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Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2024: André Dao breaks rules and witnesses...
André Dao’s debut novel Anam (Penguin Random House) has just won the 2024 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction, worth A$80,000. This follows its shortlisting for this year’s Miles Franklin...
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Grattan on Friday: Coalition backs Labor’s heavy lifting on aged care, hoping...
In agreeing earlier to the Albanese government’s changes to the NDIS and now endorsing its aged care reforms, Peter Dutton is calculating it’s easier for Labor than the Coalition to find big savings...
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Exceptional new fish fossil sparks rethink of how Earth’s geology drives...
An illustration of the _Ngamugawi wirngarri_ coelacanth in its natural habitatKatrina KennyCoelacanths are deep-sea fish that live off the coasts of southern Africa and Indonesia and can reach up to...
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New study links low incomes, stressed parents and child behaviour – better...
Poverty has long been established as a crucial factor hindering the development of young children. Living in poverty can hurt a child’s lifelong health, social and educational outcomes. But much less...
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Friday essay: Giant shark megalodon was the most powerful superpredator ever....
Julius Csotonyi/HachetteImagine the seas off Peru, 6 million years ago. A group of long-nosed dolphins swam through the warm seawater, breaking the surface with occasional enthusiastic leaps into the...
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$84bn lost to housing tax lurks? That would go a long way towards ending the...
Australia’s deep housing crisis is causing enduring and widespread harm. A key impact is that it is increasing inequality.The children of parents who have paid off their mortgage and have disposal...
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Medic at 70: long before Meredith Grey or Doogie Howser, this show shaped the...
Wikimedia CommonsMost of us can think of a TV medical drama that stood out at some point in our lives.The Good Doctor (2017–24) is finishing its seven-year run. Grey’s Anatomy (2005–) is in its 20th...
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Can AI talk us out of conspiracy theory rabbit holes?
Tanya Antusenok / ShutterstockNew research published in Science shows that for some people who believe in conspiracy theories, a fact-based conversation with an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot can...
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Principles or raw power: 3 steps NZ can take to resolve its confused stance...
Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty ImagesThe Gaza crisis is a major moral and legal challenge for New Zealand’s sense of national identity, and to its worldview based on rules and principles rather than...
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A new law aims to tackle online lies – but it ignores expert advice and...
The federal government this week introduced a new bill into parliament aimed at cracking down on the spread of misinformation and disinformation on the internet. The government also this week announced...
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Need medicine in hospital? Our study finds how often IT flaws lead to the...
Gorodenkoff/ShutterstockEvery time you are prescribed medicine in hospital a computer will prompt your doctor about the appropriateness of the medicine and its dose.Every time health professionals...
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New plan shows Australia’s hydrogen dream is still alive. But are we betting...
Producing hydrogen remains vital to Australia’s prosperity through the net-zero transition, according to a major strategy that lays a national pathway to becoming a global leader in the low-emissions...
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The psychology of retirement: why do so many athletes struggle to call time?
Think back to when you met someone for the first time. One of the first questions you asked, or were asked, was likely: “what do you do for work?”It’s a polite, innocuous and socially ingrained way of...
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The death of printed newspapers has long been predicted – but there are still...
ShutterstockThis piece is part of a series on the Future of Australian media. You can read the rest of the series here.When the Australian newspaper celebrated its 60th anniversary this year, its...
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A billionaire and an engineer have completed the first private spacewalk. But...
Two astronauts have carried out the first-ever commercial spacewalk, using new less-bulky spacesuits designed by SpaceX. Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman (who also funded the mission) and SpaceX...
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Your gas stove might be making your asthma worse. Here’s what you can do...
Kwon Junho/UnsplashWe may think of air pollution as an outdoor problem, made up of car exhaust and smog. But if the air inside our homes is polluted, this can also affect our health.In Australia,...
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Are you ready for it? What a Taylor Swift endorsement means for Kamala Harris
As the US Presidential debate wrapped up on Wednesday, commentators and journalists regrouped and drew breath. But then, enter Taylor Swift. The pop superstar posted her endorsement of the Kamala...
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What the government’s home care changes mean for ageing Australians
pikselstock/ShutterstockThe Albanese government has this week announced it will introduce one of the largest reforms to Australia’s aged-care sector to date.The package includes a A$4.3 billion...
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Get set for more extreme weather across Australia this spring and summer
Australia is no stranger to extreme weather. From heatwaves and droughts to flooding rains, hailstorms or fire weather, our continent experiences it all. To help Australians prepare for these hazards,...
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Australia can’t afford an AUKUS about-face: 5 things the critics are getting...
Three years have passed since the United States, Australia and United Kingdom announced on September 15 2021 that they would enter into a security partnership called AUKUS.A major part of the deal...
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