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New Zealand’s MIQ system has been found ‘unreasonable’ yet still broadly justified. And just like the decisions that drove the COVID response, any apology will be more about politics than the law.
The winners of the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. The awards are contentious – but are fought over precisely because of their symbolic and enduring cultural function
Season 2 of The White Lotus is rich with visual art references that provide clues and symbolism to the deeper meanings of the show.
‘See your GP’ is standard advice. But what if you don’t have one? Or yours is shutting up shop? Here’s how to find a new GP who suits you.
While incidents like the one that has occurred in rural Queensland will shock Australians, such incidents are relatively rare.
Geminids – the best meteor shower of the year – are about to grace the skies. Here’s everything you need to know.
Year 12 students around Australia are beginning to receive their exam results. It’s a time of intense pressure for many young people.
The licence didn’t extend to trading in cryptocurrenices, and had been granted to a firm FTX took over, rather than FTX itself.
Medicare rebated psychology sessions are going back down to ten, following their pandemic boost to 20. But we know ten isn’t enough for most mental health disorders.
80,000 years ago, Australia’s landscape was dominated by much larger versions of today’s marsupials – including enigmatic and enormous wombats.
The path of Plibersek’s big agenda stretches far beyond the one-term political horizon – and it’s fraught with dangers.
A new book argues that very rarely it is ethically justifiable to deceive to get a story. But mostly it’s a dangerous and harmful practice that adds to the public’s mistrust of the media.
In her essay on the work of Tim Winton, Geraldine Brooks is looking for a punch-up with academics and critics.
Latecomers looks at the role of sex and sexuality in the lives of disabled people.
If the proposed pumped hydro scheme at Onslow goes ahead and is managed well, it could be a major asset to diversify a low-carbon, self-resilient economy in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The assumption that females are just smaller versions of males has been widely used in biomedical research. A new mouse study indicates that’s unlikely to be true.
The use of unreliable, discriminatory automated recruitment tools is on the rise – and they’re completely unregulated.
Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse at the National Gallery of Victoria is an important fashion exhibition that makes us consider how all the visual arts are inter-related.
There were deaths from COVID and deaths with COVID – but other deaths are also likely linked to the virus’s impact on our health and our medical care.
2023 will mark the ten year anniversary of Australia’s National Arts and Health Framework. Our new research points the way forward from here.
A country of plenty like Australia should be able to ensure no one is denied their right to adequate food. But food insecurity is on the rise, and we aren’t even properly monitoring the problem.
A bear eats a teenager, and inherits his memories. An ageing woman writer buys a tower of her own – where she reimagines the crone from Rapunzel. Two inventive new books resonate with our reviewer.
More nuanced understandings of racism, wealth and ‘whiteness’ are needed when designing anti-racism policy.
Some results of independent testing of rapid antigen tests available in Australia have been made public. Here’s what the data tell us.