Building a better defence

Australia’s lack of defence primes isn’t a problem but an opportunity for smaller companies to step up and supply the ADF with the new technology it needs for the 21st century.

Tackling racism in Australia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.