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The heatwave…in Antarctica
Haosu Tang | April 29, 2026The recent heatwave in Antarctica might seem remote from everyday life but what happens there has global consequences.
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Why don’t voters like Albo?
Frank Bongiorno | April 28, 2026The times seem to suit Anthony Albanese and the opposition is in disarray so why isn’t he more popular?
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Moral metrics
Beth DuFault | April 28, 2026As traditional forms of moral authority weaken in the Western world, algorithmic systems are moving into the void.
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Grass on the tracks
Milad Haghani | April 28, 2026Green tram tracks offer a visible, popular, nature-based upgrade to cool streets, manage water, relax neighbourhoods and improve how a city looks and feels.
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An unfair go
Roger Wilkins | April 27, 2026Disadvantage is a concept that goes beyond income poverty to encompass people’s outcomes, including deprivation and social exclusion, so what does disadvantage look like in Australia today?
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The day women got the vote
Alice Neikirk | April 27, 2026April 25 1896 was a significant date in the history of women’s legal rights in Australia, as women voted for the first time and were allowed to sit in Parliament.
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Jam, bootlaces and books
Laura Beers | April 27, 2026Thousands of AI‑written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold – an eerie echo of Orwell’s ‘novel‑writing machines’
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Looking back shouldn’t stop us looking forward
Michael Pezzullo | April 26, 2026Though we mourn the dead on ANZAC Day, we cannot fool ourselves that war is to be avoided at all costs in ways that aggressors will seek to exploit.
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Remembering David Malouf
Brigid Rooney | April 26, 2026David Malouf will be remembered as a writer of wisdom, grace and generosity, and for the richness of his poetic imagination.
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The tech layoff tsunami
Sandra Peter | April 26, 2026Meta and Microsoft are the latest software companies to announce big cuts to their global workforce after pouring billions of dollars into artificial intelligence.
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As important as ever
Nicole Townsend | April 25, 2026Anzac Day was held for the first time 110 years ago this week in the wake of the Great War and has been observed every year ever since, but what do today’s Australians think of the most significant event in the national commemorative calendar?
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Day of the poppies
Rowan Light | April 25, 2026Understanding the history of the poppy as a symbol for remembering war dead allows us to appreciate the deeper significance of pinning a small poppy to our chests in 2026.
