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  • The end of the Australian dream? Housing affordability and poverty

    The end of the Australian dream? Housing affordability and poverty Chris Twomey, Director of Policy, WA Council of Social Service Tuesday 18 June 2013 The cost of housing in Australia has gone through the roof: full-time work is no longer a guarantee that you can own your home, the cost of housing is the biggest…

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  • Technology. Can we control it or will it control us

    Technology. Can we control it or will it control us Georgia Miller, PhD candidate at UNSW and former coordinator of Friends of the Earth’s nanotechnology project Tuesday 26 March 2013 Nanotechnology, IT and biotechnology are promoted as ‘enabling’ technologies that, combined, could revolutionise communication, manufacturing, medicine and the military. Their power is potentially unprecedented, with…

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