
Borneo forest fires spike again: Why El Niño isn’t the sole culprit
Kalimantan’s land fires aren’t just down to El Niño—they are caused by soil losing its ability to hold water. Prevention must start by restoring the soil’s natural balance.
Independent Analysis and Reportage

Kalimantan’s land fires aren’t just down to El Niño—they are caused by soil losing its ability to hold water. Prevention must start by restoring the soil’s natural balance.

Your insurer could know a lot more than just what’s on your application form. It’s worth understanding where this information comes from and how it can be used.

Many of these exercises deliberately bend the knee through a larger range of motion, boosting the work done by your thigh muscles. But they may not be for everyone.

Existence is hard in the frozen Antarctic soil – and microbes use ‘horizontal gene transfer’ to share the tools that keep them alive.

New research interviewing women involved with the federal government’s Pacific Labour Mobility Scheme shows why it needs urgent reform to stop worker exploitation.

Effective pest control depends on local teams but requires national oversight and funding. A federated system could strengthen New Zealand’s biosecurity response.

The AFL’s new wildcard round kicks off the finals series, and the narratives about its introduction have fluctuated through the season.

Interviews with data workers in China and Australia reveal the precarious, exploitative conditions of this new branch of the gig economy.

The Secret Harbour byelection will take place on August 29. Traditionally a Labor seat, One Nation is posing a serious threat.

Trump defies all we thought we knew about the US political system and the way electoral democracies work around the world.

Cheap tickets do come with some costs – including making them even harder to get.

Australia’s response to this deadly bird flu outbreak has been insufficient and too reactive.