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Editor's note
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Two new surveys of affordability and housing stresses combine to paint a bleak picture for low-income households wanting to rent a house in Australian cities. Almost nowhere in our capital cities can low-income households – and those on average incomes in Sydney – afford the median housing rent. Mapping rental vulnerability reveals households are under strain in regional areas too.
And a new report shows that even though there are new units being built close to jobs in our CBDs, they’re in suburbs those on moderate incomes simply can’t afford.
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Top story
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The Rental Vulnerability Index for Queensland shows the cumulative impact of factors affecting renters across the state.
City Futures Research Centre
Chris Martin, UNSW; Laurence Troy, UNSW
Almost nowhere in our capital cities can low-income households – and those on average incomes in Sydney – afford the median rent . Mapping rental vulnerability finds it in regional areas too.
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Business + Economy
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Rachel Ong, Curtin University; Christopher Phelps, Curtin University; Gavin Wood, RMIT University; Steven Rowley, Curtin University
Data on housing supply in Australia's capital shows, while its increasing in areas with lots of jobs, the house prices are too high for those who might want to move for work.
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Joshua Krook, University of Adelaide
A lack of "breakthrough" moments in innovation may be caused by the increase of specialised workforces.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The S&P Global report cites the potential for low wage growth and low inflation as a 'downside risk' for the projections on getting to budget balance.
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Science + Technology
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Tanya M. Smith, Griffith University
Young orangutans are dependent on their mother's milk for many years and that could have an impact on the survival of the critically endangered species.
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Rupert Sutherland, Victoria University of Wellington
An international team discovers extreme underground conditions at New Zealand's Alpine Fault, which is due to rupture in a major earthquake in the next few decades.
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David Blair, University of Western Australia
Einstein called entanglement "spooky action at a distance”. But now it's been used to design an incredibly sensitive detection method for gravitational waves.
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Arts + Culture
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Tony Hughes-D'Aeth, University of Western Australia
In two 30-year periods, an area in WA roughly the size of England was stripped of native vegetation for farming. It has produced some of our finest writers, from A.B. Facey to Dorothy Hewitt to Jack Davis.
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Ari Mattes, University of Notre Dame Australia
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is an at times thrilling, at times bizarre, viewing experience that blends classic English myth with a gangster aesthetic.
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Politics + Society
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Andrew Mycock, University of Huddersfield; Ben Wellings, Monash University
The concept of 'the Anglosphere' gained in importance after the Brexit referendum as an alternative to the EU – and it could now impact Anglo nations, like Australia.
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Kumuda Simpson, La Trobe University
The US president's sharing of sensitive information with the Russian foreign minister is not only inept, it shows an alarming lack of understanding of Russia's role in the Syrian conflict.
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Health + Medicine
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Nick Santamaria, University of Melbourne
Where's the evidence behind claims Band-Aids speed up wound healing? Here's why we'll never know.
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Deborah Lupton, University of Canberra
The ABC's new show Ask the Doctor goes some way to explain the many contributors to obesity. So, why spoil it with the take-home message that willpower is all you need to lose weight?
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Environment + Energy
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David M. Herold, Griffith University
Online shopping giants and logistics firms are trying to improve efficiency and cut carbon – knowing that doing so will reduce their operating costs while appealing to green-minded consumers.
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Jennifer Lavers, University of Tasmania
Plastics pose a major threat to seabirds and other animals, and most don't ever break down - they just break up. Every piece of petrochemical-derived plastic ever made still exists on the planet.
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