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Urban sprawl is threatening Sydney's foodbowl

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageSydney's farms on the urban fringe produce 10% of the city's fresh vegetables.Alpha/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Sydney loves to talk about food, and the housing market. But rarely do we talk about the threat that housing poses to the resilience of Sydney’s food system.

If we continue along the path we’re on, Sydney stands to lose more than 90% of...

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Big four accounting firms avoid scrutiny in multinational tax avoidance

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

The Senate Inquiry into corporate tax avoidance is due to hand down its final report by the end of this week. One of the lesser-mentioned groups appearing before 2015’s Senate hearings are Australia’s big four accounting firms.

Multinational companies like Apple, Chevron, Google, Microsoft, and News Corp have dominated headlines, but...

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Australia's digital divide is narrowing, but getting deeper

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imageInternet access continues to grow but some people are still not connected.Pixabay, CC BY

The digital divide continues to narrow in Australia but important divisions persist, and there are clear disparities between different groups in their use of the internet.

It’s a pattern that’s been apparent for some time and it has been confirmed by...

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