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Editor's note
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Census data confirms what many of us have been feeling - the large divide between the “have” and “have nots”. Analysis shows there’s income inequality between regions but also within them, as the gap widens in some of the poorest regions. You can check our interactive maps to see what it’s like where you live.
You may have read about the iceberg half the size of Melbourne that’s about to break off from Antarctica. But as Chen Zhao and her colleagues write, icebergs aren’t much to worry about. What’s more concerning is the possibility that fracturing ice shelves will cause glaciers to pour their ice into the sea faster, thus accelerating sea level rise.
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Jenni Henderson
Editor, Business and Economy
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Top story
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The region with the most unequal incomes in Australia is Melbourne City, where the top 20% have an income that is 8.3 times as high as those in the bottom 20%.
Dan Peled/AAP
Nicholas Biddle, Australian National University; Francis Markham, Australian National University
Census data shows there is income inequality between, but also within, regions of Australia.
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Environment + Energy
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Chen Zhao, University of Tasmania; Christopher Watson, University of Tasmania; Matt King, University of Tasmania
A huge iceberg is set to break free from Antarctica. While the iceberg isn't hugely concerning, it could herald the breakup of the entire Larsen C ice shelf, which could trigger more sea-level rise.
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Politics + Society
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Matt Fitzpatrick, Flinders University
Looking like a centrist, but governing as a conservative, Angela Merkel has cleared the decks before the coming German election.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Tony Abbott told a Liberal branch meeting in the Deakin electorate of Michael Sukkar that 'just at the moment … we're at a bit of a low ebb'.
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James Forrest, Macquarie University
Local neighbourhoods where Asians and Muslims form a majority are almost entirely concentrated in Australia’s two major cities – Sydney and Melbourne.
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Nicholas R. Smith
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s rhetoric and actions is brinkmanship, aimed at maintaining his domestic grip on power.
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Science + Technology
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Jillian Garvey, La Trobe University
If Australians are to eat healthy, unprocessed meats while making sustainable choices, native animals would an obvious choice.
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Simon Lamb, Victoria University of Wellington; Timothy Stern, Victoria University of Wellington
New research shows that satellite measurements of tiny movements of the Earth's surface can tell scientists what is happening in the deeper layers of our planet.
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Robert Merkel, Monash University
The sheer number of fallible people and systems with access to Medicare numbers makes it difficult to keep this data secure.
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Cities
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Brian Feeney, The University of Queensland
The rail project may well help get more commuters into the CBD, but offers few benefits for the parts of the broader metro area where most population growth is occurring.
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Arts + Culture
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Bruce Isaacs, University of Sydney
The 1975 film Jaws launched the career of a young Steven Spielberg. In this scene, the town's police chief Martin Brody witnesses the shark's brutal attack for the first time - taking the viewer along for the ride.
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Helen Vatsikopoulos, University of Technology Sydney
The Walkley Award's decision to axe the award for international reporting comes at a time when the skills and roles of international journalists are under threat from a changing media landscape.
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Health + Medicine
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Xavier Symons, University of Notre Dame Australia; Udo Schüklenk, Queen's University, Ontario
Imagine this situation: a person has no medical illness but wishes to end his or her life purely because he or she no longer wishes to live. Should they be eligible for euthanasia or assisted suicide?
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Lauren Monds, University of Sydney; Celine van Golde, University of Sydney
We all know what a drunk person looks like, right? Wrong. Even health care workers can be confused.
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Business + Economy
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Bradley Bowden, Griffith University
Union membership continues to fall, particularly within industries that traditionally claim a strong union heritage.
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