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An AFL player with concussion history signed a secret waiver to protect his club from future court action. It’s a sign something has to change.
The history of electoral reform in NZ is full of policy surprises. But the prime minister’s latest announcement still makes little political sense.
A new study examining online hate during the so-called March for Australia rallies found white supremacy was rife. But there are patterns we can see...
Of the top 20 occupations most at risk of being automated, 15 are dominated by women.
People still remember the 2016 #CensusFail. So how safe is the 2026 census?
From oyster reefs to bandicoot grasslands, many Australian ecosystems no longer exist. Restoring nature is a good goal – but we cannot return to the...
Student disengagement during the early high school years shouldn’t be dismissed as ‘just being a teenager’.
It sounds gross. Drugs seeping out of your body may be damaging your leather sofa. But how worried should we be, really?
Comic-art makers and avid readers agree: if the great Australian graphic novel exists, what makes it great just might surprise you.
Intelligence is an energetically expensive luxury. And a new study in Science shows meat has never been the main fuel source for our ancestors.
Bret Easton Ellis’ books seem perfect for the screen, but there’s an art to translating books like The Shards and American Psycho. Which...
New research reveals a magnitude 8.5 earthquake is likely to trigger a cascade of problems for NZ’s freight networks. But how many are avoidable?
Victoria’s election on November 28 has taken on a drama and significance we wouldn’t have anticipated a year ago and will be watched closely by...
Billed as offering more flexibility, the new fees just add another burden for travellers.
A new study suggests the world’s mangrove forests are expanding.
Trump has demanded loyalty from his appointees – but he’s finding he can’t control the judiciary.
Navigating personal problems are a normal part of growing up. Young people are now turning to AI for help.
This therapy is thought to relax the muscle, reduce inflammation, promote healing and reduce pain. But what does the science say?
Pedestrians are more likely to be killed by heavier cars – and even more so if the vehicle is taller, Australian-first research has found.
Based on Ellis’ 2023 book of the same name, new TV series The Shards follows elite Los Angeles teenagers as their world falls apart.
Harrison Young has held senior banking jobs around the world, from the US and UK to China and Australia. In Prudence and Ambition, he shares what...
We should not wait for perfect certainty. It’s time to act before catastrophe.
As bird flu takes hold, we must find and conserve species with less genetic ability to fight the virus.
New research shows what happens if the extra health insurance rebate for over-65s is scrapped, as planned. Here’s why the sky won’t fall in.
As consistent as her beliefs on race and immigration, Hanson has been championing men’s rights causes for 30 years – at the expense of women.
If we are serious about equality, appointing more women to leadership roles should be accompanied by questioning the model of leadership itself.
Yes, there appears to be a downward trend in Year 3 numeracy. But the decline is small and not statistically significant.
The closer you zoom in, the more fascinating it is.
The film’s huge success at opening weekend suggests ‘superhero fatigue’ was never the real problem.
Five Bells is an elegy for Kenneth Slessor’s friend Joe Lynch, an artist who drowned in Sydney Harbour in 1927 after falling from a ferry.
Dodo skull scans show the famously extinct birds were no less brainy than their surviving relatives – and may have roamed at dusk and dawn.
Chewing betel ‘quid’ is culturally ingrained in PNG. But it is also linked to high oral cancer rates. A new project aims to improve early...
Mountains of ice far away in the northern hemisphere surely couldn’t change rainfall in Australia – or could they?
New research shows disabled people remain overlooked in climate policy, despite lived experience that could help build more resilient communities.
Fierceland, the energetic, adventurous winner of this year’s Miles Franklin, asks what it means to inherit a world already being dismantled.
Conservation cannot only protect habitats where species once lived – it must include the places where they will relocate in a warming world.
The minister cancelling his press club appearance was embarrassing and revealing.
A new review looked at 1,734 people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). But it couldn’t separate pesticide from other risk factors, such as...
Race Around the World emphasises on-screen personalities, light entertainment and not-too-critical feedback. What is being left unsaid?
In an apparent Australian first, an attack on a Victorian defence manufacturer is being investigated as a potential act of far-left terror.
The outgoing union leader said that beyond the new Victorian royal commission, ‘a lot more needs to be done’ to fight corruption in construction...
Even with human rights safeguards in place, the new convention risks giving authoritarian regimes new tools to target their critics.
Part-time students are more than twice as likely to drop out of university than their full-time peers. How can unis better support this vulnerable...
Singing in a choir helps people regain their voice and reduces social isolation and the sense of loss that often follows diagnosis with a brain...
A new review links to eating less protein to longer lifespans and improved metabolism. But lots of this evidence comes from animals, not humans.
As a lethal bird flu spreads in Australian wildlife, it can be easy to think nothing can stop it. That’s an error – much can be done.
An expert explains why the H5N1 strain is such a threat to seals worldwide.
These Miles Franklin shortlisted novels offer six very different answers to the question: what can Australian fiction be – and do?
National NAPLAN results are released today, putting the spotlight on students’ numeracy and literacy skills.
When money is coming from the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’, a recent study found parents and adult children can have very different assumptions – which...
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