In early December, the nations of the world are poised to take an historic step on nuclear weapons. Yet Australia sticks out like a sore thumb among Asia-Pacific nations in arguing against change.
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Donald Trump will soon have command of thousands of nuclear weapons. This presents a new and unknown threat to global security - and an urgent incentive for all states to ban nuclear weapons.
If we are serious about rehabilitating prisoners and reducing reoffending, then education and integration back into the community are vital. Today, internet access is essential to achieve that.
Trump’s attacks on the Fed have raised questions about its independence, but there is more to good governance than that.
The currency switch is one of a number of steps taken by the Modi government to crack down on corruption and tax avoidance.
Most people eat about a kilo of wheat a week but for others it can cause painful health concerns. So why not isolate the parts of wheat that cause problems, and remove them from future crops.
We know very little about Australia’s most threatened plants.
For many Australians, our perceptions of the first world war and the foreign lands on which that war was fought have been shaped by our family’s war mementos: medals, uniforms, cigar cases, and other souvenirs…
The fact we are almost totally unaware of this elegant reflex is evidence of the superb, undercover work the balance system does for us.
Super is the wrong tool to provide an adequate support in retirement for low-income earners. Our research shows top-up measures to help this group are poorly targeted and too expensive.
Trump’s demagoguery took political discourse in America to a place where it lost contact with reality.
Customers still want personal interaction with their bank, but do banks need branches to deliver it?
Cape Grim’s air pollution station has recorded some of the biggest changes to the world’s atmosphere over the past 40 years.
The time is right for a crash course on section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, its exemptions and the powers of the Australian Human Rights Commission.
Women are underrepresented in the film industry, but it’s not their fault. New research analyses the system that ensures male dominance and identifies the ‘gender offenders’: men who work predominantly with men.
Medical students are using virtual reality to help them learn anatomy. But is it the game changing technology some people say it is?
We have decades of evidence showing the widespread abuse and neglect suffered by children in the out-of-home care system. The agencies responsible for allowing the abuse have little to fear.
Many Australians live on the coast, but how much do we know about the risks? While average sea levels are relatively easy to gauge, the risk of flooding also depends on weather, landscape, and climate.
Cool-water kelp forests are being eaten by tropical species moving south on warming waters.
To reduce female recidivism rates, we need to address inmates’ histories of trauma and abuse.
This year, the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death has been marked by a flood of events around the world. But why did his exit cause so little public grief at the time, in and beyond the country of his birth?
Australian businesses should wait and rethink long term strategies in response to Trump’s election in the US.
Although a drug of known safety and efficacy is available, scabies still affects more than 100 million people across the world.
The final weeks of 2016 would need to be the coldest of the 21st century to avoid it becoming the hottest year.
The threat of any tsunami following an earthquake can take time to assess, so it’s important people who live in risk zones are ready for any event.