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Australian city workers' average commute has blown out to 66 minutes a day. How does yours compare?

  • Written by: Runing Ye, Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne

The average weekly commuting time in Australia has increased considerably since 2002. According to the latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey released today, workers averaged 3.7 hours’ commuting time per week in 2002, but this had increased to 4.5 hours by 2017.

In 2017, workers in mainland state capitals...

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your guide to the 2019 Miles Franklin shortlist

  • Written by: Jen Webb, Director of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra
your guide to the 2019 Miles Franklin shortlistThe six shortlisted authors for this year's Miles Franklin, from left to right: Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Gail Jones, Gregory Day, Melissa Lucashenko, Rodney Hall and Jennifer Mills.Courtesy of the Miles Franklin/ Belinda Rolland

I think it’s fair to say that each year the selected novels on the Miles Franklin shortlist manifest the zeitgeist,...

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a quarter of Australians are in inter-ethnic relationships

  • Written by: Inga Lass, Academic, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne
a quarter of Australians are in inter-ethnic relationshipsInter-ethnic couples not only connect two individuals, but entire families and communities of different ethnic backgrounds.Shutterstock

Australians have become much more diverse over the last few decades. In 2018, 29% of Australians were born overseas, the most it has ever been since the late 19th century.

This diversity has influenced who people...

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Over 50% of young Australians still live with their parents – and the numbers are climbing faster for women

  • Written by: Roger Wilkins, Professorial Fellow and Deputy Director (Research), HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne
Over 50% of young Australians still live with their parents – and the numbers are climbing faster for womenMore than 60% of Victorian young adults live with their parents, followed by 56% in New South Wales and about 53% in the other four states. In Queensland, the proportion of young adults living at home rose from 31% in 2001 to 52% in 2017.Shutterstock

The latest Housing Income and Labour Dynamics (HILDA) Survey data confirm a sustained trend towards...

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  1. More Australians are diagnosed with depression and anxiety but it doesn't mean mental illness is rising
  2. Teenagers who play sport after school are only 7 minutes more active per day than those who don't
  3. How Australia can make AI work for our economy, and for our people
  4. Pauline Hanson stymies inquiry into Angus Taylor's intervention on endangered grasslands
  5. India's tiger numbers are going up
  6. NSW's water plan is 'not working' but we can save the Barwon-Darling
  7. Meet Reece Kershaw, the new AFP commissioner. He's confronted superiors before, and will need to again
  8. What is Ligandrol, the drug swimmer Shayna Jack had in her system?
  9. We can put a leash on Google and Facebook, but there's no saving the traditional news model
  10. What Australia's competition boss has in store for Google and Facebook
  11. Young crime is often a phase, and locking kids up is counterproductive
  12. Poor housing leaves its mark on our mental health for years to come
  13. a new book aims to 'verbally smash the patriarchy', but its argument is imprecise
  14. a good way to increase women's dependence on men
  15. An app to prevent pregnancy? Don't count on it
  16. Government pulls out all stops to prevent inquiry into Angus Taylor
  17. Increasing tree cover may be like a 'superfood' for community mental health
  18. Consumer watchdog calls for new measures to combat Facebook and Google's digital dominance
  19. The Albany pitcher plant will straight up eat you (if you're an ant)
  20. Mueller testimony does not produce smoking gun, but the issues it raised are far from resolved
  21. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the opposition's tactics in question time
  22. Extreme weather caused by climate change has damaged 45% of Australia's coastal habitat
  23. Our cities need more trees, but some commonly planted ones won't survive climate change
  24. Twitter isn’t just for political hashtag warriors. Many still use the social network to just hang out
  25. A wet cough for four weeks means it's time to get it checked out
  26. Pat Larter, pioneering 'femail' artist who gave men the Playboy treatment
  27. The new banking code looks impressive, but what will it achieve?
  28. Morrison finds some cats defy herding
  29. An asteroid just buzzed past Earth, and we barely noticed in time
  30. Snubbing Chinese swimmer Sun Yang ignores the flaws in the anti-doping system
  31. What is listeria and how does it spread in smoked salmon?
  32. Fudged research results erode people's trust in experts
  33. have scientists found the cause of endometriosis?
  34. Morrison brings his own man in to head the Prime Minister's department
  35. is whitening bad for teeth?
  36. From Star Wars to Apocalypse Now, director’s cuts are all the rage. But do they make the films any better?
  37. Media watchdog's report into Christchurch shootings goes soft on showing violent footage
  38. why heavy metal is a valid and vital PhD subject
  39. Training my dog taught me that it's people who really need training
  40. 2,000 years of records show it's getting hotter, faster
  41. what’s best for our growing cities?
  42. a role model for generations of Australian food writers
  43. No, Peter Dutton. Most deported Kiwis aren’t paedophiles and you’re hurting our relationship with NZ
  44. Dissociative disorders are nearly as common as depression. So why haven't we heard about them?
  45. Migrants who adapt to Australian culture say they're happier than those who don't
  46. Despite China's defences, its treatment of the Uyghurs should be called what it is: cultural genocide
  47. Paul Oosting responds to GetUp's critics
  48. New demand-response energy rules sound good, but the devil is in the (hugely complicated) details
  49. Fall-out from Setka affair could give Coalition easier passage of union bill
  50. Are most people on the Newstart unemployment benefit for a short or long time?

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