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Only 14% of people in poorer countries have received one vaccine dose, but a leaked WTO ‘solution’ to waive patents fails to ensure developing countries can access life-saving vaccines and medicines.
There is a huge amount of legislation talking about ‘shared responsibility’ but it isn’t clear what this means or who needs to do what and when.
Choreographer Stephanie Lake brings together nine dancers and nine drummers in this thrillingly original work.
New Zealand has opened the borders to up to 4,000 Ukrainians fleeing violence in their home country. Why haven’t we been so welcoming to refugees from other parts of the world?
It feels like everyone around you has or is recovering from COVID. Maybe you’re fatigued and wondering if it’s an after-effect? Antibody tests could confirm it one way or another.
The West bears part of the blame for Ukraine’s suffering. The least it can do is to rebuild the country, ensure a pathway to EU membership and provide a future guarantee of security.
An international relations scholar traces the debate about tyrannicide from the ancient world to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Election time presents teachers, parents and citizens with an opportunity to put pressure on local candidates and demand courageous policy that will improve education in ways the community needs.
Australia might be a long way away, but fossil fuel price spikes triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine are hitting households hard. We could have avoided this pain.
$13 billion would buy us safe air in schools and aged care facilities. It would give the same sort of benefits as safe water.
There’s more spending on small local projects, so does it follow that it’s ‘pork-barrelling’? A new report shows what really matters is if the money is allocated under objective, transparent criteria.
Hypersonic missiles and space rockets already exist, but more test flights are needed before commercial airline passengers can be whisked around the world in a couple of hours.
Anna Clark’s latest work scrutinises the role History has played in nation building and the shaping of Australian culture, but her book has an absent philosophical centre.
Move over Mark McGowan and make some space for South Australia’s Peter Malinauskas on Scott Morrison’s recently-installed couch of Labor “besties”.
Labor’s strong win was a result of a clever campaign, but also, more broadly, the fracturing of centre-right politics in Australia.
On this occasion, the polls were right, with South Australians unequivocally electing Peter Malinauskas’ Labor Party as their next government.
A new geochemical discovery could lead to a cleaner way to extract the rare earth elements needed for the transition to renewable energy.
Whether the late senator’s treatment was unfairly harsh or part of the tough business of politics depends on who you ask – and in public life, the line between the two can be very fine indeed.
We need to document and investigate these attacks, including testimonies from health workers, if we are ever to see these war crimes prosecuted.
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Change Governance Dr Lain Dare discuss the week in politics.
Around 99% of people infected with JEV will have no or very mild symptoms. But in less than 1% of cases, it can become serious.
Residents and businesses are considering leaving Lismore for good. The town is now on the brink.
New research investigating the yabby diets found just how crucial these crayfish are to aquatic ecosystems.
The shock waves from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rippling through world energy, food and trade supply lines are profound, but not big enough to split the global economy