• Society

    Labor flunks its test on environmental protection


    Euan Ritchie |  April 19, 2024


    Labor’s failure to fulfill its election promise to reform Australia’s much flaunted environmental protection laws puts their goals of “no new extinctions” and a “nature positive” future for Australia at risk.


  • Culture

    Express your enthusiasm


    Nathan Abrams |  April 19, 2024


    Over its 12 seasons and 120 episodes, Curb Your Enthusiasm became a cult classic, leaving a lasting legacy on television comedy and cementing Larry David’s position as one of the greatest comedy writers of our time.


  • Business

    An eye on Indigenous business


    Michelle Evans |  April 19, 2024


    Indigenous owned and run businesses may be worth billions of dollars to the Australian economy, but despite new research into their scope and activities, we still don’t know enough about them.


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  • The “scrooge effect” on foreign affairs

    Graeme Dobell     |      December 21, 2020

    DFAT has built an admirable record in navigating the rapids of international diplomacy over the last 50 years, but gradual cuts in funding can only undermine its future efficacy.

  • What makes a good education video?

    Sarah Dart     |      December 21, 2020

    Research – and common sense – suggests that students prefer videos that are simply produced, convenient to watch and have a clear narrative delivered in an informal conversational way.

  • Defending or undermining rules-based order?

    Rebecca Strating     |      December 20, 2020

    Australia’s prime minister was awarded the “Grotius Prize” for supporting the rules-based order. However, it is debatable whether Australia is living up to Grotian ideals.

  • Timtams, wine, and whisky

    Conor McLaughlin     |      December 20, 2020

    Trade deals have become the single most important issue for a post-Brexit UK. As Australia is experiencing its own trade tensions, the time is ripe for an Australia-UK trade deal to become a reality.

  • Robo-pets!

    Ben Knight     |      December 20, 2020

    If having a pet just isn’t practical for your accommodation or lifestyle, could a robotic companion be the next best thing?

  • Leadership lessons from Santa

    Open Forum     |      December 19, 2020

    As Father Christmas gears up for the busiest 24 hours of his year, two doctors reflect on the skills he uses to get a seemingly impossible job done effectively and safely – and whether they can be applied to medicine.

  • Charting Australia’s inequality

    Belinda Henwood     |      December 19, 2020

    A new report on Australian inequality charts the differences in wealth and opportunity which the COVID pandemic has only intensified.

  • Head in the clouds

    Michael Shoebridge     |      December 19, 2020

    Australia’s peak intelligence agency, the Office of National Intelligence, is beginning an essential, radical and rapid shift into cloud applications and services.

  • How COVID changed the way we use health care

    Open Forum     |      December 18, 2020

    Data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reveals how people’s use of health care services changed due to COVID-19.

  • Staying “food safe” this Christmas

    Open Forum     |      December 18, 2020

    The Food Safety Information Council has launched their Christmas and Summer entertaining food safety advice, with additional tips to avoid COVID-19.

  • Multilateralism à la carte

    Carsten Bockemuehl     |      December 18, 2020

    Much has been written about the changing international order and the ‘crisis’ of multilateralism in recent months. The winds of change have been howling, and it’s time for Australia to step up to the challenge.

  • Reducing Australia’s trade dependence on China

    Michael Shoebridge     |      December 17, 2020

    China’s use of trade bans to place political pressure on Australia means we must find alternative trading partners for a host of products, including iron ore and clean energy.