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There are considerable political and policy hurdles ahead if Australia is to move toward a national redress scheme for victims of child sexual abuse.
We often focus on the “science” part of citizen science. The “citizen” is important as well. It reminds us that we are part of something greater than ourselves, with a duty to generations to come.
Hundreds of thousands of migrants have come through Australia’s skilled migrant program. But we are wasting many of their skills.
The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries, woven around 1500, have been called the ‘Mona Lisa of the Middle Ages’. While they make for breathtaking viewing, their threads are encoded with much meaning.
Other states have had recent smaller inquiries, but the NSW inquiry into the education of children with a disability was across all systems, and could lead best practice nationally.
For a public space to be seen as safe, welcoming and accessible, a diverse range of people need to actively use it. That’s why any space-changing project needs to engage broadly with the community.
Snowboarding and freeskiing are relatively new to the Winter Olympics, coming from highly-skilled amateur backgrounds. Their athletes are often risk-taking individualists, at home on social media.
Most of us lack the expertise to evaluate climate science, but there are ways anyone can spot a badly reasoned argument.
Private health insurance is meant to take pressure off the public system. But with exclusionary policies, people are increasingly avoiding the levies and using the public system anyway.
New research shows that vaccination against the deadly Hendra virus in horses does not reduce their racing performance.
Doping scandals have dominated the build-up to the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.
Despite a boom in the construction of trendy buildings and classrooms, the evidence for their link to boosting learning outcomes is limited.
Uncertainty is built into democracy, but we are seeing more talk of crisis and more attempts at redefinition. So where does this leave citizens who want to have a meaningful say in how they live?
The launch of Elon Musk’s Falcon Heavy rocket is undoubtedly a spectacular feat of engineering - but the release of a sports car into orbit also says something about our values as human beings.
Why are flies so easily able to evade our attempts to swat them?
The situation in Perth in particular has some parallels to that of Cape Town, but Australian cities responded to the last big drought by investing in much bigger water supply and storage capacity.
Traditional car manufacturing may have gone from Australia with a loss of jobs, but one senior figure in the motor industry sees a potential for new jobs thanks to driverless cars.
With the Taliban ramping up its attacks once again, the war in Afghanistan shows no sign of ending.
Actor Craig McLachlan has launched defamation proceedings against publishers over sexual harassment allegations. Here’s what that means for McLachlan and his accusers.
To answer this question from Fiona, age 6, we need to know some things about clouds and light.
How can we find buried bodies? Ground penetrating radar is one solution - but it’s not always effective. Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) offers a very sensitive alternative.
Tourism Australia’s Super Bowl commercial is good strategy, reflecting familiar popular signifiers of Australia. Straying outside of these concepts hasn’t proven successful.
The good news is there’s a vaccine to prevent feline parvovirus.
Volatility indexes show that investors have been complacent about the risk of a share market correction.