It’s been a year of incredible feats in science and technology but also a year of uncertainty too as the Australian government’s budget proposed changes to the funding for universities and cut funding…
You didn’t need a onesie to get hot under the collar about sharks in 2014.
AAP Image/Theron Kirkman
Want a single word to sum up environmental affairs in 2014? Let’s go with “heated”. The year began with the realisation that 2013 was Australia’s hottest ever (and yes, it’s because of us), and ended with…
Key issues in 2014: HIV progress, Ebola, Medicare co-payment and consumer health.
Flickr/Brian Talbot; EPA/Ahmed Jallanzo; AAP/David Hunt; www.rowenawaack.com
2014 was dominated by discussions about better ways of paying for health care. But for all the talk, little progress was made. The year began with former Howard government adviser Terry Barnes’ proposal…
Tony Abbott promised a government of no surprises and no excuses. 2014 delivered anything but.
AAP/Lukas Coch
In 1996, John Howard offered this aspiration for Australians: I would like to see them comfortable and relaxed about their history; I would like to see them comfortable and relaxed about the present and…
How’s your year been? Thanks for sharing it with us.
AAP/MONA, Exxopolis by Architects of Air
Paul Dalgarno, The Conversation; Catriona Menzies-Pike, The Conversation, and Alix Bromley, The Conversation
Hey luvvies! We’ve made it! 2014 is in the bank – and here’s what we did, what you read, how we all came through it. Think of the following as a music festival: loads of highlights, one after the other…
Margaret Drain, The Conversation; Maggie Villiger, The Conversation; Maria Balinska, The Conversation; Jessie Schanzle, The Conversation; Bryan Keogh, The Conversation, and Nick Lehr, The Conversation
Holidays provide some time to hunker down for a good read, maybe by the fire if you live in the northern hemisphere; if not, then on a patch of warm sand by the sea. In case you’ve missed some issues…
Higher education got the most attention it’s had in decades, thanks to the proposed shake up by this man.
AAP
While 2013 was all about schools and their funding (remember Gonski, anyone?), 2014 was the year of higher education reform. Or, at least, proposed higher education “reform”. With cuts to higher education…
Amidst the hugging of cuddly animals, G20 leaders talked growth.
Andrew Taylor/G20 Australia/AAP
In April, Treasurer Joe Hockey set the tone for his economics policies in a speech in New York on what he referred to as ending the “entitlement culture”. Hockey, who had given a defining speech in 2012…