The South Pole Telescope has mapped our skies in more detail than ever before, strengthening our understanding of dark energy ...

PRIDE month is more than a time of recognition, it’s a call to action. It reminds us that while visibility is empowering, it ...

Mis- and disinformation have once again been named the top global risk of the immediate term in the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Risks Report 2025. This comes just days after Meta ...

After decades of sprawling, residential-only developments, Melbourne, along with all Australian cities, has become increasingly car-dependent – potentially impacting both the city’s liveability and ...

Education does not just impart information; it shapes who we are and who we might be. Since 2010, the Australian Curriculum has included an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures ...

But this approach kicks off a game that begins with fierce competition to win the project on price, and the temptation for the paying government is always to take the lowest price offered by the ...

The risk of harm from climate change and extreme weather events is not just a function of the intensity of the hazard or exposure. Communities and their residents have characteristics that make them ...

The data also shows that the gap between the number of young men and women living out of the parental home is narrowing. In 2001, 47 per cent of men and 36 per cent of women aged 18 to 29 years lived ...

Fast forward to the findings of the 2023 annual Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey and Australia’s oldest residents now have the lowest rates of loneliness in the ...

Have you heard of ‘Flat-Earth education’? It’s a phrase I am using as a provocation to highlight a problem – the unquestioning acceptance of the everyday structures and practices of education, ...

This isn’t to trivialise the very real impact nomads have on gentrifying places and overwhelming local housing markets. Nor does it absolve them of their responsibility for making life more difficult ...

Passion vs payment We looked at the field preferences and final enrolments of more than 725,000 Australian students applying for Bachelors’ degrees in New South Wales and the Australian Capital ...