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‘Fed up, fired up, and finally heard’: inside the political earthquake brewing in Farrer

In Australia’s regional heartland, something unusual is happening — and voters know it.

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Grattan on Friday: The Farrer result will set off a willy willy. The budget already has

The run-up to a budget always sees a degree of chaos. But this year it has looked like one of those willy willies that blow up in outback Australia when the wind stirs a storm of dust.

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Australian gas exporters will be forced to set aside local supply for domestic users

Producers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) on Australia’s east coast will have to set aside 20% of their gas exports to be sold to domestic users from July next year.

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Russia doesn’t have much to celebrate on Victory Day, as Ukraine brings the war home to Putin

Russia has dramatically scaled back its annual Victory Day parade in Red Square on May 9, with no heavy military hardware for the first time in 20 years. There will also be fewer foreign or Russian dignitaries present.

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Game. Set. Match. is a love letter to truth-telling. It is nothing short of brilliant

Colonisation in this country has always been carried on the bodies of Aboriginal women. Many of these women, our grandmothers and aunties, were forced into domestic service in the homes of wealthy white families.

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Less trusting, more financially stressed: new data show how Australians feel about their lives

This week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released its refreshed General Social Survey. It tells a story economic indicators can’t capture.

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From fossicking for fossils to a champion for life on Earth: Sir David Attenborough at 100

Sir David Attenborough turns 100 this week.

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I’ve investigated a hantavirus outbreak. Here’s what I can tell you about the cruise ship cluster

The cruise ship cluster of hantavirus cases continues to grow. The World Health Organization reports that as of May 6 there were eight cases, three of whom are confirmed by laboratory testing as hantavirus. In recent days, we heard three passengers had died.

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Humid heat may increase the risk of premature birth. But aspirin could help

Pregnancy can be a time of joy and anticipation. But it can also be a nerve-wracking experience, with many factors affecting when and how a baby arrives.

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Landlords pay almost $7 billion a year more in tax than home owners, pushing rents higher

In Tuesday’s federal budget, the government is widely expected to bring in changes to how investment properties are taxed, including negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount.

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Is Richard Dawkins right about Claude? No. But it’s not surprising AI chatbots feel conscious to us

In recent days, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins wrote an op-ed suggesting AI chatbot Claude may be conscious.

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Do we absorb information better on paper, rather than screens? It depends on the screen

The Swedish government recently announced it was moving from the classroom use of digital devices back to physical books. It cited concerns over declining test scores and increasing screen time.

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Does abolishing the BSA mean the end of enforceable media standards in general?

The announcement by Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith that the government was abolishing the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) came as no real surprise.

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Increasing JobSeeker is long overdue. Here’s how we could do it, without breaking the budget

In the lead-up to the federal budget, there’s much focus on what the government will do to address cost-of-living pressures for households amid rising inflation and interest rates.

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Donations, access and secrecy: 3 tactics tobacco companies use to influence smoking laws

In April, the United Kingdom passed landmark laws that aim to create a “smokefree generation”. This means anyone born on or after January 1 2009 can never legally be sold tobacco products.

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More than 1 in 3 Australian adults are functionally illiterate. How can we fix this?

Australians spend more money per capita on education than most comparable nations. We should have high levels of literacy – but we don’t.

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A new survey of 10,000 migrants reveals exploitation at work is the norm. Here’s how to fix it

A 28-year-old international student from Pakistan took a job as a chef in Queensland. His employer paid a flat hourly rate that was well below the legal minimum, with no payslips. When he eventually left, his employer hired the next new arrival.

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5 great podcasts parents can listen to with children – backed by research

When it comes to sharing media with their children, many parents are left weighing up two imperfect options: screen time or reading.

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Urban trees cool the world’s cities more than we thought – but we can’t rely on them alone

Cities and towns are usually 1–3°C hotter than the surrounding countryside, because asphalt, concrete and brick absorb heat from the sun and radiate it slowly. Some cities can be as much as 7°C hotter. This effect is known as the urban heat island.

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Transcribing speech is never neutral. It shapes power and bias

Earlier this year I gave a talk about my research at Oxford’s All Souls College, and worked with a chef to design an accompanying menu.

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Teens came first at Australia’s world-leading Centre For Youth Literature – until it was axed

In 2019, the State Library Victoria announced it was retiring the “brand” of its groundbreaking Centre for Youth Literature.

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NZ is overdue for a population strategy – but there is only so much governments can do

Across the world’s most advanced economies, demographic issues have risen to near the top of the policy agenda.

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Federal investigation into Smith College probes whether transgender students can attend women’s schools – challenging the evolving mission of women’s education

Within the past decade, most women’s colleges in the United States – including Smith College, a liberal arts college in Northampton, Massachusetts – have expanded their admissions policies, allowing transgender students to also attend. Many of these policies allow transgender women to apply, while policies for transgender men and nonbinary…

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Countries must back commitments to transition from fossil fuels with action

The first international Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels concluded on April 29 in Santa Marta, Colombia. Stemming from the failure of the last COP meeting in Belèm, Brazil, to address the necessity of reducing reliance on fossil fuels, the intergovernmental event was co-organized by Colombia and the Netherlands…

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Recreational fishing in the US catches far more fish than previously estimated

One of the United States’ largest fisheries is hiding in plain sight. Recreational freshwater anglers in the lower 48 states catch – and keep – far more fish than any official body has estimated, according to new research from our team of North American fishery scientists.

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