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Not just an IT issue – why cybersecurity should be on the board agenda
Annelies Moens | June 20, 2017In the digital age, every organisation – be it private sector, public sector or not-for-profit – is a ‘data business’. Annelies Moens of Information Integrity Solutions Pty Ltd, discusses why directors need to engage on cyber security.
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A young doctor’s message to Malcolm Turnbull
Nicole Sleeman | June 16, 2017Climate change is the existential crises of our time: General Practitioner Nicole Sleeman discusses health and the environment, and the challenges she faces, as a health professional, tackling ‘environmental disease’.
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Why productivity is more than just a buzzword
David Hand | June 14, 2017David Hand, Managing Director of Newport Consulting, gives us the tools to improve our productivity.
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Introduction – letter from the editor
Emma Johnson | June 9, 2017Our new editor shares an introductory letter with the Open Forum Community and encourages them to continue to engage in important and constructive dialogue.
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Rental affordability deteriorates, again
Ned Cutcher | June 5, 2017Ned Cutcher, from The Tenants’ Union of NSW, looks at the effects housing affordability has on renters.
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Comprehensive package to support first homebuyers
editor | June 1, 2017The NSW Government has announced a comprehensive package of measures to support first homebuyers by providing stamp duty exemptions, boost housing supply and delivering infrastructure to support growing communities across the State.
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How to make saving for a house more feasible for young Australia
Jasmine Flattery-Shirley | May 31, 2017How to make saving to buy a house more feasible. Jasmine Flattery-Shirley explores the policy changes she thinks will help.
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Tiny house phenomenon
Safronia Benasic | May 30, 2017Is there a practical solution to the housing crisis? Safronia Benasic argues that tiny living is the way of the future.
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We need to make housing accessible for young people leaving Out-of-Home-Care
Jason Juretic | May 29, 2017Little attention has been given to vulnerable young people in the context of housing affordability. Jason Juretic, CEO of Stepping Stone House, argues that the Government should extend funding for youth from 18 to 21 years old.
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Wrong incentives in the housing system
Lindley Edwards | May 24, 2017We live in a large country with lots of land and opportunity. AFG VG Group CEO Lindley Edwards says we need to make sure that housing is affordable for the majority and that every Australian can buy a reasonably priced house.
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What you didn’t know about housing affordability and the upcoming NSW State Budget
Robert Snell | May 24, 2017The Berejiklian Government’s first State Budget will be delivered on 20 June 2017. Robert Snell says housing affordability needs to be both a State and national economic priority.
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The value of housing – a contribution from Karl Marx
Ian McAuley | May 19, 2017Why have we let housing become a commodity subject to the unstable forces of supply and demand? Ian McAuley explains why we should focus more on the use value of a house instead of its mere exchange value.
