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Vastly bigger than the Black Summer: 84 million hectares of northern Australia burned in 2023
Rohan Fisher does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit ...
Many Australians face losing their homes right now. Here’s how the government should help
Next month’s budget is an opportunity for the government to move beyond its ‘I feel your pain’ rhetoric to a HomeKeeper-style ...
We’re only using a fraction of health workers’ skills. This needs to change
We now have a sensible pathway to improve access to health care, using the skills of nurses, pharmacists and GPs ...
Elon Musk says ‘disc replacement’ worked for him. But evidence this surgery helps chronic pain is lacking
Musk has recommended people experiencing severe neck and back pain should consider disc replacement surgery. Here’s what the ...
What doesn’t kill you makes for a great story – two new memoirs examine the risky side of life
An 8000-km hitchhiking trip is at the heart of Anna Broinowski’s Datsun Angel. Dominic Gordon, in contrast, kicks his young ...
Gone in a puff of smoke: 52,000 sq km of ‘long unburnt’ Australian habitat has vanished in 40 years
We compiled maps of bushfires and prescribed burns in southern Australia from 1980 to 2021 to see how fire activity is ...
What if the Reserve Bank itself has been feeding inflation? An economist explains
Every time the Reserve Bank has pushed up interest rates in order to take money out of the system, it’s also been putting ...
Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department and the art of melodrama
In the album, Swift claims that she can use heartbreak as a stimulus for creativity, rather than allow it to dictate her ...
Opening statements are the most important part of a trial – as lawyers in Trump’s hush money case know well
What I teach Harvard Law School students about the importance of opening arguments and how a majority of jurors make up their ...
The NSW treasurer says a slashed share of GST will cost his state $11.9 billion. But where did he get this figure?
The NSW government wants GST to be allocated according to population. But doing so ignores different service delivery needs between states.
Academics with disabilities: South African universities need an overhaul to make them genuinely inclusive
If universities want to be truly inclusive, that must extend to people with disabilities, whether they are students or staff.
Beyoncé and Dolly Parton’s versions of Jolene represent two sides of southern femininity
A young white southern belle asks a woman not to cheat with her man while an older Black southern queen warns a woman against ...