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Medicare is covering less of specialist visits. But why are…

Jacob Lund/ShutterstockFees for medical specialists are going up faster than Medicare rebates, leadi...

I got generative AI to attempt an undergraduate law exam. I…

Federico Orlandi/Pexels, CC BYIt’s been nearly two years since generative artificial intellige...

Scientists have found carbon dioxide on Pluto’s largest moo…

A composite of enhanced colour images of Pluto (lower right) and Charon (upper left).NASA/Johns Hopk...

Fitzroy 1974: a sumptuous record of a time before hipsters

In 1974, Melbourne publisher Outback Press produced a small book that almost felt like a magazine, perhaps even a fanzine: Into the Hollow Mountains. The book’s cover boldly offered a subtitle: ...

Seven Samurai at 70: the greatest action film of all time

Madman EntertainmentDirected by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura, 1954’s Seven Samurai (七人の侍, Shichinin no Samurai), is a technical and ...

Animals in the machine: why the law needs to protect animals from AI

Mark Brandon, ShutterstockThe rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has triggered concern about potentially detrimental effects on humans. However, the technology also has the potential to harm animals...

Tim Winton goes cli-fi – his dystopian novel Juice breaks new ground to face the climate emergency
When I got my first job in publishing in New York City, the managing editor offered me the following advice about reading the slush pile for potential new acquisitions: “Imagine you acquire the …
Hezbollah flag-carriers investigated by police, as government appoints envoy to combat Islamophobia
The Albanese government has indicated it will examine the visa status of protesters waving Hezbollah flags at pro-Palestine demonstrations in Sydney and Melbourne over the weekend. Home Affairs Minist…
New research reveals why the mighty Darling River is drying up – and it’s not just because we’re taking too…
Water flows in mainland Australia’s most important river system, the Murray-Darling Basin, have been declining for the past 50 years. The trend has largely been blamed on water extraction, but o…
Fredric Jameson, the world’s greatest Marxist critic, is dead – long live Utopia!
Fredric Jameson, Sao Paulo, January 2000.Fronteiras do Pensamento, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAThere are writers and critics, theorists and gurus. And then there is Fredric Jameson. Or there was. B…
Snakes are waking up. What should you do if you’re bitten? And what if you’re a long way from help?
RugliG/ShutterstockFrom the creeks that wind through inner city Melbourne to the far outback in Western Australia, snake season is beginning. Over the cooler months snakes have been in state of brumat…
Autistic people and those with ADHD are more likely to have eating disorders. Here’s why – and how this affects…
BearFotos/ShutterstockMore than 1.1 million Australians are estimated to be living with an eating disorder. Around one-third of these people are neurodivergent.So why are neurodivergent people, such …
Parents say ‘good girl’ and ‘good boy’ all the time. Here’s why you should try and say something else
Fizkes/ShutterstockGood girl! Good boy!Parents, relatives and teachers say these phrases all the time and mean them positively. They may use it when a child puts on their shoes when asked, when they d…
Artists, social climbers and mermaids: 10 Australian women who followed their dreams to the US in the early 20th century
Rose Cumming (left) and Edith Griffiths (1915).Bain News Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsWhy would early 20th-century Australian women travel across the Pacific to the United States? And …
Final budget outcome shows 2023-24 surplus of $15.8 billion
The budget surplus for last financial year has come in at $15.8 billion, well exceeding the $9.3 billion that was forecast in the May budget.Treasurer Jim Chalmers, just back from talks in Beijing on …

For Australian students, academic potential still outweighs social circumstances
It appears that whatever factors are constraining genetic potential among less well-off students in …
Sydney Harbour Dinner Cruise On A Glass Cruising Restaurant
‘Every Seat Feels Like A Window Seat’ on board this glass luxury cruise restaurant cruising Sydney…
Everyone can be an effective advocate for vaccination: here's how
Listening to people's concerns is important when talking to someone who is hesitant about vaccinatio…
Nine-Fairfax merger rings warning bells for investigative journalism – and Australian democracy
The Sydney Morning Herald's Kate McClymont is one of Australia's leading investigative journalists. …

Medicare is covering less of specialist visits. But why are…

I got generative AI to attempt an undergraduate law exam. I…

Scientists have found carbon dioxide on Pluto’s largest moo…

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Fitzroy 1974: a sumptuous record of a time before hipsters

Seven Samurai at 70: the greatest action film of all time

Animals in the machine: why the law needs to protect animals from AI

Tim Winton goes cli-fi – his dystopian novel Juice breaks new ground to face the climate emergency

Hezbollah flag-carriers investigated by police, as government appoints envoy to combat Islamophobia

New research reveals why the mighty Darling River is drying up – and it’s not just because we’re taking too…

Fredric Jameson, the world’s greatest Marxist critic, is dead – long live Utopia!

Snakes are waking up. What should you do if you’re bitten? And what if you’re a long way from help?

Autistic people and those with ADHD are more likely to have eating disorders. Here’s why – and how this affects…

Parents say ‘good girl’ and ‘good boy’ all the time. Here’s why you should try and say something else

Artists, social climbers and mermaids: 10 Australian women who followed their dreams to the US in the early 20th century

Final budget outcome shows 2023-24 surplus of $15.8 billion

For Australian students, academic potential still outweighs social circumstances

Sydney Harbour Dinner Cruise On A Glass Cruising Restaurant

Everyone can be an effective advocate for vaccination: here's how

Nine-Fairfax merger rings warning bells for investigative journalism – and Australian democracy

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