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More Australians are recycling than ever, but let’s not forget that avoiding waste in the first place is the best option.
A border adjustment tax would raise government revenue and boost jobs in export-driven industries, which tend to concentrate in the embattled manufacturing sector.
Things tend to revert back to their typical state over time, so we should be careful not to mistake that for some other trend.
Will the My Health Record help people with communication difficulties share their health information across health providers?
Johann Sebastian Bach’s The Art of Fugue is a work of high art. But in keeping with the late works of artists such as Shakespeare, Beethoven and Goya, it contains elements of pathos, humour, gravity, exuberance and tragedy.
The brains of our ancestors grew larger and smarter thanks to an increase in the flow of blood to the brain
Governments have come to realise that no one sector acting alone has the capacity or capability to solve complex social policy problems.
Changes to Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act unveiled this week look set for defeat in the Senate. But the issue will continue to breathe life.
Decriminalisation is important as it signals to the community that abortion is part of gynaecological care and should not be treated differently to any other form of health care.
The NRL is trying to reduce its exposure to the integrity risks posed by spot-fixing.
Fifty years of correspondence is stored at the Germaine Greer archive. It ranges across topics as diverse as US politics, grassroots feminism, gardening and Queen Victoria’s underpants.
The Economics Society of Australia (ESA) Monash Forum polled economists on whether capital gains tax deductions for housing investment should be removed.
There is usually a historical reason why schools teach certain languages. But as new economies emerge, such languages may no longer be the best ones to learn.
Australian jurisdictions should enact permanent solutions to juvenile justice crises that replace large and ineffective youth prisons with a safer, more decent alternative.
Anti-inflammatory pain killers such as ibuprofen should no longer be available for sale in grocery stores, but instead restricted to pharmacies.
Australia’s central bank is still trying to walk a delicate tightrope.
New Zealand’s Whanganui River and the Ganga and Yamuna Rivers in India have been given the right to ‘sue’ over issues like pollution. The challenge now is to ensure these legal rights are enforced.
The impatience of Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce with some among the Liberals is palpable.
If you make science entertaining then people are prepared to pay attention.
A proposed tweak to the copyright laws should make it easier to reversion protected works for people with disabilities.
The Industrial Revolution choked English cities in smog, filled rivers with waste and spread disease in crowded cities. At the same time, fairy tales about humans destroying nature proliferated.
On Q&A, government minister Zed Seselja remarked that surveys showed confidence in media has fallen globally. In Australia, he said, it has dropped lower than in the US. Is he right?
Prescriptions of the drug pregabalin to treat sciatica have skyrocketed in recent years. But a new study shows it brings only side effects, and not relief for sufferers.
The government this week introduced a bill that aims to put a stop to secret agreements between employers and unions without the knowledge of union members.