Happiness might seem like a worthy goal but it will invariably be disrupted by unwelcome negative feelings. Far better to seek contentment, which can serve as a foundation for both joy and pleasure.
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A shift in our research funding model to fund individual people rather than whole projects could help support the best science.
Unless Australia Post is freed to operate on an even playing field with its major parcel competitors, Australians can expect to see higher postage prices and more job cuts.
There’s more prestige than ever on our screens – but there’s also gender problem both in terms of the reception of female-centred shows – and the treatment of female creator-showrunners.
We’re told to breakfast like kings but is the first meal of the day really one for champions, or chumps who’ve been taken in by the marketing of ready-to-eat cereal manufacturers?
A more likely reason for businesses’ current interest in happiness and wellbeing has to do with cold hard economics and shifts in the labour force. Happiness, in short, is good for business.
It is estimated that there are 175 million LGBTI persons living in persecutory environments worldwide. Only around 2500 asylum claims founded on sexual orientation or gender identity are successful annually.
We now know that we cannot spend our way to happiness nor pursue it as an individual goal. It turns out that happiness is built on the foundations of good relationships and broad well-being.
What if the worst thing a problem poker machine gambler could lose was time, instead of their mortgage? Welcome to the concept of actuarially fair gambling.
The exponential change in the role of management means more and more management tasks are likely to be taken away.
The carbon tax was not a cost or “slug” on the economy – it raised revenue that could be used elsewhere in the economy for public infrastructure or to allow cuts to more economically harmful taxes.
It is important that we do not entirely dismiss Zaky Mallah’s comments on Q&A. He sheds light on a seductive mechanism for young Muslims that is real.
The prominence given to questions of motherhood in the seventh and final season of Mad Men suggests debate on that issue will continue for years to come. Warning: this article contains spoilers.
Children with special needs aren’t necessarily always better in mainstream schools.
Alcohol-related violence is a much bigger problem in Australia than the harms of illicit drugs but we tend to overlook the former because the latter gets more headlines.
Rising fees for patents could stifle innovation in Australia. So what how much should we charge for patents?
Mark Butler
Michelle Grattan talks to Labor environment spokesman Mark Butler about climate change, an ETS, the possibility of an early election, the ALP national conference and much more.
Candidates from Spain’s ‘15M’ movement – born of mass protests in 2011 – have responded in various ways to the dilemma that being elected creates for those wishing to overturn the ‘old politics’.
David Leyonhjelm’s parliamentary inquiry into what he calls “the nanny state” reflects a view of human beings as essentially independent individuals. But that’s not kind of society most of us want.
The parliamentary committee’s report highlights the deep division between those who want to advance Indigenous recognition through minimal constitutional change and those who seek more substantive reform.
Game theory - making the best decision based on predicting those of others - is connected with both poker and George Orwell.
University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Stephen Parker and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics.
How can we live within the means of our planet? Almost all environmental literature grossly underestimates what is needed for our civilisation to become sustainable.
This year marks the centenary of Australian animation. Alongside some memorable international successes, animation has long been significant to the industry.
Recent articles calling for blanket removal of PowerPoint from education erroneously blame the tool for mistakes made by the user.