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New UNSW-ACOSS study highlights inequality in our society – and how to fix it
Open Forum | August 2, 2018Beyond the personal effects on individuals, vast disparities in income can erode social cohesion and undermine economic growth, researchers say.
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Is rent-for-life becoming the new norm for families?
Daryl Holland | August 1, 2018Young couples planning a family have traditionally been the group most likely to buy their first home. But high house prices and uncertain employment mean many more young families are staying in rental properties, and experts say regulations need to be kinder to these rent-for-lifers.
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Who is doing what on the homefront?
Inga Lass | August 1, 2018More progressive attitudes regarding gender roles aren’t translating into reality in Australian households. If both parents work full-time, housework and care remain the domain of mothers.
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Fostering a culture of disaster preparedness
Anthony Bergin | August 1, 2018The devastating floods we’ve recently seen in Japan are an indicator of the kinds of challenges we’re facing as a result of a changing climate. How should Australia prepare for similar disasters in the near future?
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How are Australians faring?
Andrew Trounson | July 31, 2018Every year, the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, or HILDA, gives us a snapshot of the economic and social wellbeing of Australians. How are we doing this year?
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Science or Snake Oil: do ‘rescue remedies’ ease stress?
Ken Harvey | July 31, 2018‘Flower remedies’ may be pleasant to use, but do they actually do anyone any good?
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Australia faces more intense rain storms
Open Forum | July 31, 2018A landmark study shows how heavy, short rain storms are intensifying more rapidly than would be expected with global warming. Researchers say this is likely to lead to increasing flash floods and urban flooding.
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Keeping everyone moving up, down and across in the city
Andrea Connor | July 30, 2018Cities are growing vertically as well as horizontally and so their infrastructure must ensure people can move up and down as well as across to get where they need to be.
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How dingoes sculpt the landscape of the Australian desert
Open Forum | July 30, 2018A new study by UNSW scientists has shown how the presence – and absence – of dingoes affects the desert landscape.
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I can see clearly now! Tech innovation in law enforcement
Amelia Meurant-Tompkinson | July 30, 2018The rapid acceptance of new technology into our lives creates new risks as well as opportunities and requires a more innovative approach from enforcement and regulatory agencies.
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Five ways to curb international corporate power
Jeremy Lent | July 29, 2018Of the world’s 100 largest economies, 69 are transnational businesses. How can we control—and ultimately transform them into a positive force for social good?
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Australia’s Rules-Based International Order
Nick Bisley | July 29, 2018The ‘rules-based international order’ has become a rhetorical centrepiece of Australian international policy. One of the challenges in the current moment is that the rules and principles that were built on the foundation of American primacy are being questioned as power shifts.
