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National affairs Dancing the donation tango James Murphy 4 February 2016 The Australian Electoral Commission’s latest political finance figures show how closely entwined are government and the development industry, writes James Murphy Books & arts Urban renewal: a user’s guide Jennifer Kent 1 December 2015 Books | The challenge for Australian cities is to introduce fluidity into a landscape often set in concrete, writes Jennifer Kent National affairs The new urban divide, and how to deal with it Jane-Frances Kelly & Paul Donegan 29 September 2015 State and local governments need to break down the emerging division between job-rich and job-poor suburbs in Australia’s major cities, write Jane-Frances Kelly and… Essays & reportage Top Endings Kerry Ryan 17 September 2015 Twenty years after he left, Kerry Ryan returned to Darwin. Some things had changed, some things had stayed the same

The Jokowi phenomenon Ross Tapsell 16 January 2014 In Jakarta, Ross Tapsell profiles the city governor who could be the next president of Indonesia National affairs The rising costs of the great Australian dream Peter Mares 28 August 2013 Without a change in policies, an ageing population is likely to reduce housing affordability and increase inequality, writes Peter Mares National affairs Dealing with Australia’s housing pain Harold Levien 5 July 2013 It’s time for the federal government to take seriously the shortage of affordable housing, writes Harold Levien Surveillance society James Leibold 4 July 2013 A high-tech system of social control is being superimposed on China’s network of urban neighbourhoods, writes James Leibold in Beijing

Shanghai’s affordability problem Duncan Hewitt 28 April 2011 Massive rises in the cost of housing are at last being recognised by government, writes Duncan Hewitt Essays & reportage Understanding Miller Melissa Sweet 28 March 2011 “Locational disadvantage” has an enormous impact on lives of many Australians. But an experiment in Sydney’s 2168 postcode area is yielding results The dying art of strolling in Shanghai Duncan Hewitt 22 March 2011 Traffic is becoming a fiercely debated topic in China’s major cities, writes Duncan Hewitt in Shanghai International Shanghai sling Peter Browne 28 January 2011 Although it symbolises China’s embrace of the market economy, Shanghai is still very much shaped by the party and entrenched corruption