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Editor's note
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New research suggests Australia’s regional cities could be as effective at generating jobs and growth as their big five metro cousins. But, writes Leonie Pearson, these smaller cities must identify and build on their strengths to be investment-ready.
Also, it’s the last week of June so just a quick reminder that if you haven’t already made a tax-deductible donation to The Conversation it’s not too late (and we will be very grateful).
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Geelong’s relatively high creative industries score, coupled with a robust rate of business entries, provides a solid foundation for steady growth.
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Leonie Pearson, Regional Australia Institute
Regional cities can be as effective at generating jobs and growth as their big five metro cousins. But they must identify and build on their strengths to be investment-ready.
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Cities
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Chris Riedy, University of Technology Sydney; Kylie McKenna, University of Technology Sydney; Laura Wynne, University of Technology Sydney; Matthew Daly, University of Technology Sydney
Older Australians are keenly aware of the housing challenges they face, but most are wary of co-housing due to the negative associations of shared living spaces.
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Health + Medicine
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Terry Slevin, Cancer Council Australia
While other cancer rates fall or remain static, liver cancer is on the rise. Here's why we need to start paying attention.
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Lily Nothling, The Conversation
A record number of underage drinkers sought urgent medical attention in Western Australia last year, and young women made up the majority.
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Michael Ridding, University of Adelaide
Activities that engage your brain, such as learning a new language and completing crosswords, as well as having high levels of social interaction, can reduce your risk of dementia.
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Business + Economy
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Ben Phillips, Australian National University
Christian Porter said Australia's welfare system 'was costing over 100% of all income tax raised' under Labor after the GFC, and that it's 'around 80%' under the Coalition. Is that true?
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Ella Hafermalz, University of Sydney
Rather than having a fear of being monitored, remote workers want the option of being visible.
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Philip Laird, University of Wollongong
Australia should follow the lead of other nations like New Zealand and Switzerland and increase the charges for heavy vehicles on roads, proportionate to the amount of wear and tear they cause.
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Arts + Culture
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Cat Hope, Monash University
Women are disturbingly under-represented in Australian jazz, with relatively few female composers and instrumentalists. What's holding them back? And what can be done about it?
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Benjamin Isakhan, Deakin University; Jose Antonio Gonzalez Zarandona, Deakin University
The Great Mosque of Mosul - with its iconic leaning minaret - appeared on one of Iraq's banknotes. Its destruction by the Islamic State is an act of great symbolic importance.
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Politics + Society
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Diana Perche, UNSW
The Northern Territory Intervention implemented coercive measures that would have been unthinkable in other, non-Indigenous communities.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
"Australians have collectively reached for the remote and turned down the volume on Canberra's noise, which includes more than just politicians. The media are similarly ignored."
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Brown, a long-time critic, repeated his previous description of her as "the Greens' version of Tony Abbott" and his call for her replacement at the election with someone more popular and constructive.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
David Petraeus argued there's more continuity than change in Donald Trump's foreign policy.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
With her government having just handed down a budget with an enviable surplus, Gladys Berejiklian says the Gonski legislation will leave NSW better off 'in terms of dollars'.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra; Deep Saini, University of Canberra
While Malcolm Turnbull celebrates the parliament passing the school funding package, the government is still trying to deal with an energy crisis.
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Jack Linchuan Qiu, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Sooner or later, China will recognise the value of digital assets. This adds to the urgency of citizens ensuring they control the data trails that tell the world what they think and do.
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Marilyn McMahon, Deakin University; Paul McGorrery, Deakin University
Whether such a verdict would be handed down in Australia remains to be seen, but there are a few things we do know about cases like this one.
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Science + Technology
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John Long, Flinders University
One of Australia's most distinguished palaeontologists will be farewelled at a funeral in Canberra today.
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Rohan Miller, University of Sydney; David Oliver, University of Sydney
Australians have a history of putting pragmatism over principle.
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Environment + Energy
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Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria
Surveying the bottom of the ocean turns out to be far from easy. But there was something wonderful about seeing animals we have only read about in old books.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Alan Finkel acknowledges there's a hard road ahead for policymaking on energy.
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Education
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Peter Goss, Grattan Institute; Julie Sonnemann, Grattan Institute
The passage of the new schools funding program is a big win for Australian children.
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