If we’re going to prime a future-ready Australia, we need more research and development funding, and a diverse, highly skilled workforce. Are this year’s commitments in the right places?
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Our blood is red because of something called haemoglobin, which helps carry oxygen around our bodies.
While Western Australia’s secession movement foundered, it sparked a series of debates around London’s obligations to overseas Britons, Britannic identity, and the future of imperial relations.
The longer the war drags on, the more it has highlighted the fact that Israel has no long-term strategy for living side-by-side with its Palestinian neighbours.
New research has mapped public submissions to the National Adaptation Plan. With a cross-party inquiry getting under way, four imagined futures are emerging that present a way forward.
The intriguing stories in Ceridwen Dovey’s Only the Astronauts bring obscure historical footnotes to life.
The budget sets the foundation for a new approach to community-based mental health care, eases cost-of-living pressures and aims to keep people out of hospital. Will they work? And what’s missing?
Apart from folic acid and iodine, other supplements may not be needed. For the most part, they’re a waste of money. At worse, they could harm.
With Bridgerton’s season three set to sweep us off our feet yet again, let’s take a look at how executive producer Shonda Rhimes pulls it off.
As concerns over research security grow, Australia has no national policy or consistent approach.
What’s in the budget for the environment? Lots for green industry, little for conservation
Which departments are the biggest winners and losers in this year’s budget? We’ve broken the budget documents down to show you where the money’s going - and where it isn’t.
The treasurer has juggled the economics and the politics by going big on spending while keeping a firm eye on inflation.
If the Reserve Bank is genuinely prepared to cut interest rates as inflation moves back towards its target, we can expect a rate cut within the year.
A $300 energy rebate and an increase in rent assistance headline Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ third budget.
This budget contains not only foreshadowed tax cuts, but a range of new spending measures in health, education, infrastructure and aged care.
It is hard to overstate the impact this case is likely to have on future whistleblowing in Australia.
The federal government has announced almost $50 million in funding for gynaecological health care. But there’s more to do to help women with chronic pain.
A 2020 training session resulted in the death of NRL player Keith Titmuss. An inquest has recommended several changes to training protocols as a result.
Women’s participation in warfare is not a recent phenomenon. Women played many roles in the Italian Wars, which engulfed Europe between 1494 and 1559.
In Splinters, Leslie Jamison confronts the expectations placed on women, especially mothers – including the dangers of making art, and being more successful at it than the man in their life.
Modern interpretations of Te Tiriti o Waitangi cause sometimes bitter political debate. But new research shows New Zealanders – especially younger ones – see the Treaty largely as a positive symbol.
Australians were in for a Mother’s Day treat as auroras swept the skies. But there was little warning, and the spectacle didn’t repeat.
The chance of living one more year is up to 44% more likely thanks to the past 50 years of vaccines, according to new research. But global drops in vaccine coverage pose a risk.
Allowing our spent lithium batteries to be exported free of charge could mean forfeiting a potential $3 billion onshore reprocessing industry.