Affordability

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Sciences & Technology

Young people are mapping viable futures

Around the world young people are facing multiple challenges and we can learn from their increasingly interconnected and ethical approach to living

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Environment

Building social value into affordable housing

Unprecedented investment in social and affordable housing in Victoria is an opportunity to create social, as well as physical, infrastructure

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Business & Economics

An Australian place to call home

As Melbourne’s population hits 5 million, with the largest annual increase of any city in Australia’s history over the last year, Victoria must use its land wisely to meet the growing need for affordable housing

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Environment

No safe place to stay

As house prices increase in cities like Melbourne, it’s women most at risk of family violence who face potential homelessness

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Politics & Society

Is re-regulation the solution to Australia’s electricity price shock?

Electricity retailers have reported their plans to improve affordability - should re-regulation of the market be on the agenda?

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Business & Economics

What comes after the housing boom?

After surging for five years, Australia’s hot property market may finally be cooling. So what happens if house prices fall?

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Sciences & Technology

You snooze you lose in Victoria’s electricity market

A deregulated and competitive electricity retail market offers great deals to those who can actively engage, but penalises those who can’t - too often vulnerable consumers

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Environment

Merchant Builders: Celebrating a fifty-year legacy

Towards a new archive

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Business & Economics

House prices outpacing income growth

Where will the housing affordability crisis end?

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