Western methods of preserving history have excluded Indigenous stories. How can we include Indigenous narratives and their methods of maintaining history?
A recent survey reveals only limited employee support for workplace vaccine mandates, underlining how challenging the policy will be for lawmakers and employers.
The UN’s new Emissions Gap Report shows we’re on track to overshoot the Paris target of 1.5°C. If we don’t close this emissions gap, what will Australia, and the rest of world, be forced to endure?
Australia’s business sector has recognised the profits to be made in the hydrogen transition. Acting quickly, and powering the shift with renewable energy, is key.
Eliana Close, Queensland University of Technology; Ben White, Queensland University of Technology; Lindy Willmott, Queensland University of Technology; Simon Young, University of Southern Queensland; Tina Cockburn, Queensland University of Technology, and Will Cairns, James Cook University
Who gets scarce life-saving resources when hospitals are overwhelmed? And how are these decisions made? State and territory governments are yet to answer these difficult questions.
Studies point to students’ movement skills declining during lockdowns, especially among younger children. Levels of physical activity must be restored to avoid lifelong harm to their health.
Jane Kelsey, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
New Zealanders won’t see the full text of the UK free trade agreement until it is signed, meaning it will proceed without open public debate – despite locking in constraints on future governments.
Whether the Victorian royal commission leads to a more responsible gambling industry depends on the recommendations the state government has kicked down the road.
Without careful planning and implementation, the government risks making many of the same mistakes ushered in by the hasty ‘datafication’ of society, which has been turbocharged by the pandemic.
A true hoax provokes. It questions cultural biases, shattering conventions. But the curious case of the three men writing as a female author Carmen Mola does none of this.
Dion O'Neale, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Emily Harvey, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; James Gilmour, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, and Steven Turnbull, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
A model of a “virtual” Aotearoa shows even a few new connections will lead to a complex web of transmission which could fuel the spread of the Delta outbreak.
Education Minister Alan Tudge has rejected the draft history curriculum. He wants students to learn that ‘we live in the greatest country on Earth’. That’s not history. It’s jingoistic nationalism.