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Kevin Brophy’s favourite detective — Kurt Wallander — has aged just ahead of him, made mistakes and lived vividly.
Most retired renters are in poverty, very few home owners are.
Innovation means creating and capturing value from new things. And it’s better for the Kiwi economy if investment in that innovation grows local industries and creates jobs.
Most Australians get enough to live on in retirement. Some get more they get while working, but 30% get less, and boosting super won’t help them.
Detection of a virus in wastewater implies the presence of infected people in a community. It’s not quite so simple though.
Clear messaging about who needs to get tested is better than stigmatising people who are understandably worried about their health.
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics.
Our research with athletes suggests there may be two zones: an effortless ‘flow state’ and a more purposeful ‘clutch state’. Here’s how to decide which zone you need to be in — and how to get there.
Reliance on paper-based birth certificates is becoming less practical. They also make it harder for all babies to be officially recognised.
Negotiations on the recent defence pact between the two nations had stalled over the issue of the death penalty, which Japan has and Australia opposes.
Trans and non-binary people often avoid seeing a doctor because they fear discrimination. Health professionals need better training to provide gender-affirming care.
A leading-edge study conducted for the Retirement Incomes Review used Tax Office data to examine what happened to wages after firms paid more super.
The HILDA Survey suggests single-parent households on Australia are abandoning formal childcare as they face greater poverty rates.
The Green Climate Fund channels money from rich countries to help low-income countries tackle climate change and cut their emissions. But Australia stopped contributing.
Will the newest batch of books about the climate crisis change minds? Reading about the problem can help us understand it, but it’s political action that is needed now.
Sony and Microsoft are straying from traditional video game service models. While it might help diversify the market, it could also force avid gamers to empty their pockets.
Australians report high levels of life satisfaction but there are gaps — Indigenous Australians, immigrants and the unemployed fare worse. And COVID-19 won’t have helped.
Scott Morrison has always put the military on an extremely high pedestal. When some of those on that pedestal are found to have done appalling things, the shock is doubly great.
Pfizer and BioNTech have announced 95% efficacy for their mRNA vaccine, having met the final target they need to before seeking regulatory approval.
The US health system costs roughly twice as much as the Australian system per person. Despite this, the US has lower life expectancy than Australia.
Crown Resorts has been told to delay opening its Barangaroo casino until NSW regulators decide if it is fit to hold the casino licence.
China’s signature foreign policy is controversial for lots of reasons. But the environmental damage potentially wrought by the project has received scant attention.
Now is the time to reflect carefully on what we ask of, and how we best support, those soldiers who serve in our name.
There is ‘credible information’ Australian soldiers were involved in war crimes. But investigating and prosecuting these will be incredibly difficult.