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Grattan on Friday: Turnbull close to finalising energy package but can he sell it?

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

The Turnbull government can dither no longer, and it knows it. To use the political jargon, it now has to “land” its energy policy very quickly.

With parliament resuming on Monday, the backbenchers are wanting clear lines. With business further confused after the government this week effectively walked away from a clean energy target...

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This is what our cities need to do to be truly liveable for all

  • Written by: Julianna Rozek, Research Officer, Healthy Liveable Cities Group, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
imageWhile parts of Australian capital cities are highly liveable, access to the features that underpin liveability is highly unequal. kittis/shutterstock

This article is one in a series, Healthy Liveable Cities, in the lead-up to the Designing Healthy Liveable Cities Conference in Melbourne on October 19 and 20.


Urban planners, governments and...

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Democratising super would bring more independent voices to the negotiating table

  • Written by: Anthony Asher, Associate Professor, UNSW

If taken to its logical conclusion, the superannuation legislation currently before parliament could lead to some much-needed changes to power structures in the finance industry.

The legislation is the latest in two decades of regulatory reform aimed at increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of superannuation.

In a recent paper written with...

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Looking into their computer-generated eyes: dating in virtual reality

  • Written by: David Evans Bailey, PhD Researcher in Virtual Reality, Auckland University of Technology
imageSo, will VR dating be a thing?TierneyMJ/Shutterstock

Online dating has been around for more than 20 years, but for the most part, the goal has been to eventually meet your new paramour face to face. Virtual reality (VR) could change that.

From Match.com, which launched in 1995, the idea of meeting and chatting with someone in a digital space has...

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