Michelle Obama popularised the idea that “food deserts” with too few healthy food stores (and too many fast food outlets) are a key cause of bad health outcomes, but it misses the underlying problem
It’s a truism that drivers cruising for on-street parking are a significant cause of traffic congestion. But, on closer inspection, that "truism" just doesn't stack up.
An incident aboard a Singapore Airlines A330 raises important safety questions.
Climate change expertise is being lost from the public sector as the government fails to fill board vacancies and departments stop commissioning climate policy modelling, writes The Mandarin journalist David Donaldson.
Small dogs are ousting larger dogs in the affections of Americans and, it seems likely, Australians too. One popular explanation is we’re living at higher densities but it’s likely there’s more to it.
Policymakers should look at these numbers. Journeys made by car in Sydney are much faster than journeys made by train; they’re a long way from being substitutes for each other.
