• Tackling racism in Australia

    Amanuel Elias     |      November 30, 2024

    The Australian Human Rights Commission has launched a comprehensive “National Anti-racism Framework” to tackle, if not eliminate, racism in all sectors of society and government.

  • Combating anti-semitism

    Matteo Vergani     |      November 27, 2024

    Jewish people around Australia have suffered a rising trend of rising antisemitism since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 2023, so what can be done to arrest it?

  • The art of chatbot conversation

    Celeste Rodriguez Louro     |      November 26, 2024

    Next time you engage with generative AI, then, do so with caution. Remember it’s only a language model. Don’t let your habitual need for conversational cooperation accept a machine as a fellow human.

  • All is not well in Australia

    Open Forum     |      November 13, 2024

    The latest Wellbeing Index released by Australian Unity and Deakin University reveals that people’s satisfaction with life in Australia as fallen to its lowest level in the 21st century.

  • A golden opportunity

    Wesley Morgan     |      November 13, 2024

    Hosting the 2026 UN climate talks would bring Australia huge benefits – economic, political and environmental – but there’s still much work to do.

  • A beacon of hope

    Robert Horvath     |      November 9, 2024

    Alexei Navalny’s posthumously published autobiography details his brave struggle against Putin’s tyranny and offers hope his death at the hands of Russia’s corrupt and brutal penal system will not have been in vain.

  • Inequality breeds discontent

    Nicholas Biddle     |      November 9, 2024

    A meta-study of public opinion polls reveals that Australians who resent gross inequalities in income levels also have less faith in that nation’s democratic institutions.

  • 3 big steps towards legal reform

    Julia Holman     |      November 3, 2024

    At the annual Hal Wootten Lecture, respected retired Magistrate Professor David Heilpern laid out three reforms that could drastically transform the legal landscape in Australia.

  • Tracking garbage – from space

    Open Forum     |      November 1, 2024

    Australian researchers have developed a new method for spotting plastic rubbish on our beaches and successfully field tested it on a remote stretch of coastline.

  • Falling jab rates raise concerns

    Open Forum     |      October 30, 2024

    Vaccination coverage rates among children in Australia have declined for the third consecutive year according to the latest annual vaccination report from the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance.

  • The biggest game in town

    Open Forum     |      October 26, 2024

    The global health impact of commercial gambling is worse than previously understood and stronger regulatory controls are needed, according to a new Lancet Public Health Commission report.

  • A wake-up call ahead of COP29

    Liz Ritchie-Tyo     |      October 25, 2024

    As the world gears up for COP29 in Azerbaijan, the urgency to address climate change has never been more pressing, as recent extreme weather events, including devastating tropical cyclones, underscore the critical need for global cooperation and decisive action.