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    • Amelia Leavesley

    Graduate Researcher, Urban Sustainability, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne

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    Environment

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    Opinion

    Are cheap plastics the new tobacco?

    Understanding ‘tobacco tactics’ can help fight the global plastic waste crisis, because the reality is plastic production is growing faster than we can recycle it

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    Politics & Society

    Is this the world’s coolest street? Or is the system rigged?

    Melbourne, Australia – or at least one of our streets – has topped yet another global ranking, but what does it mean to be officially ‘cool’ and who decides?

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    Environment

    Liveable Melbourne a blessing amid weary lockdowns

    Melbourne’s COVID-19 lockdowns have been among the longest in the world, but Melburnians can be grateful for and protective of their highly liveable city

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    Environment

    City climate leadership a model for sustainability

    The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals give us a global blueprint, but our cities have a key role to play in transformative change

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