• Education and Training

    Rethinking school playgrounds


    Samantha Dunn |  March 25, 2025


    Managing playground congestion is an issue for many NSW schools, but there are strategies to make them work better


  • Pacific

    Cold war in warm waters


    Graeme Dobell |  March 25, 2025


    As Australia prepares for a national election in May, China’s Pacific ambitions are again making headlines.


  • Health

    High risks


    Open Forum |  March 25, 2025


    Marijuana is now legal in many places, but is it safe? Two new studies add to mounting evidence that people who use cannabis are more likely to suffer a heart attack than people who do not use the drug, even among younger and otherwise healthy adults.


Latest Story

  • Betting each way on the Budget

    Stephen Bartos     |      March 24, 2025

    This week’s Federal budget will have to balance short-term election giveaways with long-term national needs to boost Labor’s chances in the forthcoming general election.

  • Intelligence on the agenda

    Chris Taylor     |      March 24, 2025

    The unclassified version of the 2024 Independent Intelligence Review is a welcome and worthy sequel to its 2017 predecessor, with an ambitious set of recommendations to improve Australia’s national intelligence capacity.

  • A fresh start for US aid?

    Mike Copage     |      March 24, 2025

    The United States government is considering replacing USAID with a new agency, the US Agency for International Humanitarian Assistance, according to documents published by POLITICO.

  • Boosting small business

    Open Forum     |      March 24, 2025

    CPA Australia has called on the next federal government to take urgent action to revitalise small business after its Australia-Asia-Pacific Small Business Survey has revealed low confidence in the Australian 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.