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Retrofitted cities are forcing residents to live with planning failures – we're due for a rethink

  • Written by: Linley Lutton, Adjunct Senior Teaching Fellow in Urban Planning and Design, University of Western Australia
imageSo much for context – authorities are allowing large out-of-place buildings in the higher-density retrofitting push.Linley Lutton, Author provided

Australia will probably look back on the current period of attempting to retrofit its capital cities as a great demonstration of poor city planning.

Shallow planning ideology rather than common...

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Why Australian CEOs are sharing part of our wages pain

  • Written by: Julie Walker, Associate Professor in Accounting, The University of Queensland

Low wages growth has been a spectre hanging around the Australian economy for some time. In our series What We Earn we unpick the causes for this and why some workers might be feeling it more than others.

Even though shares and bonuses for CEOs have been fluctuating over the years, recently CEO salaries have remained stagnant. This trend lines up...

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Hedonism not only leads to binge drinking, it's part of the solution

  • Written by: Rebekah Russell-Bennett, Social Marketing Professor, School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations, Queensland University of Technology
imageHedonism and pleasure is what drives much binge drinking. So let's provide people with alternative ways of having fun, but without the alcohol.from www.shutterstock.com

This is the second article in our three-part series on hedonism and health. Today, we look at the complex relationship between hedonism and binge drinking – part cause, part...

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New Zealand’s fisheries quota management system: on an undeserved pedestal

  • Written by: Glenn Simmons, Research Fellow, University of Auckland
imageSnapper is one of the fish under New Zealand's Quota Management system.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

In popular imagination, New Zealand’s fisheries management system is a globally recognised story of sustainability, reflecting a “clean and green” environmental ethos.

Indeed, New Zealand’s fisheries have been ranked...

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  2. Shorten shakes off citizenship pursuers as Labor pursues Joyce
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  5. A look back at Cassini's incredible mission to Saturn before its final plunge into the planet
  6. Kim Jong-un's nuclear ambition: what is North Korea's endgame?
  7. Trump can’t win: the North Korea crisis is a lose-lose proposition for the US
  8. How shopping centres are changing to fight online shopping
  9. Universities must act now on sustainability goals
  10. Without proper protections, same-sex marriage will discriminate against conscientious objectors
  11. Health Check: is makeup bad for your skin?
  12. The costs of a casual job are now outweighing any pay benefits
  13. What is hedonism and how does it affect your health?
  14. This is why we cannot rely on cities alone to tackle climate change
  15. It's reputation that matters when spin doctors go back to the newsroom
  16. I have always wondered: why are some fruits poisonous?
  17. All that glitters: why our obsession with putting gold on food is nothing new
  18. At last! The world's first ethical guidelines for driverless cars
  19. Curious Kids: Why do stars twinkle?
  20. Anger, aggression and violence: it matters that we know the difference
  21. The new Great Barrier Reef pollution plan is better, but still not good enough
  22. Australia's record-breaking winter warmth linked to climate change
  23. The more years spent in a classroom the lower your risk of heart disease
  24. The off-topic Conversation #134
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  26. Face Value: business leaders are betting we will spend more
  27. Vital Signs: living in the past won't distract from our current economic woes
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  29. New research unlocks the mystery of leaf size
  30. Almost half of trans young people try to end their lives. How can we reduce this alarming statistic?
  31. Friday essay: The personal is now commercial – popular feminism online
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  36. Don't expect the Grameen Bank's microfinance model to pay off for Australians
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  38. Truth to power: how podcasts are getting political
  39. Doctors, lawyers and ministers all take a professional pledge: here's why teachers should too
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  44. Lasers and dung beetles: the 2017 Eureka Prizes celebrate the best of Australian science
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