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The South Australian and federal governments’ energy feud reached a peak this week, but just who is responsible?
For couples, families or friends who share a significant song, the effects of music can be powerful and persistent, lasting well into old age, even piercing through dementia.
The University of Canberra’s Nicholas Klomp and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics.
The lovers at the centre of The Green Bell - its author, Paula Keogh, and that passing meteor of Australian poetry, Michael Dransfield - met in the psychiatric unit of Canberra Hospital.
Economics doesn’t have all the answers – at least not for those looking to escape ideology.
Restrictions on gambling advertisements may be effective in helping those with problems manage their urges to gamble.
Now, more than at any time in our history, Australia needs a relationship with China ‘comparable with that which we have, or seek, with other major powers’.
A planned expansion to the Snowy Hydro scheme is grabbing headlines. But a new plan could build oceanfront hydro power in places without mountains - including South Australia.
Grotesques, prattlers, hysterical women … historically, spinsters have had a raw deal in fiction. But astonishingly, the situation for older single ladies in contemporary novels has scarcely improved.
Tools like Amazon’s Mechanical Turk allow psychology researchers to recruit test subjects from around the world. But the system can also be exploited.
Older people in nursing homes or aged care facilities are often locked up “for their own safety”, which new research says isn’t usually needed.
Discounts can be really powerful in driving sales, but companies should be wary of overusing them.
Malcolm Turnbull had the media troop to Talbingo in the Snowy Mountains for Thursday’s big Hydro announcement.
There is little if any evidence that the frequency of sentinel events reflects the overall quality of care provided by a hospital.
For a driverless car to be safer than one driven by a person it must know what’s going on around it. But making a system that can “see” is a challenge for tech companies.
The Australian government is considering a cap on car emissions, and the savings in fuel and health costs mean there’s no reason to delay.
The blockchain isn’t just for Bitcoin transactions. Advertisers can no longer ignore blockchain’s huge implications for the world of marketing.
Channel Nine has apologised to Gina Rinehart over its mini-series House of Hancock. What implications does this have for screenwriters telling stories about powerful figures?
Political street protests and even the more playful flash mobs have the power to not only disrupt flows of traffic but also assumptions about norms of behaviour in public spaces.
Australians’ confidence in charities would be strengthened if any compliance action taken against them was made public.
The Great Barrier Reef is bleaching again. Without greater action on climate change and water quality, its World Heritage status could be listed as “in danger”.
Smashed avo storms, news stories about lazy millennials … Has anything changed in the 20 years since Mark Davis wrote his influential book Gangland?
Fear of repercussions and the feeling of not being taken seriously are two reasons why children who are bullied don’t seek help from teachers.
Politicians should be subject to a penalty regime similar to the far more stringent one that applies to company directors.