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Public health remains the Cinderella of services when it comes to health budgets. But the pandemic has shown why New Zealand urgently needs a better investment approach.
Living rough to prepare for a role. Abusing fellow actors to provoke an ‘authentic’ response … It’s easy to ridicule the Method but the truth of this approach to acting is far more complex.
Researchers wanted to understand what happens when chameleons – animals that display dynamic colour change – find themselves in an environment without their natural predators.
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Grattan Institute’s Danielle Wood on election’s thin policy debate
Michelle Grattan speaks with Danielle Wood, the CEO of the Grattan Institute, an independent think tank, where policy experts research and advocate for policies to improve Australians' lives.
Caleb Lewis’ play, named for a popular but treacherous diving cave, is a sumptuous look at the beauty – and danger – of diving.
What’s pushing up coal and gas prices is pushing up electricity prices, but some states have better shields than others.
Critical minerals like cobalt, lithium and rare earth elements abound in Australia. But we’re not making the most of these in-demand resources.
You wouldn’t run up and hug a stranger in the street – let’s not do it to dogs. Here’s how to keep kids safe and dogs happy during chance encounters.
How do businesses get employees back into the office when they want to work from home? Research shows the solution could be a blend between the office and home.
In his latest collection, Revenants, an award-winning poet roams across personal, historical, geographical and cultural terrain.
The Coalition’s track record was mostly positive until the AUKUS announcement.
You’ve probably heard about those ‘36 questions to find love’. Where did they actually come from and do they work?
Labor and the Coalition have announced their parental leave policies. If you are planning to have children, you should be familiar with what they’re offering.
Science is about more than crisis management – it’s about how we understand our present and future, and realise our potential as people
Humour is now part of the modern election campaign. Facebook and TikTok have become joke battlegrounds.
Labor needs substantially more than 50% of the two-party preferred vote – 51.8% according to the pendulum – to win the majority of seats, 76. This equates to a swing of 3.3 percentage points.
There are 900,000 described species of insects in the world. Field guides help us make sense of them.
We’re lagging behind on the shift to electric vehicles and clean transport. Here’s what we need to do.
The Spencer/Cahill Collection at Museums Victoria contains approximately 170 bark paintings – and now we can name one of the artists behind them.
Attendance at school is crucial to improving educational outcomes for students. Unfortunately, children in out-of-home care face myriad challenges when it comes to attending school every day.
A wealth tax has long been in the too hard basket for successive governments, but it’s time to take it out and properly debate the fairness of the current system.
Both Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison landed themselves onto the sticky paper on Tuesday, as they trudged through this campaign’s penultimate week.
Word from The Hill: Scott Morrison defends Katherine Deves (again), but slips up on surgery detail
Michelle Grattan discusses politics with politics + society editor, Amanda Dunn
How might Gunner’s resignation affect the federal seat of Lingiari?