• Health

    Preventing the next pandemic


    Open Forum |  March 28, 2024


    Could protecting one group of people from disease, and exposing another to it, be the best way to prevent as many deaths as possible and reduce the impact of a future pandemic?


  • Culture

    Among the narcissus


    Marguerite Johnson |  March 28, 2024


    The vain, self obsessed Narcissus is among the best-known figures from Greek mythology, and his story and fate have continued relevance today in an age of social media and self-obsession.


  • Human Interest

    Conspiracy thinking


    Darel Cookson |  March 28, 2024


    Conspiracy theories are often assumed to appeal to people of limited education, but Intelligence doesn’t make you immune, it’s all a question of your thinking style.


Latest Story

  • What’s wrong with profit margins of Australia’s private VET providers?

    Don Perlgut     |      August 26, 2016

    The private vocational education sector appears to sustain extraordinary profit margins of around 30 percent. CEO of Community Colleges Australia Dr Don Perlgut says it’s time to consider another way forward.

  • Australia’s ageing workforce

    editor     |      August 26, 2016

    The second Annual National Ageing Workforce Forum takes place from 30 August to 1 September 2016 in Sydney. The focus will be on how to gain strategic advantage through older workers.

  • The creative asset you’re probably ignoring right now

    Michael McQueen     |      August 26, 2016

    What if innovation would not be the privilege of those with experience? Speaker, trends expert and author Michael McQueen invites us to consider the creative power of fresh eyes.

  • Globalisation and the curse of guilt by association

    Ian McAuley     |      August 26, 2016

    There’s a growing public rejection of globalisation and economic openness, and we ignore it at our peril, says Ian McAuley.

  • Dirt, poetry and a system’s response to shape our nation in our image

    Kate Sinclair     |      August 23, 2016

    The footage obtained by investigative current affairs television program Four Corners showing the abuse of children inside Northern Territory youth detention centres left the nation reeling a few weeks ago. Kate Sinclair wonders if by acts of omission we as ordinary citizens may have contributed to what was revealed.

  • Australia’s innovation future and how to harness it

    Charles Nightingale     |      August 14, 2016

    How can we harness innovation at every level and carve out a competitive position globally? Charles Nightingale from the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce explains how we can learn from Israel’s example and build a strong innovative culture here in Australia.

  • Australia! Story Country

    editor     |      August 4, 2016

    The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) invites young and old to celebrate Children’s Book Week from 20 to 26 August 2016. During this time schools, libraries, booksellers, authors, illustrators and children celebrate Australian Children's Literature.

  • A whole of government approach to digital transformation

    Jon Cumming     |      August 3, 2016

    How can the opportunities of digital be harnessed effectively to drive innovation and productivity in the coming years?  According to Jon Cumming, Chief Digital Officer at the ACT Government, the answer is a whole of government approach underpinned by a transformation of culture.

  • AFR Innovation Summit

    editor     |      August 3, 2016

    The Australian Financial Review is hosting an Innovation Summit on 17 to 18 August in Sydney. Its objective is to interrogate what needs to be done to create the capabilities, industries and mentalities Australia needs for the future.

  • A case for sustainable education

    Rechelle Rozwadowski     |      August 2, 2016

    Our kids are exposed to an endless stream of media promoting beauty over substance, immediate reward over delayed gratification, self-promotion over self-control. Rechelle Rozwadowski, a teacher and mother herself, would love to see schools not only teaching content, but also nurturing virtues like cooperation, tolerance, compassion and kindness.

  • Cyberbullying in the workplace and bystanders

    Charmein Madden     |      August 2, 2016

    Cyberbullying is a unique form of bullying because it can reach their victims anytime and anywhere. Charmein Madden says it’s important to better understand the role witnesses or bystanders play in the longevity of cyberbullying behaviours.

  • What we really need from innovation in Australia

    Ron Johnston     |      August 2, 2016

    We live in a society dependent on innovation, in which hardly anyone knows anything about innovation. Ron Johnston, Executive Director of the Australian Centre for Innovation (ACIIC), says while it can mean many different things to different people, innovation is only ever a means to an end.