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As pet owners suffer rental insecurity, perhaps landlords should think again

  • Written by: Emma Power, Senior Research Fellow, Geography and Urban Studies, Western Sydney University
imageIn countries where many if not most households have pets, 'no pets' rental policies are a serious obstacle to housing security.Mike Hoff/flickr, CC BY-NC

Pet owners grapple with rental insecurity, new research shows. Despite the popularity of pet ownership across countries such as Australia (where 63% of households include a pet), the United States...

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Fishing, not oil, is at the heart of the South China Sea dispute

  • Written by: Clive Schofield, Professor and Challenge Lead, Sustaining Coastal and Marine Zones, University of Wollongong

Contrary to the view that the South China Sea disputes are driven by a regional hunger for seabed energy resources, the real and immediate prizes at stake are the region’s fisheries and marine environments that support them.

It is also through the fisheries dimensions to the conflict that the repercussions of the recent ruling of the...

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Businesses need to get smarter when investing in tech

  • Written by: Shahid M Shahiduzzaman, Research Fellow, Digital Economy, Queensland University of Technology
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Business managers have a poor understanding of what technology to invest in and how to use it. Technology use alone doesn’t lead to growth in a business but simple technology focused on solving customers’ problems is key.

Our new research looked at 11 firms with high growth (turnover growth of more than 20% per year for three to five...

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Ideas from abroad: reforming the Australian university admissions system

  • Written by: Claire Brown, Associate Director, The Victoria Institute, Victoria University
imageWhat are some alternatives to the ATAR?from www.shutterstock.com

Following the government’s decision to undertake consultations on how best to reform Australian higher education, one of the key areas up for debate is about how to create an effective university admissions system.

The value of the ATAR – where high school students receive...

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  20. NSW Liberals' factional battles stand in way of reform, but changes in participation demand it
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  43. Cutting to numb the pain of sex abuse: interviews with young women in drug treatment
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