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Time for a real debate about our most important relationship

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While still considered unlikely, there is now a real and growing possibility that Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States. And yet, despite the fact that Bill Shorten apparently considers him to be “barking mad”, there has been almost no serious discussion about what this might mean for...

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What might Jane Jacobs say about smart cities?

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imageJane Jacobs holds up documentary evidence at a 1961 press conference during the campaign to save the West Village.Wikimedia Commons

This May, urbanists around the world have been celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jane Jacobs. The American-Canadian author and activist’s spirited defence of inner-city neighbourhoods inspired a...

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FactCheck: did boat arrivals spike around the same time Australia suspended live cattle exports to Indonesia in 2011?

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Might I remind you that when we closed down the live animal export industry, it was around about the same time that we started seeing a lot of people arriving in boats in Australia. – Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, speaking at the Regional Leaders' Debate in Goulburn, May 25, 2016.

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce caused a ripple...

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