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Behind the sky-high valuations of tech startups with no profit lies a structural problem supporting them.
Elevated rail to remove level crossings, done properly, has many benefits – and the alternatives are more disruptive and costly. But announcing projects with little consultation is asking for trouble.
Representing even the Crusades as wars between Christians and Muslims is a gross oversimplification and a misreading of history.
Bad female characters start with bad writing. We compare male and female character descriptions, which are often used as the starting point for casting calls.
Aboriginal heritage has had significant protections removed in Western Australia. Following principles of respect and consultation would be a huge step forward for Aboriginal cultural management.
Cyclone Winston produced wind speeds of around 300 km per hour, making it one of the strongest storms to make landfall.
Without action to curb the rising acidity of our seas, corals will start to develop deformed skeletons at a crucial young stage of their lives.
Nutritional deficiencies are linked to food cravings in certain situations. In general, however, there is no real evidence to link our common food cravings with nutritional deficiencies.
Predicting how long a patient will survive is critically important for them and their families to guide future planning, yet notoriously difficult for doctors to predict accurately.
Those who do understand the Senate voting system have the potential to wield some influence both in its conduct and in debates about how it might be reformed.
In relation to a FactCheck testing Senator Sarah Hanson-Young’s assertion that Indigenous children are ten times as likely to be living in out of home care, her spokesman said by email: The figure came…
Sarah Hanson-Young told Q&A that Indigenous children are currently ten times more likely to be living out of home. Is that right?
The key issues from the Royal Commission into union activities were about governance, but these are not being addressed.
Land clearing in Queensland has tripled in the past five years.
David Morrison being unofficially anointed a “Warrior for Women”, reflects the belief that women need male champions in order to succeed.
In seeking to link IS to earlier Islamic movements, Western commentators have associated the jihadist group with the medieval Ismailis, made famous in Europe by returning Crusaders as the Assassins.
If we can solve the privacy issues, placing trackers on people and the things we make can teach us a great deal about ourselves and the world around us.
Casuarina trees and the tortured forms of the Melaleucas on the foreshore of the Swan River were the perfect metaphor for Blumann’s life and the world before and during the second world war.
Industry consolidation and technological advances have completely reshaped the pathology industry over recent decades. But the way governments pay for pathology services hasn’t kept up.
By removing elected officials and installing a powerful command-and-control agency, the government’s approach to recovery has left many of the city’s people feeling disenfranchised and excluded.
Half year results for Fairfax Media suggest the company’s digital strategy is taking shape.
A study has revealed shoppers’ harsh attitudes to those who prefer to buy ethical fashion. But the headlines will only entrench the divide.
The transition from print to digital will not be painless at Fairfax, or its global peers.
The government should be encouraging informal investors to put their money into start-ups, not barring them from tax offsets that encourage them to do so.