• Economy

    A capital idea


    Joseph Zeller |  March 23, 2025


    To secure a prosperous future, Australia must address capital allocation within its economy, orienting to revitalise its domestic manufacturing industry.


  • Health

    The future of personalised medicine


    Siew Li Teoh |  March 23, 2025


    Genetic testing can significantly reduce adverse drug reactions and improve clinical outcomes by tailoring drug treatments to the individual, but implementing pharmacogenomics into the healthcare system remains a slow process.


  • Culture

    Trueish TV


    Georgie Harriss |  March 23, 2025


    Apple Cider Vinegar is part of a trend of ‘true-ish’ TV shows which may be ‘based’ on true events, but take extreme liberties with their source material.


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  • Could Dutton tame Trump?

    Open Forum     |      March 22, 2025

    Most elections are won and lost on the sitting Government’s domestic record, but the Coalition’s approach to foreign affairs, defence and trade could become an important election issue given the international chaos provoked by American demagogue Donald Trump.

  • Australia’s economic (mini) miracle

    John Quiggin     |      March 22, 2025

    Despite COVID and the current cost of living crisis, the most striking feature of the Australian economy in the 21st century has been the exceptionally long period of fairly steady, though not rapid, economic growth.

  • Fraser at 50

    Joshua Black     |      March 22, 2025

    Fifty years ago, Liberal MPs chose Malcolm Fraser as their leader. Eight months later, he led them into power in extraordinary circumstances. He governed for seven and a half years, and remains Australia’s fourth-longest serving prime minister.

  • The AI election

    Cory Alpert     |      March 21, 2025

    The forthcoming Federal election will offer a test of how AI-driven information could shape Australia’s democracy in the future.

  • Living livestock

    Catie Gressier     |      March 21, 2025

    The diversity of livestock breeds has been decimated by the drive to ever greater efficiency, leaving pig, cattle and other stocks vulnerable to disease and inbreeding.

  • Back to the drawing board

    Open Forum     |      March 21, 2025

    Walking upright – and sitting too much – wrecks our backs and despite a plethora of cures and treatments, none of them seem to work.

  • The secret childcare scandal

    Marianne Fenech     |      March 20, 2025

    Childcare is expensive but an ABC report also highlights widespread claims of of abuse, neglect and poor standards, so what is going wrong with childcare in Australia?

  • Australia’s energy future

    John Quiggin     |      March 20, 2025

    The future of energy generation still lies with renewables, rather than legacy coal-fired stations or future nuclear options.

  • Lessons in resilience

    Daisuke Kageyama     |      March 20, 2025

    Sharing disaster lessons plays a crucial role in strengthening resilience across Indo-Pacific countries. It fosters unity and collaboration, promoting international cooperation to enhance regional preparedness and prosperity by investing in human capacity, scaling up traditional knowledge, and leveraging technology.

  • The Pacific water shortage

    Open Forum     |      March 19, 2025

    Hydrology experts at Flinders University are calling for urgent investigations into the operation of bore-fields that access fresh groundwater on Pacific islands, including Kiribati, where rising sea levels are already putting local water supplies at risk.

  • Tackling scientific misconduct

    Nham Tran     |      March 19, 2025

    Over 10,000 scientific papers were retracted around the world last year, and the increasing amount of plagiarism and fabrication – now aided by AI – has revived calls for an Australian oversight body.

  • A united front

    Henry Campbell     |      March 19, 2025

    Australian politicians should establish clearer political boundaries around national security to avoid politicising ongoing security issues and to better manage secondary effects.