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An outsider on the inside: how Ans Westra created New Zealand’s ‘national photo album’
Auckland University of Technology provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. Auckland University of Technology ...
As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’
US cities are doing green infrastructure, but in bits and pieces. Today’s climate-driven floods require a much broader ...
Africa dramatically dried out 5,500 years ago – our new study may warn us of future climate tipping points
Around five and half millenia ago, northern Africa went through a dramatic transformation. The Sahara desert expanded and ...
Rishi Sunak claims the UK is heading for a hung a parliament – let’s check his maths
The prime minister is being optimistic at best with is reading – but these results to suggest Labour’s win might not be as ...
War in Gaza has plunged Israel’s tourism industry into a crisis it will struggle to recover from
Beyond economic development, tourism plays a significant political role in the region. The Zionist movement, which led to the ...
Iran is gaining credibility in the Muslim world and feeling emboldened. This doesn’t bode well for the region
The United States and Israel are gifting Iran and its message of defiance enormous appeal, well beyond the imagination of ...
Grand designs? Why many Australian architects say their career makes them unhappy
In our new research into the careers of Australian architects, a significant portion of respondents felt anxious, distressed, ...
‘Eye watering’ spending, growing debt make up surprisingly generous Victorian state budget
The budget papers show the state’s economy has well and truly bounced back from the dark days of the COVID lockdowns.
Coalition demands amendments to government’s deportation bill, as crucial High Court judgement set for Friday
In the dissenting report to the deportation bill, the Coalition says it supports the policy intent of the legislation but has ...
‘Groundhog Day’: 40 years of Australian government responses to domestic violence reveal a bumpy road to change
This is not the first time domestic violence has been declared a national crisis. Australian governments first got seriously ...
Exploitation, brutality and misery: how the opium trade shaped the modern world
In his new history, Amitav Ghosh shows how the world’s first international drug cartels were run by the Dutch and British ...
If the RBA’s right, interest rates may not fall for another year. Here’s why – and what it means for next week’s budget
Australia’s economy is already alarmingly weak. A big cut in government spending in next week’s budget could push us from a per capita recession into an actual recession.