• Ukraine

    Fighting online for Ukraine


    Kateryna Kasianenko |  March 18, 2025


    Despite the apathy of the major platforms and an American President in the pocket of Vladimir Putin, an army of online bloggers are combating Russian’s propaganda war to support Ukraine.


  • Society

    Heads you lose


    Sarah Marinos |  March 18, 2025


    Mobile phone gambling apps and incessant gambling advertising at sporting events on TV are driving a worrying increase in problem gambling in Australia.


  • Environment

    Microplastic major problem


    Open Forum |  March 18, 2025


    Australian researchers have found that compost is full of microplastics, with every kilogram of compost containing between 1,500 to 16,000 microplastic particles.


Latest Story

  • The independent election?

    Mark Kenny     |      March 17, 2025

    Opinion polls suggest neither major party block can be confident of winning the 76 seats required for a simple majority, opening the prospect of independent and crossbench MPs holding the balance of power.

  • Balancing your ‘hope budget’

    Grant Blashki     |      March 17, 2025

    Maintaining hope in the face of endless bad news isn’t about ignoring reality – it’s about facing it strategically and staying engaged without succumbing to apathy or drowning in despair.

  • Don’t point the finger

    Katharina Esau     |      March 17, 2025

    Australian voters are being targeted by divisive ‘them vs us’ strategies that overshadow policy debate but there are some ways to move past the soundbites.

  • Sleeping at the office

    Gill Armstrong     |      March 16, 2025

    There’s an underutilised resource sitting in virtually every Australian town and city that might offer at least part of the solution to the nation’s housing shortage.

  • Propaganda in the Pacific

    Anouk Ride     |      March 16, 2025

    Disinformation from hostile foreign states aims to influence opinions foreign policy in the Pacific, and there are signs it is working.

  • A tale of two leaders

    Debra McDougall     |      March 16, 2025

    The contrast between the leadership styles and personal values of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump could not be more stark.

  • Miles Franklin’s other brilliant career

    Kerrie Davies     |      March 15, 2025

    Miles Franklin is famous for her book ‘My Brilliant Career’, but what is less well-known is the fact she went undercover for a year as a domestic servant to investigate the working and living conditions of domestic staff.

  • Waste land

    John West     |      March 15, 2025

    Robert Kaplan’s new book Waste Land explores the world’s current state of ‘permacrisis’ in which a deadly mix of authoritarianism, war, climate change, great power rivalry, rapid technological advancement and countless other dangers cast an ever darkening pall.

  • Building disaster resilience

    Courtney Hansen     |      March 15, 2025

    As we head into a federal election, there’s a risk that disaster resilience becomes just another political football—but it shouldn’t be as the escalating costs of disasters affect all Australians, regardless of who is in power.

  • The worries of young Australians

    Open Forum     |      March 14, 2025

    A new report by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre has revealed that young Australians are feeling the squeeze from financial pressures, worsening mental health and declining trust in political institutions, with concerns about the cost of living now topping their list of priorities.

  • Manufacturing security

    Bronte Munro     |      March 14, 2025

    As the geopolitical landscape continues to shift, Australia must be able to sustain itself and contribute advanced capabilities by improving its much-reduced industrial capability.

  • The west is red

    Roger Chao     |      March 14, 2025

    Far from making America “great again” Donald Trump’s presidency threatens to transform the USA into the Western counterpart of the authoritarian states it once took pride in opposing.