Neither NSW Labor nor the NSW Coalition is actually proposing to axe stamp duty. Neither are any of the other states or territories, apart from the ACT.
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In a post-truth era, with limited resources, archivists face difficult decisions about what should be preserved, but the problem is not new.
The new season of the Bachelor franchise has changed the formula, in a bid to combat audience fatigue and dropping ratings.
Ranging from 12 to 22 centimetres, these tiny octopus are extremely venomous and found all over Australia. Here’s what to do if you see someone get bitten.
To understand this question, we need to travel back in time.
Children and the adults they become need to choose how they grieve. That may include sharing their experiences and getting angry.
Aussiewood sprinkled its star dust at this year’s 80th Golden Globes with five nominations and an acting win for Cate Blanchett.
While there’s nothing new about the return-to-work blues, few companies have any strategy to facilitate readjustment to work after vacation.
Rather than weaken or oust Lula, the riots seem to have paradoxically strengthened the president politically.
The gap in housing wealth between older and younger Australians has widened from 161% to 234% – making it almost half as big again.
Globally, the air is getting hotter and drier, which means flash droughts and risky fire conditions are developing faster and more frequently.
Low carb diets are popular and pasta is often in the firing line for those who think it might contribute to weight gain. But your favourite dinner is being unfairly maligned!
A new work of environmental ethics argues that the constitutive value of natural places can be understood in the language of rights.
Sea-level rise isn’t the only climate-related problem for our coasts – extreme waves that cause flooding and erosion are also changing, but exactly how is hard to predict.
Pell, often described as a conservative Catholic, was jailed for child sexual abuse in Australia in 2019 but maintained his innocence and was acquitted the following year.
The best treatment for heroin dependence is opioid agonist treatment, where a similar but longer-acting opioid is provided in a regular dose, often with counselling or other support.
You can’t hurt a robot – but do you want to be the kind of person who sinks the boot into a harmless robodog?
The true value of tenure goes beyond protection of the individual. It protects society from ideologically motivated restructuring as an alternative to poor performance management.
The tragic death of Steve Irwin in 2006 gave stingrays a reputation for being dangerous. But stingray-caused deaths are incredibly rare.
Rent assistance is only $10-14 per day, well below rent levels.
About one in four international students were in severe financial stress just before COVID hit, and soaring rents and record low vacancies are likely to make their plight even worse now.
Are our animal companions showing off when they share more than toys with us? And what should we do about it?
Writing from lived experience often has legitimacy, but autofiction has fictional elements that trouble the autobiographical pact.
For years, the ‘safeguard mechanism’ has been widely criticised for lacking teeth. Labor’s new reform doesn’t change that much.
Will specific dog theft laws actually help stop this crime? The practical effects aren’t clear cut, but such laws do have symbolic value, recognising dogs aren’t merely property.