8 Things to Consider When Hiring a Property Manager
Chloe Taylor
Are you building a property you won’t have time to manage? Do you already own a property you want to start renting but know nothing about this job? Well, you can always hire a professional to handle all the many management tasks. This will provide you with the best financial performance of your ...
it's a proven way to reduce emissions but everyone's too scared to mention it
Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese sought to claim the climate policy high ground last week with his commitment to a net-zero emissions target by 2050. But figures on Australia’s emissions from the Department of the Environment and Energy help frame the political debate, and put the policies o...
cashless welfare cards do more harm than good
Greg Marston, Head of School, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
ShutterstockThe Australian government touts compulsory income management as a way to stop welfare payments being spent on alcohol, drugs or gambling. The Howard government introduced the BasicsCard more than a decade ago. About 22,500 welfare recipients now use it, mostly in the Northern Territory. ...
women in mental health wards need better protection from sexual assault
Juliet Watson, Senior Lecturer, Housing and Homelessness, RMIT University
ShutterstockMental health inpatient units should be safe and healing places. But we’ve found women staying in these units are being threatened, harassed and sexually and physically assaulted by men.These are mostly men also staying on the ward, but can be partners or ex-partners, or male staff...
Stone tools show humans in India survived the cataclysmic Toba eruption 74,000 years ago
Chris Clarkson, Professor in Archaeology, The University of Queensland
Christina Neudorf, Author providedAbout 74,000 years ago a volcanic eruption at what is now Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia, created one of the most dramatic natural disasters of the past 2 million years. The plume of the eruption punched 30 kilometres or more into the sky, eventually blanketing muc...
Five Australian universities get the bulk of philanthropic donations
Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-NDPhilanthropy is a growing source of revenue for Australian universities. It’s essential to advancing quality research, equit…
Retirement Income Review can't ignore the changing role of home
natasaelena/ShutterstockThe assumption that retired people have minimal housing costs underpins the settings of our retirement incomes system. But the real state of hous…
The jobs market is nowhere near as good as you've heard, and it's changing us
We are continually being told that more of us are employed than ever before. Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe points out (correctly) that a higher proportion of us are …
the film that inspired Virginia Woolf, David Bowie and Tim Burton
Decla-Bioscop AGBerlin. February 26 1920. A new silent film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, is released to unsuspecting German audiences and quickly becomes a worldwide s…
Inquiry probing 55 matters relating to special forces' alleged misconduct in Afghanistan
The inquiry into allegations of misconduct by Australian special forces in Afghanistan is examining 55 separate incidents or issues, according to the Inspector-General o…
If you're ageing and on medication, it might be time to re-assess your alcohol intake
ShutterstockDrinking patterns tend to change as we age. The older we get, the more likely we are to drink on a daily basis. But older adults often perceive that drinking…
Government backs Labor call for Bettina Arndt to lose Order of Australia award
The Coalition government has supported Labor’s motion in the Senate to call for men’s rights activist Bettina Arndt to be stripped of her Order of Australia …
Weinstein conviction a partial victory for #MeToo, but must not overshadow work still to be done
Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein (centre) has been convicted of rape in the third degree and a criminal sex act in the first degree.AAP/EPA/Justin LaneThe downfall of…
After damning report into Dreamworld tragedy, who can be held accountable under the law?
Dan Peled/AAPQueensland Coroner James McDougall has handed down his findings into the tragic deaths of four people on Dreamworld’s Thunder River Rapids ride in 201…
