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Depending on the species, touching a stinging tree can be like 30 wasp stings at once or being burnt with hot acid and electrocuted at the same time.
Sexual harassment laws in Australia are limited in their reach. But changing our tort law by adopting a rule from the Roman legal system could give victims another path to justice.
Drones are now being used to warn beachgoers about sharks – with groundbreaking accuracy.
Travel from Perth to Melbourne and every kilometre you go represents 100 million years of life on Earth. So let’s take a ride, on a motorcycle of course.
Ever wonder where the words ‘sport’, ‘umpire’ and ‘drubbing’ come from? Here’s a short primer of sporting lingo ahead of the AFL and NRL Grand Finals.
Children can experience stress during their parents’ separation or divorce. Here’s how teachers can support them through this tough time.
In early 20th-century Australia, a series of highly publicised murders of women saw newspapers widely discuss sadism.
In England, each home is given a rating against five questions: is it safe, is it effective, is it responsive, it is caring and is it well led?
As climate extremes mount, let’s reflect on Victorian London’s ‘Great Stink’ sewage crisis - when things finally became so bad authorities were forced to accept evidence, reject sceptics, and act.
Cities overseas that have been able to overcome the affordable housing challenges facing cities like Melbourne have adopted a coordinated and systemic approach to scaling up solutions that work.
The banking royal commission’s most enduring legacy might be the cancer of too much caution throughout the financial services sector.
New figures show we are spending less on health than we used to but it mightn’t last, and surgeons and dentists are charging more.
The ABC chairman’s resignation provides some resolution to the crisis, but a discussion is sorely needed about other threats to the broadcaster’s independence.
There is no need to wait for royal commission recommendations to act on aged care. We can implement a national strategy to improve the sector’s workforce in the next year three years.
The news that a former moderator is suing Facebook over unsafe work practices suggests it’s time we finally took the mental health of moderators seriously.
Legs On The Wall’s production deals with the important but taboo topic of youth suicide, particularly in the Indigenous community.
You might be thin on the outside, but if you have a poor diet and are physically inactive, you can have the same health risks as someone who is obese.
Degrees with a strong visual arts foundation will ensure individuals will flourish, not flounder, when faced with disruptive technologies.
It’s not easy being a ref. Everyone’s your critic, and you have to run more than 8km each match to keep up with the play.
The ABC Act clearly states the board is duty-bound to ‘maintain the independence and integrity’ of the broadcaster. Milne’s actions appear to have compromised both values.
Flaws in the ABC Act set up conflict and allow the government to pressure it.
An alternative holiday for Indigenous people doesn’t address the arguments against celebrating nationhood on a day that causes offence to some citizens.
Like epic poets, AFL commentators improvise in short phrases, not sentences, because it creates vivid images of fast action.
Senator Pauline Hanson raised concerns about immigration and social cohesion, saying ‘more than a million people’ in Australia ‘cannot speak English well or at all’. Let’s look at the numbers.