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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Joe Hockey's blunder

  • Written by: The Conversation

University of Canberra Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Frances Shannon and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics including Treasurer Joe Hockey’s comments to potential home buyers, Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens’ comments about further rate cuts, further concerns about the government’s plan to strip citizenship from...

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The facts on Australian housing affordability

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageThe current emphasis on the investor housing boom masks a long-neglected, Iong-term structural problem.AAP/Paul Miller

Housing affordability, high house prices and rents are attracting plenty of media attention right now. The latest figures on house prices, mortgages, number of first time buyers and so on are dissected by journalists and...

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  2. What the 'dad bod' phenomenon says about the priorities of our media and culture
  3. Government wants improvement in use of its Iraq contribution
  4. Historical texts as literature? We do well to praise EP Thompson
  5. Jurassic World: if you make a monster it will always bite back
  6. The real science on wind farms, noise, infrasound and health
  7. How black slaves were routinely sold as 'specimens' to ambitious white doctors
  8. Nigeria and corruption: what Presdent Buhari must do to tackle it
  9. Orange is the New Black is fast becoming a feminist classic
  10. Every citizen scientist will soon have the tools of a specialist
  11. Osborne introduces his budget surplus law – but he may have a hard time sticking to it
  12. To solve boat people crisis, ASEAN has to engage with Myanmar
  13. What lies behind the rise of jihadist movements in Africa
  14. How to turn lecturers into good university teachers
  15. Early bird gets the sperm ... to the egg
  16. Biology’s holy grail: the species and its controversial recent history
  17. Is it an offence if Australians pay people smugglers to turn back?
  18. Postnatal depression is a continuation of existing mental health problems
  19. Why Australia needs to change its view of organised crime
  20. Business confidence got a post-budget boost ... or did it?
  21. Declining NAPLAN participation rates are likely skewing the data
  22. When women receive a 'wife bonus' capitalism is winning
  23. Conservation parks are growing, so why are species still declining?
  24. How to guard your career against rapid technological change
  25. Ancient DNA reveals how Europeans developed light skin and lactose tolerance
  26. Drunken monkeys? Only humans really don't know when they've had enough
  27. It’s a crying shame when Nobel laureates are exposed as sexist
  28. Obama's use of regulation to make environmental policy: not unusual and not illegal
  29. Explainer: tackling the stigma and myths around sexuality
  30. The science behind a more meaningful understanding of sexual orientation
  31. Why anti-gay sentiment remains strong in much of Africa
  32. Judge's comments hurt efforts to protect all children from abuse
  33. In sport's drug-testing arms race, the cheats are usually a step ahead
  34. Greece must accept reform proposals before time runs out
  35. Labour should forget 'Saint' David Miliband – he fluffed his chance
  36. Sci-fi and Jurassic Park have driven research, scientists say
  37. Hockey's proneness to mistakes matters well beyond issues around the housing bubble
  38. Viruses are highly evolved infectious agents – perfect to go after cancer
  39. Is it ethical to use data from Nazi medical experiments?
  40. Time to end Europe’s disgrace of holding Greek people hostage
  41. When will we have better batteries than lithium-ion for gadgets and electric vehicles?
  42. How two cool new apps could make democracy more transparent
  43. The business of rankings: did the US News World Report make substantial mistakes?
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  45. Think indoor tanning is a safer alternative to sitting in the sun? Think again
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  47. Kid gloves are off at the Sydney Film Festival family program
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