Exempting pensioners from private health rebate changes won’t make it fairer. Here’s what would

A pensioner carve-out would mostly protect comfortable part-pensioners, while missing younger families who are struggling ...

Victorian state election: what’s at stake for treaty and Indigenous self‑determination?

Victoria has made significant progress in advancing Indigenous rights. However, those achievements sit precariously as the ...

Can a new government solve NZ’s local council crisis? Why a royal commission could help

Local government has experienced massive upheaval over the past years, but the big financial and infrastructural challenges ...

You’re supposed to turn Bluetooth off when you don’t need it – how risky is it really?

The Australian Cyber Security Centre recommends switching Bluetooth off when it is not being used because this removes a ...

The deep ocean’s protection against warming started to change in 2016. Nobody knows what happens now

Melting sea ice protects the deep ocean from warming – but when sea ice levels declined, the system began to break down.

3 major issues that Republican Byron Donalds or Democrat David Jolly will need to address as Florida’s next governor

So when Florida voters choose between Republican Byron Donalds and Democrat David Jolly for governor on Nov. 3, the winner ...

Why do we find certain things beautiful? A psychologist’s new book offers a bold answer

Nicholas Humphrey’s new book, Why Is the World So Beautiful?, posits a theory of beauty – but is beauty too manifold to ...

Creative arts enrolments are dropping for Year 12. Here’s what parents and students should know

An analysis of national figures shows between 2012 and 2022, the proportion of male Year 12 students taking an arts subject ...

Climate change is killing the plants of Uluṟu‑Kata Tjuṯa. Aṉangu traditional owners are concerned

Extreme temperatures combined with withering drought mean plants and animals on Aṉangu land are struggling to bounce back.

Key Atlantic currents could collapse this century, but the risk is missing from almost all national climate plans – new study

An Amoc collapse would dramatically alter the world’s climate – often in unexpected ways. Our new study shows how governments ...

In Brazil’s election, first‑round voting was driven by resentment – in the runoff, it was guided by fear

The shock and fear of the victory of far right candidate Flávio Bolsonaro in the first round brought about a change in ...

Drones could help weather forecasters more accurately predict winter storms

Weather drones are being tested to help update forecasts of extreme weather more quickly, and could help us prepare earlier ...