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Right now, teachers across Australia are busy writing up end-of-year report cards for nearly 4 million school students. But what should you do if your child brings home a report you’re not happy with?
Despite perceptions of a divided and troubled nation, social cohesion in Australia actually improved on most measures in 2015, the latest Scanlon Foundation survey finds.
Franchisors exercise a lot of control over their franchisees, but it’s a different story when it comes to store workers.
Changes in temperature and season do affect our health – and not just when the weather turns cold.
As a landowner, can you veto a coal seam gas development? And does the environment minister have the power to say no to coal mines?
Google has lost the latest round in the ongoing defamation case about its delivery of potentially harmful search results.
While Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin openly draws on medieval and early modern history in the worlds of his books, his subversive depictions of witchcraft make his female characters both intriguing and powerful.
Tony Abbott’s Margaret Thatcher Lecture, delivered in London on Tuesday night, provides a fitting epitaph to his government.
The government compels us to do lots of things without any incentive payment, so why should super be any different?
Consumers want to eat eggs that are kinder to hens. But with most laying hens bred for cages and not suited to roaming free, it will take farmers a while to catch up and breed happier chooks.
Australians have come a long way in understanding depression. Most recognise the symptoms and believe in the value of professional help. But anxiety disorders have been left behind.
The Academy says it will withdraw “millions of dollars” from investments in environmentally sensitive activities, primarily in energy and mining companies.
Australia’s law could be tightened up to better define the responsibility for labour hire workers.
Jurassica, the latest play from Red Stitch, is a cross-generational reflection on the migrant experience. It’s part of a long tradition of plays exploring the challenges faced by Italian-Australians.
In the latest ANUpoll, most Australians (92%) surveyed responded that they belong to the middle or working class.
A liveable city has become the highest form of praise we can give to a city space. But we need to discuss what that means and who gets to participate in the process of governing and shaping a city.
A synthetic version of the hormone oxytocin has been shown to improve social responsiveness among some children with autism.
Potential franchisees need to know what they are committing to before they decide to buy a franchise.
High school drop-out rates combined with costly travel and living expenses puts regional students at a disadvantage when applying to universities in Australia.
What is it about modern digital technology that inspires suspicion rather than trust?
Research shows that when people share happy news on social media, they make their friends - and extended social network - happy too. Picking up on this trend is a new swathe of “good news” websites.
The World Health Organisation has determined that eating processed meat definitely causes cancer, while eating red meat probably does.
The United Nations is promoting a website to measure, reduce and offset your personal carbon emissions. But will this fix climate change?
Looking at historical health-care records can reveal how misunderstanding of a medical condition first came to develop and why it may not be being treated properly.