Former senator Hollie Hughes has gone on a verbal rampage to defend Opposition leader Sussan Ley, accusing “the boys” who want her job of using prominent female colleagues in their efforts to undermine her. Hughes this week resigned from the Liberal Party, saying as she no longer had the
The Victorian government has announced it will send social workers to 20 of the state’s schools to try to reduce violent youth crime. It will spend A$5.6 million on “targeted” schools next year. The aim is to “intervene early in the lives of children who are heading down the
New data show wages have risen by a bit more than inflation, but overall real wages are still languishing near 2011 levels. Over the year to September, wages rose 3.4% in seasonally adjusted terms. That’s according to the latest wage price index data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS),
Words are powerful tools. Violent extremists know this well, often choosing their phrasing extremely carefully to build loyalty among their followers. When wielded just so, they can do enormous harm. Because their words are chosen so deliberately, researchers can look for patterns, trends and red flags. What exactly do
Meaghan Skinner Photography/GettyProducing and distributing food is responsible for roughly a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. But food systems are highly vulnerable to the droughts, floods, fires and heatwaves made more intense by climate change. Agriculture is both culprit and victim. As negotiators try to thrash out progress
Online gaming giant Roblox has just announced it will start checking users’ ages from early December in an attempt to stop children and teenagers talking with adults. In what the company has described as a move that sets a “safety gold standard” for the industry, it says it will
The Mosque at Hergott Springs, photographed around 1884. State Library South AustraliaFrom 1860 to 1930, an estimated 3,000 people came to Australia from Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Punjab, Sindh and the northern part of Pakistan. Still more came from different parts of the Ottoman Empire. The arrival of these “Afghans”, and
Haast’s 1866 watercolour painting of the Lyell Glacier. Alexander Turnbull Library (A-149-003), CC BY-NC-NDClimate change may seem a uniquely 21st-century concern, but people have been wrestling with the idea for a long time. My new research sheds light on the heated debate among New Zealand scientists during the 1860s
If people eat food grown with contaminated water, PFAS chemicals can accumulate in their blood. Karola G/PexelsWhen we talk about the health effects of PFAS, we commonly think about any physical effects on the body. For instance, does exposure to these long-lasting, per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals increase our risk
One Nation surges to a new record 18% in a federal Redbridge poll as the Coalition falls to 24%, but Labor dominates with 38%. In Victoria, the final poll of Brad Battin’s Liberal leadership had the Coalition narrowly ahead. A national Redbridge and Accent Research poll for The Financial Review,
Tanya Barrow/UnsplashUltra-processed foods are displacing traditional foods and meals globally, degrading diet quality, and contributing to the rise of diet-related chronic diseases. And despite the combined advertising spend of the leading ultra-processed food companies dwarfing even the total budget of the World Health Organization, there is plenty ...
NetflixWhether its Alex DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange (1971), Hans Landa from Inglourious Basterds (2009), Homelander from The Boys (2019–), or Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men (2007) – there’s no denying there’s something sinister about onscreen milk drinkers. The most recent character to join these ranks is
Former senator Hollie Hughes has gone on a verbal rampage to defend Opposition leader Sussan Ley, accusing “the boys” who want her job of using prominent female colleagues in their efforts to undermine her. Hughes this week resigned from the Liberal Party, saying as she no longer had the
The Victorian government has announced it will send social workers to 20 of the state’s schools to try to reduce violent youth crime. It will spend A$5.6 million on “targeted” schools next year. The aim is to “intervene early in the lives of children who are heading down the
New data show wages have risen by a bit more than inflation, but overall real wages are still languishing near 2011 levels. Over the year to September, wages rose 3.4% in seasonally adjusted terms. That’s according to the latest wage price index data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS),
Words are powerful tools. Violent extremists know this well, often choosing their phrasing extremely carefully to build loyalty among their followers. When wielded just so, they can do enormous harm. Because their words are chosen so deliberately, researchers can look for patterns, trends and red flags. What exactly do
Meaghan Skinner Photography/GettyProducing and distributing food is responsible for roughly a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. But food systems are highly vulnerable to the droughts, floods, fires and heatwaves made more intense by climate change. Agriculture is both culprit and victim. As negotiators try to thrash out progress
Online gaming giant Roblox has just announced it will start checking users’ ages from early December in an attempt to stop children and teenagers talking with adults. In what the company has described as a move that sets a “safety gold standard” for the industry, it says it will
The Mosque at Hergott Springs, photographed around 1884. State Library South AustraliaFrom 1860 to 1930, an estimated 3,000 people came to Australia from Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Punjab, Sindh and the northern part of Pakistan. Still more came from different parts of the Ottoman Empire. The arrival of these “Afghans”, and
Haast’s 1866 watercolour painting of the Lyell Glacier. Alexander Turnbull Library (A-149-003), CC BY-NC-NDClimate change may seem a uniquely 21st-century concern, but people have been wrestling with the idea for a long time. My new research sheds light on the heated debate among New Zealand scientists during the 1860s
If people eat food grown with contaminated water, PFAS chemicals can accumulate in their blood. Karola G/PexelsWhen we talk about the health effects of PFAS, we commonly think about any physical effects on the body. For instance, does exposure to these long-lasting, per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals increase our risk
One Nation surges to a new record 18% in a federal Redbridge poll as the Coalition falls to 24%, but Labor dominates with 38%. In Victoria, the final poll of Brad Battin’s Liberal leadership had the Coalition narrowly ahead. A national Redbridge and Accent Research poll for The Financial Review,
Tanya Barrow/UnsplashUltra-processed foods are displacing traditional foods and meals globally, degrading diet quality, and contributing to the rise of diet-related chronic diseases. And despite the combined advertising spend of the leading ultra-processed food companies dwarfing even the total budget of the World Health Organization, there is plenty ...
NetflixWhether its Alex DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange (1971), Hans Landa from Inglourious Basterds (2009), Homelander from The Boys (2019–), or Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men (2007) – there’s no denying there’s something sinister about onscreen milk drinkers. The most recent character to join these ranks is
