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What sort of housing do older Australians want and where do they want to live?

  • Written by: Amity James, Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, Finance and Property, Curtin University
What sort of housing do older Australians want and where do they want to live?Older Australians aspire to the security of owning their own home, but prefer smaller houses in their later years.yopinco/Shutterstock

Australia faces a massive challenge delivering suitable housing for an ageing population. The nation is expected to have nearly 50% more people older than 55 by 2036, with a projected increase from around 6.4...

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The China-Trump trade conflict has spread to Australia. We're now at risk of global currency war

  • Written by: Hui Feng, ARC Future Fellow and Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University
The China-Trump trade conflict has spread to Australia. We're now at risk of global currency warThe Australian dollar has already slipped, falling to its lowest point against the US since the global financial crisis.Shutterstock

When US President Donald Trump announced via Twitter on Friday that he was slapping tariffs on an extra US$300 billion of China’s exports, it was widely expected that China’s currency would slide against...

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will we be less healthy because of climate change?

  • Written by: Alexandra Macmillan, Senior Lecturer in environmental sustainability and public health and co-convenor of OraTaiao: NZ Climate & Health Council, University of Otago
will we be less healthy because of climate change?Climate change, together with other ecological pressures, may well undo the gains we have made in health. from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

Climate change explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an...

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Want to beat climate change? Protect our natural forests

  • Written by: Kate Dooley, Research Fellow, Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne
Want to beat climate change? Protect our natural forestsNatural forest systems are far better at adapting to change conditions than young, degraded or plantation forests. Shutterstock

Tomorrow a special report on how land use affects climate change will be released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Land degradation, deforestation, and the expansion of our deserts, along with agriculture...

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  1. India revokes Kashmir’s autonomy, risking yet another war with Pakistan
  2. How good was John Clarke? Some reflections on his poetics of tinkering
  3. Curious Kids: why is urine yellow?
  4. Gas prices are set to stay high. The government's moves, while welcome, won't achieve much
  5. ACCC seeks to clip wings of tech giants like Facebook and Google but international effort is required
  6. John Marsden says parents and schools are failing kids, but his book offers little evidence
  7. why is air colder the higher up you go?
  8. Enough inquiries that go nowhere – it's time for a royal commission into veteran suicide
  9. Why do I grunt when I bend over?
  10. AI is here to stay. Now we need to ensure that everyone benefits
  11. These 'job snob' claims don't match the evidence
  12. Will time tear us apart? Exploring the appeal of Joy Division 40 years on
  13. Australian media regulators face the challenge of dealing with global platforms Google and Facebook
  14. We can cut private health insurance costs by fixing how we pay for hip replacements and other implants
  15. Focus on managing social housing waiting lists is failing low-income households
  16. Why a code of conduct may not be enough to change the boys' club culture in the Liberal Party
  17. More than 1,700 activists have been killed this century defending the environment
  18. Australia should explore nuclear waste before we try domestic nuclear power
  19. footage reveals that fierce leopard seals work together when king penguin is on the menu
  20. Think your metadata is only visible to national security agencies? Think again
  21. Why drug cheats are still being caught seven years after the 2012 London Olympics
  22. Mums in prison or whose babies are in care need breastfeeding support too
  23. Why investigative reporting in the digital age is waving, not drowning
  24. Indigenous art centres that sustain remote communities are at risk. The VET sector can help
  25. Apartment life for families means living at close quarters, but often feeling isolated too
  26. The National Breastfeeding Strategy is a start, but if we really valued breast milk we'd put it in the GDP
  27. remembering and reflecting on Australia's biggest prison escape 75 years on
  28. Koala-detecting dogs sniff out flaws in Australia's threatened species protection
  29. Australia likely to tick off on US request to help protect shipping in Middle East
  30. Nuclear becomes latest round in energy wars
  31. Albanese says Voice must be in the Constitution
  32. Australia depends less on Chinese trade than some might think
  33. Beefing up security isn't the only way to make hospitals safer
  34. Want to avoid a botched beauty procedure? This is what you need to be wary of
  35. An astronomy expert explains how The Bachelor's research will help us discover new planets
  36. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Labor's hard reality
  37. The Hong Kong protesters have turned militant and more strategic – and this unnerves Beijing
  38. Who is Raheem Kassam? Calls to ban the far-right speaker blur line between free speech and hate speech
  39. How Hong Kong protesters have been winning the battle for public space
  40. International students rank Melbourne and Sydney in world's top cities – but we can make them feel safer
  41. Renters hold the key to low voter turn-out at federal elections
  42. 2℃ of global warming would put pressure on Melbourne's water supply
  43. There's no evidence 5G is going to harm our health, so let's stop worrying about it
  44. the battle for the soul of the US Democrats that's taking place before our eyes
  45. The Australian Dream is must-see for lovers of football and this country
  46. Labor battles to keep warm in a cold climate
  47. High Court challenge in Kooyong and Chisholm unlikely to win, but may still land a blow
  48. Australia can pick up its game and land a Moon mission
  49. What is herd immunity and how many people need to be vaccinated to protect a community?
  50. As question time becomes political theatre, does it still play a vital role in government?

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