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If you’re holding off on renovating until next year expecting prices to calm down, odds are you will be disappointed.
‘Formidable’ writer and inequality activist Barbara Ehrenreich – author of Nickel and Dimed – has died, aged 81. Barbara Pocock celebrates her legacy.
A comparison of 42 urban areas in New Zealand with 500 towns and cities in the US shows how much better local urban design has to be if we’re serious about reducing reliance on cars.
‘Everything is random,’ the Penguin Random House CEO recently told a US court, about how the publishing business works. It all seemed to be a gamble. But is that how it works in Australia?
New boosters protect against the original COVID strain as well as Omicron. In future, we might see variant-proof vaccines or those delivered in the nose or mouth.
Gender equality was at the forefront of all discussions at the government’s jobs summit - but it was also a reminder there is still a long way to go.
The big increases quoted are for “asking rents”. The rents paid by existing renters are climbing more slowly.
With the goal of ‘business as usual’, politicians will continue to reduce COVID protections without immediate consequence while transmission is low. But then the next wave will come.
Australia has more than 60 species of native rodents found nowhere else in the world. New research used museum specimens to find out how they got here.
The jobs and skills summit, which concluded on Friday, has been a highly-managed exercise by the Albanese government in maximising policy and political productivity.
A Raisin in the Sun is arguably one of the most compelling narratives of 20th century Black American life.
Everyone celebrates the feats of engineering that go into space exploration – but without chemistry, astronauts wouldn’t even be able to breathe.
For over a decade, Putin has been systematically destroying Gorbachev’s historic achievements.
Major public media reform in New Zealand is coming at the same time as trust in government and media declines. The proposed new law needs to make political and editorial independence a top priority.
The Chinese government’s action in Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity, says a long awaited report from UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, this new ABC crime drama Savage River explores complex social territory.
The scars many whales bear throughout their lives resulting from shark attacks are more than sufficient evidence sharks will have a go if an opportunity arises.
Seahorse fathers use different muscles and hormones to give birth than female animals.
Soon after a baby is born, it’s becoming more common these days for the father or non-birthing parent to be encouraged to place the newborn directly on their chest.
Coal plants are exiting the grid faster than expected. We’ll need to redouble efforts to add flexibility into our energy systems and build renewables and storage.
Lunar mining and geopolitical squabbles are set to play key roles in humanity’s return to the Moon.
Defenders of free speech are often the same people who seek to silence those they do not happen to agree with.
By following some simple steps when preparing and storing foods, it is possible to safely reheat foods more than once.
Upfront cash payments would be more helpful to students than cheaper course fees - as this makes cost-of-living easier while studying.