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Jurassica, the latest play from Red Stitch, is a cross-generational reflection on the migrant experience. It’s part of a long tradition of plays exploring the challenges faced by Italian-Australians.
In the latest ANUpoll, most Australians (92%) surveyed responded that they belong to the middle or working class.
A liveable city has become the highest form of praise we can give to a city space. But we need to discuss what that means and who gets to participate in the process of governing and shaping a city.
A synthetic version of the hormone oxytocin has been shown to improve social responsiveness among some children with autism.
Potential franchisees need to know what they are committing to before they decide to buy a franchise.
High school drop-out rates combined with costly travel and living expenses puts regional students at a disadvantage when applying to universities in Australia.
What is it about modern digital technology that inspires suspicion rather than trust?
Research shows that when people share happy news on social media, they make their friends - and extended social network - happy too. Picking up on this trend is a new swathe of “good news” websites.
The World Health Organisation has determined that eating processed meat definitely causes cancer, while eating red meat probably does.
The United Nations is promoting a website to measure, reduce and offset your personal carbon emissions. But will this fix climate change?
Looking at historical health-care records can reveal how misunderstanding of a medical condition first came to develop and why it may not be being treated properly.
Federal arts minister Mitch Fifield said every job in the film and television industry supported 3.57 jobs in other industries. We should be wary of such promises.
Michelle Grattan discusses the newly released book The Protest Years: The Official History of ASIO 1963-1975 with its author, John Blaxland.
We cannot ignore or underestimate the important role police can play in community-based efforts to tackle radicalisation and violent extremism.
Woolworths’ new loyalty program is following the international trend away from old-fashioned points-based systems.
What makes Ai Wei Wei so powerful? Critics say if he didn’t exist, he’d need to be invented: an artist who’s combined his life and art into a politically charged performance that helps define how we see modern China.
The scientific community reacts to the news that Dr Alan Finkel has been appointed Australia’s New Chief Scientist as of 2016.
Current climate pledges will see the world warm more than 2C. To avoid dangerous climate change countries will need to at least double their efforts.
See what it takes to limit global warming to 2C.
New research shows shared music-making with toddlers may have benefits above and beyond those of reading.
Banks might be pushing rates up, but the Reserve Bank’s focus should be on who they’re lending to.
Against the odds, a growing group of refugees have managed to succeed in business.
Might the lessons of Australia’s super-efficient welfare system offer a potential way forward for the development of a basic income – a universal, low but adequate payment?
Technology is critical for innovation, yet schools struggle to get students interested in this area. Could teaching robotics change this?