experience it knows what you buy – and what you ought to buy

  • Written by: Michael Milford, Professor, Queensland University of Technology
When AI meets your shopping experience it knows what you buy – and what you ought to buyReacting to what you buy, then predicting what you want to buy.Shutterstock/nmedia

Whether you do your shopping online or in store, your retail experience is the latest battleground for the artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning revolution.

Major Australian retailers have begun to realise that they have a lot to gain from getting their AI...

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online retailing is changing our lives, whether we use it or not

  • Written by: Richard Holden, Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW
online retailing is changing our lives, whether we use it or notOnline prices drive offline prices.Shutterstock

Vital Signs is a regular economic wrap from UNSW economics professor Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data affecting global economies.

Last week, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City held its much anticipated...

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Leaks target Peter Dutton over decisions on au pairs

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Leaks target Peter Dutton over decisions on au pairsDutton told 2GB on Thursday he had made a judgement based on the case's merit, not his knowledge of the person who had referred it.

A week after his humiliating defeat in his bid for the prime ministership, Peter Dutton is facing an ever-widening row over his use of his ministerial discretion in granting visas to au pairs.

The Senate has already set...

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  2. Sarah Kane's controversial 1990s play Blasted feels prescient in the #MeToo era
  3. How augmented reality may one day make music a visual, interactive experience
  4. Court opens door to domestic violence victim to sue police for negligence
  5. Belly fat is the most dangerous, but losing it from anywhere helps
  6. Training won't end discrimination, we have to hold people responsible
  7. Spring is coming, and there's little drought relief in sight
  8. journalist David Neiwert on the rise of the alt-right in Trump's America
  9. Sex, technology and disability – it's complicated
  10. Better than the alternative. What the market thought of ScoMo
  11. A 'woman problem'? No, the Liberals have a 'man problem', and they need to fix it
  12. Gender quotas and targets would speed up progress on gender equity in academia
  13. Donald Trump’s Brave New World and Aldous Huxley’s dystopian vision
  14. New solar cells offer you the chance to print out solar panels and stick them on your roof
  15. What type of relationship should I have with my co-parent now we're divorced?
  16. Local communities need more reassurance about the legacy left by coal seam gas wells
  17. Planned closures of charter schools in New Zealand prompt debate about Māori self-determination
  18. Australian science at the 2018 Eureka Prizes
  19. Digital inclusion in Tasmania has improved in line with NBN rollout – will the other states follow?
  20. Could Section 44 exclude Tony Abbott and Barnaby Joyce from parliament?
  21. Our new PM wants to 'bust congestion' – here are four ways he could do that
  22. An ape in anguish: Brett Whiteley's Sacred baboon
  23. Liberal MP Julia Banks to quit at election, calling out bullying
  24. With Bishop gone, Morrison and Payne face significant challenges on foreign policy
  25. How Brazil can beat the odds and restore a huge swathe of the Amazon
  26. We hardly ever trust big transport announcements – here's how politicians get it right
  27. how Antarctica has inspired Australian composers
  28. Where are all the other galaxies hidden?
  29. The Indigenous employment gap is widening and we don't know how to fix it
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  31. Julie Bishop will be open to post-politics offers
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  34. Au Revoir Mirka Mora, your joie de vivre will live on
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  38. Behrouz Boochani's unsparing look at the brutality of Manus Island
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  42. why the rock art of Murujuga deserves World Heritage status
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  45. Turnbull resigning seat on Friday, giving Morrison a real-time voting test
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