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Voluntary assisted dying is not a black-and-white issue for Christians – they can, in good faith, support it

  • Written by: Robyn J. Whitaker, Bromby Lecturer in Biblical Studies, Trinity College; Lecturer, University of Divinity
imageReligious opponents of assisted dying laws most often appeal to the sanctity of human life.shutterstock

Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.

According to at least one early and authoritative account, these were Jesus’s dying words. They are words that invite a question: what does it mean to commend a human life – indeed,...

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Three charts on: who is the typical investor in the Australian property market?

  • Written by: Maria Yanotti, Lecturer of Economics and Finance Tasmanian School of Business & Economics, University of Tasmania

Contrary to the image a property investor might conjure up - a wealthy full-time property speculator - most residential investors in Australia don’t actually rely on it as their primary source of income.

In reality, Australia’s residential investment market is dominated by people who, having bought their own home, have moved onto buying...

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Vanishing Australian backyards leave us vulnerable to the stresses of city life

  • Written by: Linley Lutton, Adjunct Senior Teaching Fellow in Urban Planning and Design, University of Western Australia
imageThe traditional backyard provides a retreat from the pressures of city life.

The traditional Australian suburban backyard is being lost to higher-density housing and massive project homes on small lots.

City planning is focused on making cities more compact, which in some ways is desirable, and the large backyard is seen as unsustainable and...

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Planners know depressingly little about a city's impacts on our mental health

  • Written by: Jason Byrne, Associate Professor of Environmental Planning, Griffith University
imageNight-time lighting – seen here in Chongqing, China – is one of many aspects of city living that can make us more stressed.Jason Byrne, Author provided

A large body of research shows that living in cities can harm our health. We know poor urban design can lead to people being less physically active, which is a factor in weight...

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