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how to provide suitable and affordable housing for ageing people

  • Written by: Fatemeh Yavari, PhD candidate in Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington
how to provide suitable and affordable housing for ageing peopleConverting existing larger homes into smaller units could provide options for older people wanting to stay in their neighbourhood.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

With a global rise in the number of people aged 65-plus, it will be increasingly important to have appropriate housing that allows them to remain in their familiar communities and...

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When AI meets your shopping experience it knows what you buy – and what you ought to buy

  • Written by: Michael Milford, Professor, Queensland University of Technology
When AI meets your shopping experience it knows what you buy – and what you ought to buyReacting to what you buy, then predicting what you want to buy.Shutterstock/nmedia

Whether you do your shopping online or in store, your retail experience is the latest battleground for the artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning revolution.

Major Australian retailers have begun to realise that they have a lot to gain from getting their AI...

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online retailing is changing our lives, whether we use it or not

  • Written by: Richard Holden, Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW
online retailing is changing our lives, whether we use it or notOnline prices drive offline prices.Shutterstock

Vital Signs is a regular economic wrap from UNSW economics professor Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the data affecting global economies.

Last week, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City held its much anticipated...

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Leaks target Peter Dutton over decisions on au pairs

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Leaks target Peter Dutton over decisions on au pairsDutton told 2GB on Thursday he had made a judgement based on the case's merit, not his knowledge of the person who had referred it.

A week after his humiliating defeat in his bid for the prime ministership, Peter Dutton is facing an ever-widening row over his use of his ministerial discretion in granting visas to au pairs.

The Senate has already set...

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  8. journalist David Neiwert on the rise of the alt-right in Trump's America
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  13. Donald Trump’s Brave New World and Aldous Huxley’s dystopian vision
  14. New solar cells offer you the chance to print out solar panels and stick them on your roof
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  24. With Bishop gone, Morrison and Payne face significant challenges on foreign policy
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