Most people who see Myuran Sukumaran: Another Day in Paradise, opening today as part of the Sydney Festival, will already have a strong opinion on the artist and his death – but a few may have their minds changed.
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As the weather heats up, Australian households won’t just be cranking up the air conditioning for themselves. Some households will also be turning it on for their dogs or cats.
The ABS’ labour force survey is more than 50 years old. We need a new way of measuring employment for a new modes of work.
This move to measure the impact of university research on society introduces many new challenges that were not previously relevant when evaluation focused solely on academic merit.
Could the broader adoption of the Fast4 tennis format at the professional level prevent the rising trends in match durations, and make the sport more unpredictable?
The Rod Culleton saga still has some way to go before its conclusion. But it is almost certain that he will not be able to continue as a senator.
The extinction of the giant reptiles, marsupials and birds that once called Australia home has been the subject of much debate, including the role early Australians may have had on their fate.
For over two decades, psychologists and communication scholars have been seriously studying the degree a person is able to correctly understand another’s unsaid thoughts or feelings.
Musicals are back in vogue, with La La Land cleaning up at the Golden Globes. The film is, among other things, an homage to the classic musicals of old. So what are the must see movies of the genre?
With little hope of finding alternatives to jet fuel, we need to seriously consider a world without flying.
What are fraudsters really like? Are they all psychopaths? To fight fraud we need an accurate picture of who commits these offences.
Centrelink’s debt recovery problems reflect an over-simplistic application of policy to the complexity of workers’ lives in a flexible labour market.
Most of our hospitals were not designed to cope with the health impacts of future extreme weather. And hospital infrastructure has not been adapted to secure health care during such events.
There’s a simple solution to the school uniform conundrum: have a range of sanctioned options and allow students to choose, no matter their gender.
Some people are good at understanding the emotions of others but not at feeling them or commenting on them. So can we teach people the parts they lack?
Finding a balance between providing information on public figures like James Hird and minimising harm often is a delicate pickle for journalists.
Protest poetry has an esteemed history, from the British war poets to writers behind the Iron Curtain. In Perth, poets are protesting against a contentious road extension and their words are charged.
Research based on palaeological flood records suggests floods as big as those that hit Brisbane in 2011 may be more common than we think.
The way early humans learned to handle food could explain why the majority of people today are right handed.
Paul Cleary makes a good case as to why Australia should follow Norway as an example of how to tax miners in Trillion Dollar Baby.
We are now seeing technology being designed with education in mind, and it’s changing the way students’ learn and understand.
The Peppa Pig brand of sunscreens are manufactured on behalf of the Cancer Council Australia. While they have been available for some time, some parents have recently reported their use has resulted in…
A federal ICAC will not solve the sorts of problems Australian politicians have recently embroiled themselves in.
A 2006 treaty governing the A$40 billion Greater Sunrise oil and gas fields has been a source of contention for a number of years.
The most important benefit of citizenship for migrants is the sense of inclusion and acceptance into their adopted community.