• America

    The rise of “techno-fascism”


    Luke Munn |  May 18, 2025


    Donald Trump’s unprecedented assault on American government and democracy has its roots in the writings of techno-fascists like Curtis Yarvin.


  • Health

    Life ends at forty


    Open Forum |  May 18, 2025


    Loneliness, feeling older than your age and a negative attitude to ageing are all associated with early stages of frailty, even in people as young as 40, new research has revealed.


  • Environment

    It is easy being green


    Open Forum |  May 18, 2025


    Democratic countries tend to be rated as ‘greener’, or more environmentally friendly, compared to other countries, but this may be because they’re shifting the burden of their own pollution overseas, according to Swiss and UK scientists


Latest Story

  • Talking about Z generation

    Intifar Chowdhury     |      May 17, 2025

    Voting patterns in the recent Federal election show that Labor can still bank on Millennials, for now, but educated Gen Z voters are far less convinced that traditional party structures deserve their loyalty or support.

  • Word virus

    Emily Godwin     |      May 17, 2025

    The accessible humour of internet memes offer an easy entry point for conspiracy theories and ever more extreme perspectives.

  • Musicoterapia

    Open Forum     |      May 17, 2025

    An innovative Edith Cowan University research project is using the power of music and storytelling to support the wellbeing of older Italian migrants, including those living with dementia.

  • Encouraging Australian AI

    Hassan Gad     |      May 16, 2025

    AI is shaping everything from diplomacy to defence, the question is whether Australia wants to shape those systems or be shaped by them.

  • Leadership trends in the public sector

    Katie Miller     |      May 16, 2025

    Australian public workplaces are undergoing significant changes as leaders face new challenges in a rapidly evolving business landscape.

  • Extraordinary claims

    Chris Impey     |      May 16, 2025

    ‘Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence’ − an astronomer explains the sheer weight evidence scientists need to claim major discoveries such as potentially finding extraterrestrial life.

  • A long road back for the Liberals

    Frank Bongiorno     |      May 15, 2025

    Political parties can recover after a devastating election loss but the Liberals will need to think differently to take power again.

  • All the slop that’s fit to print

    Nicole Blanchett     |      May 15, 2025

    Newspapers and other media organisations around the world are using AI to cut costs and increase output without informing their customers, so have executives and journalists skipped the ethics conversation when it comes to using AI?

  • Finding your ‘why’

    Open Forum     |      May 15, 2025

    A new study has revealed there’s more to happiness and wellbeing than simply chasing goals, it also comes down to why you’re chasing them.

  • The Liberals turn to Ley

    Michelle Grattan     |      May 14, 2025

    Sussan Ley added an “s” to her name as a joke when she was young, and has now added the leadership of the Liberal party to her list of accomplishments.

  • Balancing sovereign capability

    Rajiv Shah     |      May 14, 2025

    Global trade remains the key to national prosperity, whatever Donald Trump may think, and calls for greater sovereign capability must be tempered by intelligent use of limited resources to maximise utility.

  • A world split assunder

    Marc Ablong     |      May 14, 2025

    Elisabeth Braw’s insightful 2024 book, Goodbye Globalization: The Return of a Divided World, has proven remarkably prescient in understanding the turbulent global landscape of 2025.