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The new study shows the number of moles on almost 4,000 children dropped by 47% between 1992 and 2016. But here’s what parents still need to watch...
Soaring world crude oil prices have direct impact at the bowser. Australia is not well insulated from price shocks.
With the Liberals’ 2025 election review recently leaked, what does the Greens’ version reveal about the lessons they’ve taken from the federal poll?
Online sleuths are on a mission to decode the massive Epstein file dump. The resulting chaos shows there’s a fine line between genuine clues and...
These rules have developed over centuries as states sought to regulate the conduct of conflict at sea while still allowing navies to operate...
Most civilians in Iran have no idea when and where US and Israeli bombs will fall.
The proposed English Language Bill assumes a problem. In reality, English dominates public life while many heritage languages struggle to survive.
Here’s how the claims about honey for specific injuries and diseases stack up to science.
Silence would mean accepting and surrendering to the Taliban’s power, writes one of these authors. Theirs are the voices of resistance.
Canada’s Mark Carney is proposing a new alliance of ‘middle powers’ to offset over-reliance on the US and China. New Zealand would have good...
An Australian study of anti-feminist attitudes shows up to 30% of boys surveyed expressed agreement with various forms of violent extremism.
The discovery shines a light on what has, until now, been an underappreciated feature of evolution which suggests life is not so random after all.
Australia is taking a ‘wait and see’ approach to AI regulation.
Australia gets half its urea – a crucial nitrogen fertiliser – from countries now impacted by the war. But research suggests higher food prices...
New F1 regulations could have a huge impact in 2026, starting with the Melbourne Grand Prix – which no Australian has ever won.
A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years.
By creating a costume that can be taken off, even a ‘naked’ one, costume designers help create an important separation between the role and the actor.
When your loved one is in palliative care, the last thing you want to think about is money. But new research shows financial stress at this difficult...
Population crashes are dangerous and can be irreversible. But new research shows they are not always an evolutionary dead end.
New Zealand could meet its electricity needs through renewables and avoid power shortages during dry years by combining battery systems with pumped...
An early figure in the psychoanalytic movement, Jung is often written off. But his ideas of the collective unconscious and emphasis on archetype and...
Ali Khamenei’s son is known less for speeches or religious authority than for his influence and the networks he’s built behind the scenes.
Labor is expected to be returned in power in a landslide. But the election is also the first test of One Nation’s ability to turn its surging...
In 2003, Labor was strongly against the Iraq war. But more than 20 years later and in power, Albanese has had to do a different sort of political...
The byelection for the regional New South Wales seat of Farrer, vacated by former opposition leader Sussan Ley, will be held on May 9.
Torpedoes are hard to stop – and harder to see coming.
Even before Trump’s return to power, Australia has been building stronger mini-groupings and bilateral ties in the region.
Conflict in the Middle East has led to long petrol queues in Australia. Going electric ends reliance on fuel imports – but will you pay back the EV...
Addressing the federal parliament, Carney once again pressed his now familiar argument for middle power activism as the old world order disintegrated.
Nothing is perfect, nothing lasts and nothing is ever finished. That’s the core of wabi-sabi. And psychology suggests this Japanese philosophy may...
Australian and NZ farmers have long argued only cow’s milk should be sold as ‘milk’, in line with UK and European laws. This is what our current...
The fact their partnership lasted that long invites a reflection on the contradiction between the kind of society we say we want and the kind of media...
More control is a good thing – but be wary of privacy risks and ensure your media ‘diet’ is still balanced.
Starting a GLP-1 drug was linked with a 14% overall reduced risk of new substance use disorders and a lower risk of harm for those with existing use...
The recently introduced English Language Bill will change little, but highlights a deeper issue. NZ still lacks a coherent framework for language...
Current geopolitical uncertainty means the Winter Paralympics’ opening ceremony is attracting attention for the wrong reasons.
Lianne Mackessy’s Crescendo won top prize – a significant personal and industry milestone.
Dennis Cometti was one of Australia’s finest sports broadcasters, with many of his one-liners to live on in footy vernacular.
Rising premiums and insurer retreat reflect deeper shifts in risk – and strain on a system built for a different era.
Award-winning author Eva Hornung’s time-travelling new novel explores Australia’s tensions around land ownership and belonging.
This begins with an honest recognition of the changing direction of US policy, stated plainly and directly to the Australian people.
The standard right to four weeks off hasn’t changed since 1974. But on its own, giving people an extra week off won’t fix the issue of workers...
The federal Liberal Party has not had a leader from Victoria since 1990. It says a lot about its electoral slide and its shift to the right.
The clinics have received millions of visits since they opened in 2023. But a recent report suggests not everyone can get the care they need, when...
At some point, Australia must accept that it is time to break the chokehold commercial gambling has on this country.
Australian health authorities have been encouraging ‘no hat no play’ for 100 years.
The newly discovered fish fossil fills a key gap in our understanding of the evolution of vertebrate diversity.
The strategic significance of the agreement extends beyond bilateral trade. It positions New Zealand as a potential gateway for India into the...
New targets would lift revenue to $7.2 billion and enrolments to 119,000 by 2034. But housing pressure, market concentration and graduate outcomes...
The government has deployed six “crisis response” teams to the Middle East to help deal with the overload caused by the huge number of Australians...