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Can building more roads make traffic worse? Here’s the mathematics behind it
Adding a new road seems like it should make everybody’s trip fast – but it’s not always so simple.
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This economist believes the system is broken. Maybe she has a point
Mazzucato is better at critiquing current economies than describing a plausible path to better ones.
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Conservation parks don’t have to be vast – as one tiny grasshopper reminds us
The Murray Mallee matchstick is a newly discovered grasshopper species from northwestern Victoria.
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Is NZ’s foreign policy ‘realism’ working? Why the next government faces a real choice
Winston Peters says New Zealand foreign policy should address “the world as it is, not how we wish it would be”. But how viable is that really?
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Labor and the Greens improve in Newspoll and Resolve and One Nation drops
Despite another interest rate hike by the Reserve Bank, the Labor government’s polling has improved.
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A record 82% of Australian home loans now rely on mortgage brokers. Why?
A broker might be able to get you a competitive deal – but that doesn’t mean you can’t achieve a similar result on your own.
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How ‘people power’ and business transformed medicine, but created a whole new set of risks
We’re seeing what happens when consumer demand collides with commercial interests for drugs including GLP-1s, psychedelics and testosterone. It’s a huge shift.
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Worried about your Year 12 exams? 3 ways to help anxiety
The key to good exam performance is learning to manage your anxiety. Here’s what can help students.
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Invasive species do much more damage in Australia and NZ than elsewhere. But why?
Isolation has been both blessing and curse for the wildlife of both countries.
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The Greens have adopted confrontation and self-declared populism. Can they bring voters along with them?
The Greens’ leadership changes show the party has drawn two opposing lessons from one electoral loss. The question for them now is whether either is right.
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Navi Pillay’s Nobel peace prize is a vote of confidence in a global legal order under fire
Recognising Pillay is an affirmation of what has been achieved, but also about what must not be lost.
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Distant voices: how the revival of ta rē Moriori lets us hear the true history of Rēkohu
The second Moriori language week – ta wik’ a ta rē Moriori – celebrates the voices of a people whose rich culture and history were once nearly extinguished.