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Cycling has flatlined in Australia since 2011, with many people citing safety concerns as the main reason not to ride. Wider recognition of cyclists’ right to be on the roads would help to boost the numbers.
The Australian government has powers it could use to patch the problems around temporary labour provisions in the China-Australia trade agreement.
Many people are concerned about artificial intelligence. But new technologies like augmented reality are blurring the lines between us and the machines.
Arvo Pärt created contemplative and innovative music during the most oppressive years of the Soviet Union.
Momentum for reform to end domestic violence should not stop at the most dramatic expressions of abuse. Economic abuse can also contribute to a lifetime of struggle for women.
An exhibition of works by contemporary French artist Pierre Huyghe raises questions around the ethical treatment of animals by artists - and whether live animals have a place in the visual arts.
Australia’s economic complexity is declining and it’s not a good thing.
A growing body of research points to the detrimental effect of unhealthy diets and the protective value of healthy diets – along with select nutritional supplements as required – for maintaining and promoting mental health.
Faction Man is a product of Black Inc. From their perspective, Bill Shorten – and his fascination with grimy Labor machine politics – is an alien figure.
Arguably Indonesia’s most significant leftist film director and theorist, Bachtiar Siagian, was among the millions who fell prey to the communist purge carried out between 1965 and 1966.
We thought the big El Niño might not bring drought. And then the climate turned dry. And hot.
More robust competition between banks would benefit consumers, but there’s little policy focus on the issue.
Solving the refugee crisis depends on the extent to which the people of the world – in the Gulf, Europe, Australia or anywhere else – are willing to live up to their moral responsibilities.
Gerry Georgatos, community consultant and media liaison officer at the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project told The Conversation by email that: The ATSISPEP does…
Q&A presenter Tony Jones asked psychologist and research fellow Pat Dudgeon if Indigenous youth suicide rates across the top half of Australia are the highest in the world. We check the research evidence.
Why are universities establishing more international branch campuses and what are their prospects for success?
Would you drink recycled water? New surveys suggest Australians concerned about water shortages are ready for alternative sources.
The media often paints social media as a dangerous place for young people, but the reality is far more complex and nuanced.
Can you fake innocence? The four professional actresses playing Mathilda are part of a long tradition of idealised childhood.
People rate the risks of global threats to humanity surprisingly high. We need to understand the impacts of a loss of faith in notions of material progress and scientific and technological fixes.
For business ethics to be effective they must be pushed onto corporations against their will. Business ethics is democratic, not corporate.
We’ve come a long way from the first documented successful caesarean. In 1500, Swiss farmer Jacob Nufer operated on his wife after a labour of several days. She went on to have five more vaginal births.
Australia and New Zealand have unique legislative regimes protecting consumers, which differ from almost every other affected country.
Corals are experiencing only the third global bleaching event in recorded history, caused by warming seas. But worse is yet to come.