The Women’s Prize for Fiction has just published 25 literary works by female authors with their real names for the first time. Could we do the same for Miles Franklin and Henry Handel Richardson here?
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Lockdowns, working from home and funding cuts put a generation of Australian scientists at risk of dropping out.
Many who are lonely will overlook their own emerging signs of loneliness in hope these feelings will go away once around other people.
Jim Chalmers on tax cuts, inequality, and the Queensland election
Michelle Grattan sits down to talk with Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers
Despite this year’s coronavirus lockdowns, more CO2 has accumulated in the atmosphere than during the same period in 2017 or 2018.
William Cooper was in his 70s when he began a remarkable political campaign, pushing for Indigenous rights and recognition.
New research explores the little-understood problem facing many LGBTIQ+ people — the loss of citizenship due to discriminatory laws and difficulties claiming asylum.
We give the biggest concessions to those least likely to need persuasion to save well.
We believe New Zealand can eliminate COVID-19 again. But it could do more to speed up that process with mandatory masks and tighter controls on high-risk venues, including bars, gyms and churches.
The daily COVID-19 case numbers don’t tell the full story on the outbreak’s progress.
Elections belong to citizens, not politicians. There is no reason to deny or unduly delay this basic democratic right.
With low testing levels, it’s unclear just how bad the pandemic is in Indonesia. But President Joko Widodo is keen to get the economy restarted quickly, in part, to avoid widespread social unrest.
Students in Year 3 had slightly higher results in NAPLAN if they were held back. By Year 9 students who were held back did no better on NAPLAN tests than those sent when first eligible.
The updated methods are providing a clearer picture of how Earth and its inhabitants evolved over the past 60,000 years - and thus, providing new insight into its future.
The deteriorating Western Grassland Reserve in Victoria represents a failure of imagination. When the grasslands are steeped with history and culture, imagine its potential.
Of the students with jobs, 60% lost them and and two-thirds of the rest had hours cut. As they struggled, and often failed, to get rents and tuition fees reduced, precarious lives became even harder.
The redevelopment of public housing and the introduction of private accommodation can leave the original tenants feeling worried they’ll be living in a neighbourhood they hardly recognise.
Our super funds could have cleaned up when the market crashed 40% and then rebounded by about as much. That they didn’t says a lot about how hard it is to time trades.
The invention of the humble bag was a game changer. Without it, we’d still be running in the woods with our hands full.
The Royal Commission into Aged Care put the secretary of the federal health department, Brendan Murphy, firmly in his place.
If the vaccine does not protect individuals from infection, those who have been vaccinated could falsely believe they are protected.
A few simple pointers can help you spot a quality mask from a dud.
With tarantula-like orchids and giant bananas, New Guinea is officially the most floristically diverse island in the world.
The Trouble With Being Born has been withdrawn from Melbourne International Film Festival – but individual viewers should be able to decide what films they want to see.
Delaying the election would be a balancing act between public health and political calculation.