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Goodbye to the Gatwick, and to so much of the old St Kilda

The closure of the Gatwick Hotel means those most in need of shelter have lost another place they could stay. The closure of the...

Health Check: can chopping your vegetables boost their nutrients?

It can be tempting to look for shortcuts when it comes to eating your five serves of vegies a day. We all know eating...

Let cities speak: what sounds define us now?

The village bell was once a powerful symbol of sonic identity. Living in the noise of today’s global cities, what sounds exist that...

Biophilic urbanism: how rooftop gardening soothes souls

St Canice’s rooftop garden, where a horticultural therapy program demonstrated its benefits for mental health and wellbeing. What do an engineer, a building surveyor...

From ‘white flight’ to ‘bright flight’ – the looming risk for our growing cities

Australia’s population is highly concentrated in a few cities,so once centres like Newcastle have absorbed the spill-over from high-cost capitals, where will...

When a suburb’s turn for gentrification comes …

Must we become passive observers to the destruction of one of Melbourne’s most culturally diverse and socially rich suburbs? Those who value “multiculturalism” and...

End of the road for Bangkok’s Khao San Road?

No! Say it isn’t so! Has the entire world gone mad? Bangkok authorities have banned all street food stalls, according to Fairfax Media. The...

Balancing your Plate: Healthy Trends for 2017

It’s a growing problem. You want to stay healthy and treat your body well, but every time you Google a recipe, you seem to...

FactCheck: is Australia on track to have the oldest pension age in the developed world?

Jenny Macklin, shadow minister for families and social services, has attacked a Coalition proposal to raise the pension age "Malcolm Turnbull is … increasing...

Arthritis isn’t just a condition affecting older people, it likely starts much earlier

No-one wakes up at 65 with arthritis. It’s a condition that starts earlier in life and perhaps goes unnoticed until it...
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