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Some in government and industry aim to fill Australia’s skills shortages with migration policies. But VET numbers are up, suggesting many Australians are re-skilling. We could encourage more of this.
For Morrison the 2050 policy is an attempted barnacle-removing process, for both the Glasgow conference and the election.
Australia’s southwest is a biodiversity hotspot - and it’s also a climate change hotspot. Something has to give.
On climate change, and other sustainable development goals, there’s still a big gap between corporate talk and action.
It appears from recent polling that the more the deputy prime minister is in the spotlight, the worse the Coalition will perform.
Two First Nations Elders will argue in court the Australian government has a duty to cut greenhouse gas emissions to ensure their homeland and people are protected.
Under the shadow of World War II, Australia began to form its own foreign policy, separate from the British Empire. A legation in China was Australia’s third foreign outpost.
The pandemic highlighted Australia’s reliance on early childhood educators, while adding to their existing stresses. A study of how educators fared identifies three key factors in their well-being.
Regulators are currently reviewing the safety and efficacy data of the Pfizer vaccine for five to 11 year olds before deciding whether to approve its use in this age group.
Rather than trying to take agency away from First Nations people, sometimes white allies need to take a step back.
Unvaccinated people are ten times more likely to contract COVID, and more likely to pass it on than vaccinated people.
A new report calls for a federal strategy and package of support for the sector to reduce the risk of transmission among the one million unvaccinated children attending childcare and pre-school.
The Coalition government has shown contempt for accountability. It’s time more was done to safeguard standards and our democracy.
The hero of The Green Knight, played brilliantly by Dev Patel, is flawed and less than honorable. The film is a deliberately unromantic exploration of the world of King Arthur and his court.
It’s still not known exactly how female birds produce such colourful and intricately-patterned eggs. But we do have some theories about the survival advantage this provides.
Restoring farmland is one of the best ways to tackle climate and environmental issues over the long-term. But this doesn’t appear to be part of the Nationals deal.
Most modern animals have their roots half a billion years ago in the Cambrian Explosion, but one group was curiously missing from the fossil record - until now.
More houses are under construction than ever before, but completions haven’t grown. Instead, building is taking longer.
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Keith Pitt on the climate plan and coal’s future
Keith Pitt is one of the governments loudest advocates for the coal industry. In the wake of the Nationals agreeing to net zero, he talks about the 2050 climate plan and the future of coal
While the plan responds to many recommendations by the royal commission, it doesn’t adequately address at-risk youth or say how it will involve survivors in shaping and overseeing strategies.
A proposed online privacy code would give consumers more control over how tech companies collect and use their data
City centres have been hit hard by lockdown measures - but can artists and entrepreneurs really breathe life into the space?
Teens from low socioeconomic areas of Perth who took part in specialist sports programs were better engaged at school and their maths grades improved, my research shows.
Protection from infection wanes over time. So boosters will offer extra protection and hopefully reduce the spread of the virus even further.