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This week’s Pacific Islands Forum is the region’s premier multilateral summit. But members have begun turning elsewhere out of frustration with Australia’s climate negotiation tactics.
Energy companies shouldn’t rely on government regulation to protect them from the growing disruption from renewables and increased consumer control.
Income poverty statistics tell us relatively little about why Australian children live in poverty, or how to alleviate it. But housing plays a critical part in the problem.
Experts are petitioning the TGA to remove nicotine from the Poisons Standard so e-cigarettes can legally be used to quit smoking.
Speaking with: Juan Francisco Salazar about colonising Antarctica and Mars
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Dallas Rogers speaks with Prof Juan Francisco Salazar about studying the research community in Antarctica to learn about what colonising Mars and other planets might look like.
Othello is one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies. But in the light of 21st-century understandings of abuse, the play is recast as a textbook case of domestic terrorism.
Even for those on statins, a healthy Mediterranean eating pattern has been shown to bring extra benefits.
Cooking shows like Zumbo’s Just Desserts tout their self-taught, working-class contestants. But most of their audience is more likely to be cleaning the set than blast-chilling a croquembouche.
Are men hot-blooded, sex-driven creatures that think about sex every seven seconds? Not quite.
More of Australia’s oceans should be placed under high protection, according to the latest marine reserves review.
With so many athletes with different abilities and disabilities, the first challenge is to make sure there is fair play at the paralympics.
What is hybrid warfare, and why would Australia benefit from its technological developments?
Happy employees, whose basic needs are met, are essential to a productive business.
Irish tax case shows the real cost of competition – our democracy.
While there was plenty of razzmatazz at the Hangzhou summit, little progress was made on key policy issues.
Media companies say their results are an indicator of a transformation taking place from traditional business to newer profitable digital platforms, but it seems the proof is still missing.
What’s shocking about the treatment of detainees in youth detention is not so much the treatment of those vulnerable people, but that it is happening in a wealthy country like Australia.
Asthmatics given vitamin D had fewer severe attacks that needed treatment with oral medication.
Australia needs a new approach to solve the rural staffing churn. The solution might be found in better preparing those who teach the teachers.
Horses need to be removed from Australia’s mountains. The debate now is around ethics and their role in Australian culture.
Richard Neville was a man of his times: a smart-alec student in the 60s; a drug-smoking hippie on trial in the 70s; to a family man, writer and public speaker in the 80s and 90s.
Large asteroid hits on Earth have the potential to wipe out humanity so knowing how to detect and deflect them is vital. But we know very little about the interior make up of many asteroids.
It’s a tough time to be a retailer in Australia, but there are some retailers that have found the formula for success.
Chair of the Prime Minister’s Indigenous Advisory Council, Warren Mundine, told Q&A that $30 billion is spent every year on 500,000 Indigenous people in Australia. Is that right?