Productivity Commission calculations suggest the number of private renters in housing stress has doubled over the past two decades, largely because rent assistance has failed to increase in line with rents.
Read moreEurope is not alone in its suffering - much of the northern hemisphere is dealing with spiralling infection rates as the autumn turns to a long winter. In the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a month-long lockdown as cases pass the 1 million mark.
Read moreResearchers find that living in a green neighbourhood helps people to stop smoking – and discourages them from starting in the first place.
Read moreGHG inventories are national accounts of emissions that cause global warming, from transport, construction, agriculture and so on, and underpin any country’s national and international reporting requirements for greenhouse gases.
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Read moreHosting the 2027 event would generate an estimated $2.2-billion in economic activity and create 12,000 jobs, government says.
Read moreSeveral international polls link the decline in confidence in American leadership to Trump’s mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic, both nationally and internationally.
Read morePoverty and inequality were already high and rising in the UK before the coronavirus hit. Now, the pandemic is creating an even greater gulf between those whose debts are increasing and those whose savings are growing.
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Read moreLabor had been behind in Queensland polls until early October, when a YouGov poll gave them a 52-48 lead. The swing back to Labor was likely attributable to the state’s handling of coronavirus, with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk recording strong personal ratings.
Read morePerhaps the most persistent myth about Connery, who was 90, is that he was an “unknown” actor who was plucked from obscurity by Bond producers Albert “Cubby” Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, who reportedly cast him against the wishes of author Ian Fleming and distributor United Artists.
Read moreFirst group of dogs are being trained to detect the virus on people in places such as railway stations and airports.
Read moreThe U.S. government sets limits on hazardous air pollutants to try to protect public health, but it can be difficult to determine where to draw the line for what is considered “acceptable risk.”
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Read moreBanking giant sees profits drop by 42% in year plagued by bushfires and the virus. Market is relaxed and says decrease expected.
Read moreQueenslanders head to the polls tomorrow to decide the state election. Throughout the campaign, the Palaszczuk Labor government has vocally backed expansion of the resources industry.
Read moreOn Monday October 26, five days ahead of Queensland’s election, many voters received an unsolicited text message from Clive Palmer’s mining company Mineralogy, accusing Labor of planning to introduce a “death tax” and providing a link to an online how-to-vote card for Palmer’s United Australia Party.
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Read moreDespite all the challenges to this year’s election – long lines, calls for voter intimidation, baseless claims of fraud – voting is a fundamental civil right.
Read moreWhisky is big business in Scotland. In 2019, the golden liquid accounted for 75% of the nation’s food and drink exports, with a value of almost £5 billion to the Scottish economy.
Read moreCompany boards should be more tolerant of conflict and the bruising process required for making tough decisions, say Aussie academics.
Read moreGovernment computer systems in Hall County, Georgia, including a voter signature database, were hit by a ransomware attack earlier this fall in the first known ransomware attack on election infrastructure during the 2020 presidential election.
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Read moreMom, 57, and son, 28, will spend a minimum of 6-7 years behind bars for their illegal work with a meth-trafficking syndicate.
Read moreRestoring native habitats to at least 20% of the world’s land currently being used by humans for farming, ranching and forestry is necessary to protect biodiversity and slow species loss, according to a newly published study conducted by a team of environmental scientists including us.
Read moreThe bushfire royal commission today handed down its long-awaited final report. At almost 1,000 pages, it will take us all some time to digest.
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Read moreIn Australia, CBD-based retailing has been on life support for most of 2020. At times Australian CBDs, especially Melbourne, and some shopping centres have resembled ghost towns.
Read moreAnt Group is likely to pull off the largest initial public offering (IPO) in history when it goes public on the Hong Kong and Shanghai exchanges on November 5.
Read moreSouth Australian Tourism Commission pulls the plug on the event, which has been a fixture on the local calendar for more than 20 years.
Read moreCOVID-19 is an unprecedented doom loop between a severe health crisis and grave economic repercussions. Government interventions to handle the outbreak and its aftermath first stopped public life in its tracks and then entirely reshaped it.
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Read moreLabor MP Chris Hayes became visibly upset during an impassioned speech and collapsed in the chamber. Fellow politicians rushed to his aid.
Read moreEarlier this year, the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) estimated that to reduce the spread of COVID-19, at least 80% of all infected individuals’ close contacts would need to self-isolate within 48 hours of exposure.
Read moreAmericans who seek political insight and information on Twitter should know how much of what they are seeing is the result of automated propaganda campaigns.
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Read moreThe American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the largest scientific organization that studies sleep, now wants to replace daylight saving time with a move to a year-round fixed time.
Read moreThe current governance/management crisis at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, ASIC has seen a deputy chairman resign and the chairman step aside under a cloud.
Read moreFocus on growth in traditional sectors is being supplemented by a strategy to expand new and emerging industries, Minister tells Parliament.
Read moreWhite House advisers have made the case recently for a “natural” approach to herd immunity as a way to reduce the need for public health measures to control the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic while still keeping people safe.
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Read moreMore than 30 schools have so far been targeted by email threats, disrupting final exams for HSC students.
Read moreThe news Justices Jacqueline Gleeson and Simon Steward will be Australia’s next High Court judges follows months of speculation.
Read moreThis year’s prestigious Prime Minister’s Prize for Science has been awarded to a team of Australian physicists for their contribution to a stellar, reality-bending discovery.
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Read moreAs early voting continues ahead of the US elections on November 3, many Americans are waiting in long lines to cast their ballots across the US. But for those Americans living abroad who want to vote, there will be no queuing up outside US embassies around the world.
Read moreLeaders, Australia-wide, are enjoying high approval ratings during the pandemic. During the tumult of the first wave, a Liberal National Brisbane City Council was returned with not a single ward changing hands.
Read moreReef is separate from the Great Barrier Reef and is almost as tall as the famous Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur.
Read moreIdeally, the UK wants single-market access and special agreements for financial services and security and the Northern Ireland border. It wants no free movement of people, which is a big ask given the amount of access it expects.
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