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Editor's note
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Forget avocado on toast, if you’re looking at somebody to blame as to why you can’t buy a house but a baby boomer can, look no further than the government. New research released today finds various government policies have increased the generational divide in the property market.
Fortunately, there are solutions. Matthew Palm writes that the successful US tax credit housing scheme, which attracts Australian investors, provides a model for the private sector to take a ‘build to rent’ approach to providing more affordable housing.
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Jenni Henderson
Editor, Business and Economy
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Top story
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Between 1982 and 2013, the share of home owners among 25-34 year olds shrunk the most, by over 20%.
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Rachel Ong, Curtin University
Between 1982 and 2013, the share of home owners among 25-34 year olds shrunk, by more than 20%. On the other hand, the share of home owners among those aged 65+ years has risen slightly.
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Business + Economy
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Isabelle Sin, Victoria University of Wellington
New research shows that women are paid 16% less than their male colleagues for making a contribution of the same value to their employer.
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Carl Rhodes, University of Technology Sydney
Research shows that companies will back ethical causes only if they know they will benefit from the stance.
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Jenni Henderson, The Conversation
The APRA inquiry puts the regulator in the tricky position of trying to be seen to be tough on bank scandals but juggling its close relationship with the government and the CBA.
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Cities
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Matthew Palm, University of Melbourne
A modest rebalancing of federal tax policy toward build-to-rent housing could fill affordable housing funding gaps. Australian funds are already investing in such a scheme in the US.
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Environment + Energy
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Beatriz Garcia, Western Sydney University
Last week Brazil opened thousands of kilometres of previously protected Amazon rainforest to mining, in a bid to combat ongoing political and economic disasters.
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Samantha Hepburn, Deakin University
Victoria's plan to legislate its own renewable energy target of 40% by 2025 shows how states are increasingly taking the energy policy reins away from the federal government.
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Health + Medicine
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C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW; Rob Menzies, UNSW
The kinds of vaccines adults need depend on several factors, including whether you were born here, how old you are and whether you intend to travel overseas.
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Sarah Lausberg, Deakin University
A bunion is an enlargement of the inner portion of the joint at the base of the big toe. Does it need to be removed?
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Arts + Culture
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Jeanell Carrigan, University of Sydney
A year before his death at 31 Franz Schubert published 'Winterreise' or 'winter's journey', a series of 24 poems set to music exploring unrequited love. Schubert described them as 'truly terrible'.
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Science + Technology
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Caitlin Curtis, The University of Queensland; James Hereward, The University of Queensland
Genetic evidence has become a critical aspect of modern criminal investigations. What are the methods and approaches used in present-day DNA forensics?
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Emma Beckett, University of Newcastle
Processed foods often contain additives with intimidating chemical names or numbers. But many of these are derived from or based on chemicals that are found in nature.
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Politics + Society
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Paul Salmon, University of the Sunshine Coast; Adam Hulme, University of the Sunshine Coast; Gemma Read, University of the Sunshine Coast; Jason Thompson, University of Melbourne; Roderick McClure, University of New England
Wider societal issues are driving road user behaviour, which cannot be fixed by taking a traditional road safety approach.
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James Kierstead, Victoria University of Wellington
The story behind the marathon is more complicated than it seems
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