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To create safer cities for everyone, we need to avoid security that threatens

  • Written by: Kurt Iveson, Associate Professor of Urban Geography, University of Sydney
To create safer cities for everyone, we need to avoid security that threatensPolice march down Swanston Street in Melbourne. Nils Versemann / Shutterstock.com

The central role of public spaces in the social, cultural, political and economic life of cities makes it crucial that they’re accessible to everyone. One of the most important qualities of accessible public spaces is safety. If people do not feel safe in a...

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The big four accounting firms struggle to shake their sexist pasts

  • Written by: Ian Gow, Professor and Director of Melbourne Centre for Corporate Governance and Regulation, University of Melbourne
The big four accounting firms struggle to shake their sexist pastsKang Hyejin/shutterstock.com

In many ways, the big four accounting firms – Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) – have influenced how we work, how we manage, how we invest and how we are governed.

Apart from their staff, the brands themselves are the big firms’ most valuable assets. The value of those...

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As Emmanuel Macron heads to Australia, the relationship is more important than ever

  • Written by: Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
As Emmanuel Macron heads to Australia, the relationship is more important than everMalcolm Turnbull would do well to take his lead from Emmanuel Macron on climate change.AAP/Michael Reynolds

When French President Emmanuel Macron visits Australia this week for talks with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and other ministers, it will be an occasion of more than usual significance.

Coming on the heels of Macron’s talks in...

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  1. With support for arts funding declining, Australia must get better at valuing culture
  2. Signals from a spectacular neutron star merger that made gravitational waves are slowly fading away
  3. but do we really need it?
  4. bandicoots live among us in Melbourne
  5. five articles to get you informed on sugar and Big Sugar's role in food policy
  6. There is still no US Ambassador to Australia, but it is neither an insult nor a concern
  7. Launching in May, the InSight mission will measure marsquakes to explore the interior of Mars
  8. the World Expo reshaped Brisbane because no one wanted the party to end
  9. Pushing casual sport to the margins threatens cities' social cohesion
  10. In the debate about Australian content on TV, we need to look further than the ABC
  11. Why does ice make a cracking sound when water is poured on it?
  12. why is it increasing and who benefits?
  13. Why kickstarting small business exports could boost stagnant wages
  14. how Australian museums regulate the display of human remains
  15. how to deal with aggression, tantrums and defiance
  16. Gonski review attacks Australian schooling quality and urges individualised teaching approach
  17. North and South Korea met
  18. AI can help in crime prevention, but we still need a human in charge
  19. where to find a puffer jacket that doesn't warm the Earth
  20. Michelle Grattan on the government abandoning the Medicare levy
  21. do we need company tax cuts?
  22. How injuries change our brain and how we can help it recover
  23. Why Democrats have filed a lawsuit against Russia – and what Australian politicians should learn from it
  24. Interest only loans are an economic debacle that could bust the property market
  25. how pleasure affects our brain
  26. China's recycling 'ban' throws Australia into a very messy waste crisis
  27. It's funny to name species after celebrities, but there's a serious side too
  28. Designing the compassionate city to overcome built-in biases and help us live better
  29. Friday essay: recovering a narrative of place
  30. Museum or not? The changing face of curated science, tech, art and culture
  31. Banning soldiers displaying death symbols is about the right military mindset, not political correctness
  32. Can the Turnbull government make the election all about tax?
  33. Pregnant women are at increased risk of domestic violence in all cultural groups
  34. How courts and costs are undermining ASIC and the ACCC's efforts to police misbehaving banks and businesses
  35. How 'new power' is driving journalism in the digital age
  36. Kidnapped democracy: how can citizens escape?
  37. Some women feel grief after an abortion, but there's no evidence of serious mental health issues
  38. Academics call on Facebook to make data more widely available for research
  39. Experiment shows Einstein's quantum 'spooky action' approaches the human scale
  40. can they make us smarter?
  41. As a new defence chief comes in, Australia must focus its attention on its neighbours
  42. do we need ribbon-cutting infrastructure for jobs and growth?
  43. Where has Melbourne's political graffiti gone?
  44. Kyoto has many things to celebrate, but losing its trams isn't one of them
  45. Where did trees come from?
  46. Turnbull government abandons $8.2 billion Medicare levy increase
  47. The biggest clash of heroes and villains in Avengers: Infinity War
  48. Clarrie Combo, Mrs Brown and Aboriginal soldiers in WW2
  49. Women have been neglected by the Anzac tradition, and it's time that changed
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