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Why Jared Diamond’s leadership book on prophets, coaches and kings is flawed but fun
Like Guns, Germs and Steel, this book is ambitious, provocative and imperfect. It’s also difficult to put down.
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Yes, the COP climate talks are far from perfect. But they still hold the power for change
It can be easy to be pessimistic. But after three decades of climate talks we’ve seen real progress.
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Australia’s climate minister is about to walk a diplomatic tightrope at COP31
Australia cannot feasibly claim climate credentials while driving global warming through its fossil fuel exports.
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Does Australia need more national exams for school students?
A report has recommended a feasibility study into additional national exams for Year 6, 10 and 12 students.
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2.6 Seconds: new documentary explores the history, grief and looming questions of Kumanjayi Walker’s death
The 2019 shooting of the young Aboriginal man wasn’t an isolated event. A new documentary offers a confronting examination of the bigger picture.
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‘Incapable of any culture’ — Kant’s racism and a forgotten source on Indigenous Peoples
Kant called Indigenous Peoples of the Americas ‘incapable of any culture.’ The source he cited tells a different story, questioning how we read classic authors.
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Canada’s new open-access policy expands access to research, but leaves publishing fees unchecked
Ending paywalls for Canadian research is a public win. But until funders cap commercial publishing fees, taxpayer money will keep fuelling publisher profits.
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Misinformation won: How divisive politics doomed Canada’s carbon tax
New research suggests Canadian opposition to the carbon tax was based on misinformation, partisan politics and serious misconceptions about how much it was costing them at the pumps.
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El Niño 2026-27 as a polycrisis: What happens when health and energy systems fail simultaneously?
How the ‘super’ El Niño could trigger a polycrisis: interconnected failures that neither the energy system nor the health-care system can prepare for alone.
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How women bore the consequences of the First World War in British India
The ‘tears of womenfolk’ in Punjab became the biggest hurdle to military recruitment by December 1924, according to colonial officials.
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Australians are paying ‘extreme’ specialist fees. Here’s how the government can rein in costs
The cost of seeing a psychiatrist, paediatrician or other medical specialist is skyrocketing, and reforms are targeting low-hanging fruit. We need to think bigger.
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Climate change and funding cuts threaten malaria targets: what SADC countries can do
Getting the SADC region back on track is going to take collective action and strong regional collaboration.