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Editor's note
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Renters already have it bad in Australia but new rental apps could make the problem even worse, writes Garrick Small. These apps pit prospective tenants against each other in auctions to determine rents, giving landlords even more power in a marketplace already tilted in their favour.
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Josh Nicholas
Deputy Editor Business & Economy
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Top story
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More competition between renters won’t help affordability.
AAP/Mick Tsikas
Garrick Small, CQUniversity Australia
In a market already tilted in favour of landlords, these apps could further push up prices.
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Cities
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Rob Roggema, University of Technology Sydney
The ocean warming that might increase the threat of a catastrophic storm could also create the conditions for a natural defensive barrier.
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Arts + Culture
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Andrea Jean Baker, Monash University
Melbourne may be the self-proclaimed music capital of Australia, but industry data suggests Sydney may have the upper hand. Meanwhile the UN recognises Adelaide as the country's only city of music.
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Clarissa ball, University of Western Australia
A new exhibition explores the sneaker's status as a cultural icon, with shoes featuring an image of Barack Obama's head on their sole and examples of the celebrated Air Jordan 1.
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Health + Medicine
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Ray Moynihan; Rita Horvath, UNSW
More of us are labelled as sick with the constantly changing diagnostic cut-offs for diseases. Now an international expert panel has drafted a list of things to consider before setting new thresholds.
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Nicholas Lintzeris, University of Sydney
The proposal to drug test welfare recipients needs to be fine-tuned otherwise the government will be targetting the wrong people and be tied up in legal challenges.
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Science + Technology
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Tanya Hill, Museum Victoria
Australia's new partnership with the European Southern Observatory will give our astronomers access to much bigger telescopes.
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Greg Austin, UNSW; Monique Mann, Queensland University of Technology; Robert Merkel, Monash University
"It is time for a digital Geneva Convention to protect the internet."
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Politics + Society
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Katinka van de Ven, UNSW; Renee Zahnow, The University of Queensland
There is an urgent need to reconsider steroid use as a public health issue as opposed to a criminal justice concern.
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Nick Enfield, University of Sydney
Beneath simple labels like post-truth, alternative facts and fake news is a complex set of issues. Any debate about the problems needs to start from some common points of reference.
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Environment + Energy
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Andrew King, University of Melbourne; Ben Henley, University of Melbourne; David Karoly, University of Melbourne
Global warming of 2℃, the higher of the two Paris targets, would see current record-breaking temperatures become the norm in the future, potentially bringing heatwaves to both land and sea.
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Euan Ritchie, Deakin University
Australian farmers and graziers have historically been against dingoes on their lands. But in a bid to adapt to changing conditions, some are embracing the predators and their potential.
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