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Next time you’re baking a cake or putting a spoonful of something sweet in your coffee, here’s which sugar you should choose and why.
Memorial brings Alice Oswald’s poetic retelling of the Iliad to the stage, with its furious indictment of war and its aftermath.
While cutting the long summer holidays would help working parents, it may not be so great for teachers who need to plan and do professional development, and kids who need a rest.
Millions of older Australians live in houses that don’t safely meet their needs, but they’re not ready for a nursing home. Lack of suitable housing and the moving costs leave them with nowhere to go.
The reality is that Bill Shorten is, in many ways, a garden-variety centre-left leader.
Parents – stop panicking. Teens use secondary Instagram accounts not to be sneaky, but to show their “non-polished” selves and connect with small groups of true friends.
The creation of climate models with open source code, available for anyone to use, has improved scientific collaboration and helped research get more efficient.
New modelling shows negative gearing and capital gains taxes can be reformed in a way that doesn’t impact poorer investors.
The latest poll on children’s oral health shows many parents have misconceptions about how to prevent tooth decay in their children and don’t know of the free dental services available.
Australian artist Elizabeth Durack became infamous for her use of an Aboriginal nom de plume in 1990s. But in the 1960s, when the country was striving for independence from Australia, she portrayed Papuan women with sensitivity.
China has upped its defence spending and is investing heavily in revolutionary technologies that could transform its military into the world’s most powerful force by the middle of the century.
Whenever gun control enters public debate, the high emotions and moralising tend to take over rational, evidence-based debate.
Quitting sugar is unlikely to improve your health any more than cutting down on ultra-processed foods, eating more vegetables and cooking food from scratch.
Addressing male cultures of tribalism and violence needs to be central to the response to reports of hazing and violence in Austrslia’s university colleges.
Nick Xenophon’s SA-Best slumps while Labor fights the ‘It’s time’ factor in the lead-up to the South Australian election.
Business leaders some sectors are feeling less positive about the year ahead because consumers are spending less, according to our analysis of the outlook of leaders of Australia’s ASX 200 companies.
While the 2018 Oscars ceremony showed its support for women against sexual harassment, women remain underrepresented in some of the awards catagories.
Around 140 Australian nursing-home residents have taken their own lives between 2000 and 2013, our new study shows.
Increasingly insecure pathways to home ownership are not just a problem for property markets. The fallout is likely to hit retirement incomes, the welfare base, gender equity and the broader economy.
Flies need good grip because they often sleep upside down.
The government’s plans to store our biometric data are currently going through parliament. The data could reveal more than we’d like to those who seek to access the information.
Simply copying and pasting what works without adjusting for local circumstances is very risky.
You Know We Belong Together is a moving demand for more representation of people with Down Syndrome in the arts.
The only way to prevent a stye is to keep your eyelids clean and free of grime that can block your glands.