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There are legitimate concerns about China. But the Australia-Fiji pact looks like “sugar-rush” diplomacy: announcements first, hard questions later.
TOP’s positive polling is fuelling media speculation about its electoral prospects. Can it finally get over the line? And what might happen if it does?
There’s no doubt open justice is at crisis point in Victoria following sustained negative media reporting. But it can be improved.
Interviews with NZ tourism operators finds sustainability is rarely straightforward, requiring continual learning, investment and collaboration.
We are judging the success of Australia’s housing system using the wrong measures.
Australia’s EV transition is gathering pace – but fixing gaps in the public charger network will be essential for the shift to continue.
Throughout the history of cinema, popcorn has been both scorned as a messy lowbrow distraction and hailed as a profit-making saviour.
Indigenous Australians are less likely to use health services than non-Indigenous people – even when needed. So health services need to change.
A new study builds on a wave of new work that is daring to suggest insects might have a form of consciousness.
A growing body of research shows electronic monitoring rarely improves performance and reliably increases employee stress and distrust.
Some people rely on AI romantic companions for emotional support or private sexual exploration. Some partners experience this as betrayal.
With the declining power of financial sanctions, many countries are now physically boarding ships to enforce scattershot rules of trade, conflict and commerce.