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Editor's note
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New research shows typical rents for shared housing in Australian cities can leave people on Newstart with less than $100 a week to live on. As Simone Casey and Liss Ralston write, $14 a day doesn’t allow for the costs of job seeking. Their analysis shows there are only two regions in all of Australia where single unemployed people would have any hope of finding affordable rents. The evidence of the need to increase Newstart and Rent Allowance
is compelling.
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John Watson
Section Editor: Cities + Policy
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Top stories
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Even when sharing a house, the average cost of rent means very little is left over from the Newstart allowance for food and living costs.
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Simone Casey, RMIT University; Liss Ralston, Swinburne University of Technology
Once rent is paid, having to live on only $14 a day doesn't cover the costs of job seeking. The evidence of the need to increase Newstart and Rent Allowance is overwhelming.
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On its own, human judgement can be subjective and skewed towards personal biases.
Gianluca Demartini, The University of Queensland
Sometimes it feels like everybody on social media is fighting about what's "right" and what's "wrong". Well, figuring out why we all have such unique opinions is now helping experts tackle fake news.
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Richmond captain Trent Cotchin and former Hawthorn captain Sam Mitchell were co-winners of the 2012 Brownlow Medal, after Essendon captain Jobe Watson was ruled ineligible.
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Liam Lenten, La Trobe University
Team captains have a slight statistical advantage in being judged best on ground, says sports economist Liam Lenten.
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Howard Manns, Monash University; Kate Burridge, Monash University
If you're hungry for information on how we talk about food, this will put a damper on it.
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Health + Medicine
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Kirrie J Ballard, University of Sydney
When people lose their speech, they can stop working and friends can drift away. Here's what we can do to help them get the rehabilitation they need.
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Penelope Carroll, Massey University; Karen Witten, Massey University; Octavia Calder-Dawe, Massey University
One in four New Zealanders are living with a disability. Non-disabled people think they know what disability "looks like", and often how to help. And that can be a problem.
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Coral Gartner, The University of Queensland
We've still got a lot to learn about the long term health effects of vaping. But based on what we know so far, vaping liquids containing oils, and especially cannabis/THC liquids, should be avoided.
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Education
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Margaret Kristin Merga, Edith Cowan University
There's a worry some students don’t get enough opportunity to enjoy silent reading in schools. Here's some advice on how to change that.
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Arts + Culture
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Lili Pâquet, University of New England
A new batch of female crime writers are bringing their real life experiences of law enforcement to their work in a way that rings true for readers.
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Roger Crisp, Australian Catholic University
The challenges of climate can seem overwhelming. But individual choices can be guided by ancient wisdom.
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Environment + Energy
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Jagannath Adhikari, UNSW
Himalayan villages are growing food in the forests, a traditional model that can fight both land clearing and world hunger.
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Dries Verstraete, University of Sydney
Unlike a car, you can't just stick a battery-powered engine in a plane and expect it to fly. Despite that, small planes might be the future of electric flight.
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Amid the glamour and glitter and the mutually admiring exchanges between Donald Trump and Morrison, China and Iran were the central policy issues of interest during the PM's Washington trip.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Michelle Grattan discusses the government's new family law inquiry, and Australia being banned from the speaking list at the upcoming UN climate change summit.
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Amanda Gardiner, Edith Cowan University
A recent WA case has highlighted the crime of concealment of birth – and far more needs to be done to understand why some women still do it.
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