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The report found that Sydney households face the highest transport costs of any city in Australia both in dollar terms and as a percentage of household income. AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts

FactCheck: does the average Australian family spend up to $22,000 every year on transport?

Matthew Beck, University of Sydney

The Australian Automobile Association said that a new report showed that “the average Australian family is spending up to $22,000 every year to get around.” Is that accurate?
What’s in the Turnbull government’s first budget for cities, defence, social services, the ABC and more? AAP/Lukas Coch

Federal budget 2016: political experts react

Natalie Mast, The University of Western Australia; Andrew Dodd, Swinburne University of Technology; Carolyn Whitzman, The University of Melbourne; Daniel Baldino, University of Notre Dame Australia; Jago Dodson, RMIT University; Janine O'Flynn, The University of Melbourne; Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Monash University; Matthew Beck, University of Sydney; Merlin Crossley AM, UNSW ; Peter Whiteford, Australian National University; Susan Harris Rimmer, Griffith University, and Thas Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, The University of Melbourne

On reform, the 2016-17 budget is a holding one, with tinkering on the sides.
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Interactive: profiles of the cabinet and shadow cabinet

Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra; Adam Webster, University of Oxford; Alex Reilly, University of Adelaide; Bryan Mercurio, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University; Daniel Baldino, University of Notre Dame Australia; David Peetz, Griffith University; Deborah Ralston, Monash University; Diana Perche, UNSW ; Flavio Menezes, The University of Queensland; Glenn Savage, The University of Western Australia; Jim Gillespie, University of Sydney; Matthew Beck, University of Sydney; Nicholas Biddle, Australian National University; Philip Branch, Swinburne University of Technology; Roger Dargaville, Monash University; Susan Harris Rimmer, Griffith University, and Will J Grant, Australian National University

We asked our experts to appraise the political and policy performances of the federal cabinet and shadow cabinet.
Tunnel vision: the claim that more roads equals less congestion fails to see the wider picture. AAP Image/Dean Lewins

Do more roads really mean less congestion for commuters?

Matthew Beck, University of Sydney and Michiel Bliemer, University of Sydney

A new road may provide motorists with some level of respite from congestion in the short term. But almost all of the benefit from the road will be lost in the longer term.
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Building big: does Australia need a global infrastructure hub?

Matthew Beck, University of Sydney

Infrastructure investment is failing to attract the funding it needs to support global growth. As of June 2014, the managed funds industry in Australia had just over $2.4 trillion dollars under management…

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