May 9 is the date the first Australian parliament met, and when the first parliament in Canberra and the first on Capital Hill opened. It means far more than the King’s birthday, or January 26.
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The Canberra fires showed even urban communities can be in danger if close enough to the bush.
Canberra and Beijing’s assessments of their interests remain far from aligned. But as Albanese himself said, simply ‘having the meeting is a successful outcome’.
The National Museum of Australia has just opened the most significant redevelopment in its history.
This year, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy is set to celebrate its 50th year of continuous occupation. Its presence is an ongoing call for land rights, sovereignty and self-determination.
New research sheds light on why sexual misconduct and bullying is so common in political offices and why political staffers have few options to hold those in power to account.
The rise of global cities, metropolises that dominate their states, is exposing Australia’s lack of metropolitan governments. It’s time to restart the evolution of our states after a century on hold.
University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini and Michelle Grattan discuss the big stories in politics this week.
The Spanish city is remaking urban neighbourhoods by limiting through traffic in superblocks that give priority to pedestrians and street activities, not cars.
Expanding green cities needs a holistic approach, and learning from Melbourne and Canberra is a good place to start.
A new study looking at the social media interactions of Australian political journalists finds that they are often talking among themselves.
Canberra is growing as fast as anywhere in Australia. It’s driven by a knowledge economy that is transforming the city centre but is also displacing poorer residents.
Climate change can seem far removed from our everyday lives, which is why a citizen science program measuring how frogs are dealing with a warming world is so important.
Why not turn the moat of parkland enclosing Parliament House into a new inner-city?
Researchers are installing sensors to collect data about the use of public spaces. This can improve the management and public amenity of these places, but will users see the technology as intrusive?
Canberra’s attitude to nuclear weapons has always been riddled with contradictions. Homegrown nuclear campaigners winning the Nobel prize have put the cat among the pigeons.
European ideas of the campus as a place apart shaped Australia’s “sandstone” universities. Now universities are adopting urban regeneration strategies, bringing the city to the campus and vice versa.
Census data shows there is income inequality between, but also within, regions of Australia.
New South Wales has just had its hottest summer on record – an event that was made 50 times more likely by humans’ impact on the climate.
The gambling lobby’s failure to seriously influence the 2016 ACT election should embolden governments around Australia that have a mind to deal with gambling reform.
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Research Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
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Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, School of Built Environment, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, University of Canberra
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Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor in Sustainable Urbanism, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Australian National University
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Professor and Director, The Education Institute, University of Canberra
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Research Director at the Centre for Policy Development and PhD Student, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer, Industrial Design, UNSW Sydney
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Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
