LGBTIQ people watching Heartstopper are reporting feeling anger, grief, and sadness as they compared the show to their own relatively painful adolescence. Here’s how to navigate those feelings.
Russia’s botched invasion of Ukraine vividly demonstrates the real-world impacts of corruption, with Russian soldiers forced to eat rations years out of date while their leaders bought mega-yachts.
Anthony Albanese had expected the election might be a week earlier than it was, because last Saturday would bump up against Tuesday’s Quad meeting in Tokyo.
Frequent mass shootings are a stain on the country’s international reputation. But it’s likely the latest episode will lead to more inaction on gun control.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Labor’s commitment to the Uluru Statement from the Heart. This means there may soon be a First Nations Voice to Parliament. However there is a journey ahead.
The WHO has released a major report on assistive technology. It says almost 1 billion children and adults can’t get the glasses, wheelchairs, technology, devices or other supports they need.
The 1833 Leonid Meteor storm, as seen over Niagara Falls.
Edmund Weiß (1888)
In the final episode of our election podcast, our regular panellists are joined by two expert guests to discuss what the election outcome could mean for domestic and foreign policy.
Artist’s impression of an eastern moa in its podocarp forest habitat. Paul Martinson.
Te Papa Tongarewa/Museum of NZ
DNA from ancient eastern moa bones is unlocking the secrets of their survival during the last ice age, and providing lessons for today’s threatened species.
A yet-to-be-verified study found health-care workers who’d had a flu shot were a third less likely to test positive for COVID – and 90% less likely to develop severe COVID symptoms.
Do we read crime novels because we know what is right and wrong, or for guidance through a world that appears ‘all grey’? The books of lawyer-turned-writer Dervla McTiernan prompt such questions.
Our research shows the co-contribution scheme does little to help low and middle-income earners. The new Albanese government should consider discontinuing it – saving hundreds of millions of dollars.
Two regional seats that straddle the NSW/Victorian border, Eden-Monaro and Gippsland, are geographically close. But these seats repeatedly return very different election results.
This election was a perfect storm for the Coalition, with fires, floods and international criticism dialing up the pressure for climate action. In the end, Australia made the decision for them.