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Editor's note
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Australia needs a tenfold increase in the rate at which social housing is being built to overcome current shortages and cover the growth in need over the next two decades, according to research findings released today. But it can be done, the AHURI researchers say, and their analysis shows direct government investment is by far the cheapest way to build up the stock of housing for people who can’t afford to pay market rates.
And sadly, anti-Semitism is on the rise around the world, writes Jonathan C. Kaplan. He has been researching the anti-Semitic cartoons that were widespread in Vienna early last century and argues the racist stereotypes they peddle are echoing in some quarters today.
Meanwhile, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission is under increasing pressure to take every significant case to court, first from Royal Commissioner Kenneth Hayne and now from a Federal Court judge who has refused to rubber-stamp a private enforcement agreement with Westpac. Authors from the University of NSW argue that’d be crowd-pleasing, but ineffective.
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John Watson
Section Editor: Cities + Policy
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The current social housing construction rate – barely 3,000 dwellings a year – does not even keep pace with rising need, let alone make inroads into today’s backlog.
Joel Carrett/AAP
Julie Lawson, RMIT University; Hal Pawson, UNSW; Laurence Troy, UNSW; Ryan van den Nouwelant, Western Sydney University
A tenfold increase in building is needed to overcome the current social housing shortfall and cover projected growth in need. But it can be done, and direct public investment is the cheapest way.
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Two women hug before placing flowers at the Star of David memorial in front of the Tree of Life Synagogue, two days after a mass shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Jared Wickerham/AAP
Jonathan C. Kaplan, University of Technology Sydney
With anti-semitism on the rise around the world, it is timely to consider how images and media discourses can embolden hate crimes.
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Taking banks to court might be crowd pleasing, but not the best use of ASIC’s resources.
Julian Smith/AAP
Clinton Free, UNSW; Dimity Kingsford Smith, UNSW; Hannah Harris
ASIC is under pressure to take every significant case to court. But that would delay justice and break its budget.
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Arts + Culture
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Peter Tregear, University of Melbourne
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg) is a long, complex work. An ensemble performance by Opera Australia transports Wagner’s 16th-century guild of mastersingers to a modern-day men’s club.
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Business + Economy
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Michael Adams, Western Sydney University
Negotiated deals between ASIC and alleged wrongdoers leave us in doubt as to the reach of the law.
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Environment + Energy
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Fergus Green, London School of Economics and Political Science
Anti-fossil fuel activism is gaining ground where previous climate campaigns have failed, largely because it resonates better with people.
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Dylan Korczynskyj, University of Notre Dame Australia
When water turns from a gas into a liquid, it forms droplets. Whether those droplets are dew or rain depends on where the droplet forms.
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Science + Technology
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Jonti Horner, University of Southern Queensland; Jake Clark, University of Southern Queensland
The new planet is believed to be orbiting Barnard's Star, a red dwarf that's not visible to the naked eye but one of the closest stars to our Solar System.
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Jay Sanjayan, Swinburne University of Technology
Pouring concrete into formwork limits the creativity of architects to build unique shapes. 3D printing could change that.
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Politics + Society
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Alex Russell, CQUniversity Australia
New research has found that more than a third of Australian sports gamblers are making micro-bets using offshore operators. And this type of betting is strongly linked to problem gambling.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The opt-out period for the controversial My Health Record scheme is
being extended again – this time to January 31.
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Michael Breen, University of Melbourne
Old political rivalries have boiled over in Sri Lanka's worsening political crisis. Some fear possible violence less than a decade after the end of a brutal 25-year civil war.
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Marianna Brungs, University of Sydney
We wear the evidence of extreme inequality – clothing made by workers in Bangladesh for 35 cents an hour. But we know how to reduce inequality – we just have to do it.
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Health + Medicine
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Garry Jennings, University of Sydney
A new study has found one type of concentrated fish oil supplement reduces the risk of heart attacks and stroke among people with heart disease. But these findings apply to a certain group of people.
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Deb Rawlings, Flinders University; Jennifer Tieman, Flinders University; Kate Swetenham, Flinders University; Lauren Miller-Lewis, Flinders University
You've more than likely heard of birth doulas. But nowadays, death doulas are providing support at the end of life. How they fit into existing structures of care remains to be understood.
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