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Paul Cleary makes a good case as to why Australia should follow Norway as an example of how to tax miners in Trillion Dollar Baby.
We are now seeing technology being designed with education in mind, and it’s changing the way students’ learn and understand.
The Peppa Pig brand of sunscreens are manufactured on behalf of the Cancer Council Australia. While they have been available for some time, some parents have recently reported their use has resulted in…
A federal ICAC will not solve the sorts of problems Australian politicians have recently embroiled themselves in.
A 2006 treaty governing the A$40 billion Greater Sunrise oil and gas fields has been a source of contention for a number of years.
The most important benefit of citizenship for migrants is the sense of inclusion and acceptance into their adopted community.
Exposure to nature plays a positive role in brain development by providing children with opportunities to take risks, discover new things, and be creative.
Amid the tribute concerts and outpourings of sadness on the anniversary of Bowie’s death, we should be wary of mythologising him.
Centrelink’s debt recovery system is using information in a way that it was not designed to be applied, without properly adjusting for differences between the tax and social security system.
Outside the capital cities and the coastal fringes, the towns and people of rural and regional Australia have had to be inventive to get through the tough times.
Social media is a great way to to share tips, knowledge and expertise - including about how to reduce the environmental footprint of your home.
Empathy is associated with being drawn to the arts, but do they actively promote it or merely appeal to already sensitive souls?
It is unclear whether stood-aside minister Sussan Ley has breached the ministerial standards over her travel expenses. And the rules on claiming entitlements are unclear and very complex.
There is no evidence supporting claims that cooking or heating food in the microwave can give you cancer or food poisoning.
Economists have been tracking how consumers feel for decades now. But what does it all mean?
While we need empathic skills to relate to others sometimes, too much empathy can be a bad thing.
Here are five political leaders from around the world who are emerging as significant talents and possible contenders for influence in 2017 and beyond.
Wearing a skirt at school can make girls less likely to participate in physical activity, and it’s time schools changed their uniform policies.
Lion, which has screened to critical acclaim around the world, seems to think it’s a political film. In reality it’s an effective melodrama that uncritically embraces a colonial fantasy of white saviours.
Is your New Year’s resolution to cut your food waste? The answer could be closer than you think.
The humped Brahman cattle are now a regular sight across northern Australia, but it was a challenge to get them accepted by producers.
2016 was Australia’s fourth warmest year on record, capping off the hottest decade.
Our changing view of the night sky tells us about our place on a spinning world, and about our voyage around the Sun.
Is providing birds with food and water making them too dependent? Or are gardens just the new frontier of Australia’s urban landscape? New research aims to find out.