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New Zealand governments have been actively exploring the option of joining pillar two of AUKUS for over a year now. But according to foreign...
You wake up, stagger to the bathroom and gaze into the mirror. No, you’re not imagining it. You’ve developed face wrinkles overnight. They’re...
Recent trends show Australians are increasingly buying wearables such as smartwatches and fitness trackers. These electronics track our body...
Twenty-four hours after the release of Macklemore’s pro-Palestine protest song Hind’s Hall on social media on May 7, the video had already notched...
The High Court unanimously ruled today that the Australian government can keep asylum seekers in immigration detention indefinitely in cases where...
At the end of this month, a senate inquiry by the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee is due to hand down its report on a bill...
Since ancient times, people have built structures that reach for the skies – from the steep spires of medieval towers to the grand domes of...
As one of billions of bilingual individuals in the world, it disappoints me when a film or TV show with characters of a non-English-speaking...
Peatlands store more carbon per square metre than any other ecosystem on Earth. These waterlogged, mossy bogs beat even dense rainforests for their...
Government spending on health has been growing so rapidly that a decade ago the then health minister Peter Dutton called it “unmanageable” and...
I did not think particularly deeply about birth until the prospect of my own labour was on the horizon. I asked my grandmother, then in her...
Picture two people, both suffering from a serious mental illness requiring hospital admission. One was born in Australia, the other in Asia....
A recent report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows US fertility rates dropped 2% in 2023. With the exception of a...
Earlier this week, two students were expelled from a Melbourne private school for their involvement in creating a spreadsheet that ranked girls...
This week American rapper Macklemore released a new track, Hind’s Hall, which has gained a lot of attention because of its explicitly political...
In media articles about unprecedented flooding, you’ll often come across the statement that for every 1°C of warming, the atmosphere can hold about...
In recent years, there’s been increasing hype about the potential health risks associated with so-called “ultra-processed” foods. But new...
Life has transformed our world over billions of years, turning a dead rock into the lush, fertile planet we know today. But human activity is...
The “latte line” is the infamous, invisible boundary that divides Sydney between the more affluent north-east and the south-west. Historically,...
This month, the much-anticipated television adaptation of The Tattooist of Auschwitz premiered on Australian streaming platform Stan. Before its...
Gas is back – if it ever went away. Yesterday, the Albanese government doubled down on gas with the release of its Future Gas Industry policy....
On a freezing spring night in March, Georgia’s national soccer team beat Greece in a nail-biter penalty shootout to qualify for the Euro 2024...
Many people who follow federal budgets know about the magnificent “budget tree” in a parliamentary courtyard, which turns a glorious red in time...
Imagine every ton of carbon dioxide a company emits is slowly inflating its costs — not just in terms of potential fines or fees but in the capital...
The future belongs to the analogue loyalists. Fuck digital. As a tsunami of CDs, DAT tapes and samplers swept the recording industry in the late...
As local and regional councils struggle with inadequate infrastructure and unsustainable costs, New Zealand will be hearing a lot more about the...
It’s been seven years since the launch of Replika, an artificially intelligent chatbot designed to be a friend to human users. Despite early...
Australia’s vital agriculture sector will be hit hard by steadily rising global temperatures. Our climate is already prone to droughts and...
In the 2007 film The Bucket List Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman play two main characters who respond to their terminal cancer diagnoses by...
We upload some 3 billion images online each day. We make most of these photos on smartphones and use these devices to document everything from gym...
The act representing Australia at this year’s Eurovision contest has sadly not qualified for the grand final. Yet for Zaachariaha Fielding and...
There have been many Australian publications about refugees and asylum seekers. Many are memoir or reportage. Perhaps the best known is Behrooz...
A much-awaited report into Coles and Woolworths has found what many customers have long believed – Australia’s big supermarkets engage in price...
We feel ecological grief when we lose places, species or ecosystems we value and love. These losses are a growing threat to mental health and...
Iran’s leadership has been a direct beneficiary of the months-long war in Gaza. With every missile that Israel fires on Gaza, every US veto of a...
Lobbying is at the heart of government. Who has access to and influence over key government officials shapes the decisions governments make – and...
As the past few years have illustrated so clearly, the Australia-China relationship is complicated. As such, it is crucial for Australians to...
The Albanese government wanted to avoid an inquiry into its migration amendment bill. The report, handed down yesterday by a senate committee that...
Australian freshwater turtles are facing an alarming trend. Almost half of these species are listed as vulnerable, endangered or critically...
We’ve come a long way in terms of understanding that everyone thinks, interacts and experiences the world differently. In the past, autistic...
Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you...
Next week the government will again next try to get its legislation through to deal with non-citizens who won’t cooperate with efforts to deport...
The Albanese government is talking up the crucial role of gas as a transition fuel “through to 2050 and beyond”. In a gas strategy to be released...
Western Sydney’s Cumberland city council has banned all books depicting same-sex parents in its eight public libraries, citing concerns over the...
When pest rats and mice decimate populations of native species, pest control is a no-brainer. But what if baiting rats protects threatened...
If you didn’t have food allergies as a child, is it possible to develop them as an adult? The short answer is yes. But the reasons why are much...
Baby Reindeer’s phenomenal success has much to do with its writer and lead, Richard Gadd, who plays Donny in a tender semi-autobiographical account...
This article contains information on deaths in custody and the names of deceased people, and describes ongoing colonial violence towards Aboriginal...
They try but invariably fail – those writers who believe they are capable of encapsulating in prose or verse the essence of what it means to be a...
The Coalition is demanding extensive amendments to the government’s legislation targeting non-citizens who refuse to co-operate with their removal....
The anti-cancer drug abemaciclib (also known as Vernezio) has this month been added to the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) to treat...
For years there have been suggestions of widespread poor wellbeing among architects. In many ways this is not surprising. It’s well established...
How does Earth stop meteors from hitting Earth and hurting people? –Asher, 6 years 11 months, New South Wales Alright, let’s embark on a meteor...
Iran’s leadership has been a direct beneficiary of the months-long war in Gaza. With every missile that Israel fires on Gaza, every US veto of a...
Around Australia, hundreds of people are coming together to help a once-prized, but decimated and largely forgotten marine ecosystem. They’re...
Two male students have been expelled from a Melbourne private school for their involvement in a list ranking female students. The two were part of...
The complex and grappling issue of violence against women takes centre stage in the soul-stirring solo dance drama Nayika: A Dancing Girl. During a...
The Albanese government will invest $566 million over a decade on data, maps and other tools to promote exploration and development in...
The Reserve Bank is now assuming Australians will see no interest rate cuts this year – and quite possibly none before the next federal election,...
The Victorian budget offered more of the same on Tuesday, with the only change being how the budget papers were packaged. The usual shrink wrap was...
Professional sports organisations regularly promote and develop initiatives to support diversity, equity and inclusion. While sport has the power...
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared a “national crisis” of domestic violence following an alarming spike in killings of women and a wave...
Privet is a popular garden hedge. It grows quickly and responds well to being pruned. But in natural areas, privet is a problem. Like 72% of weeds...
I met with a friend for a walk beside Merri Creek, in inner Melbourne. She had lived in the area for a few years, and as we walked beside the...
In the final pages of Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories, Amitav Ghosh volunteers a startling confession. Though he had spent many years...
Dementia is often described as “the long goodbye”. Although the person is still alive, dementia slowly and irreversibly chips away at their...
Arts companies and individual artists in Australia are supported by government arts agencies, philanthropists, industry bodies, private donors and...
The Albanese government is weighing up the costs of delivering an election promise to protect religious people from discrimination in Commonwealth...
Resources Minister Shane Jones has reportedly asked officials for advice on whether oil and gas companies could be offered “bonds” as compensation...
I covered the May 2 United Kingdom local government elections for The Poll Bludger. The Blackpool South parliamentary byelection was also held, at...
It’s National Road Safety Week and it comes on the back of a year in which 1,286 people died on Australian roads. The rising road toll – up 8.2%...
The federal government has announced a “Commonwealth Prac Payment” to support selected groups of students doing mandatory work placements. Those...
Why do trees have bark? Julien, age 6, Melbourne. This is a great question, Julien. We are so familiar with bark on trees, that most of us just...
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is an important ligament in the knee. It runs from the thigh bone (femur) to the shin bone (tibia) and helps...
For years, First Nations people have been telling governments they want to be listened to. In particular, they want more ownership of the programs...
Last August, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) launched legal proceedings against Qantas. The consumer watchdog accused the...
You might have seen viral videos of Wendy’s drive-thru customers in the United States ordering their fast food from the firm’s generative AI bot...
At the crux of the critical response to Luca Guadagnino’s new movie Challengers is one word: “sexy”. The film charts a love triangle between...