Stories from the ancient past are enjoying a literary renaissance. Classicist, broadcaster and comedian Natalie Haynes stands out for her ability to straddle scholarship and storytelling. The international success of her classical fiction and nonfiction speaks to readers’ fascination with examinations of myth and contemporary retellings that peel away ...
Getty ImagesLady Gaga has arrived in Australia for her long-awaited Mayhem Ball Tour – her first time performing here in more than ten years. Gaga is playing five shows across Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. Fans are beyond excited, with tens of thousands waiting in queues to buy tickets. For a
A detail of the neatly aligned ceramic roof tiles and tuff blocks in a newly excavated site in Pompeii, documenting the storage of building materials during renovation. Archaeological Park of PompeiiRoman concrete is pretty amazing stuff. It’s among the main reasons we know so much about Roman architecture today.
SolStock/GettyFor some Indigenous peoples around the world, a day at work can mean experiencing repression, racism and regular reminders that we’re minorities in our own lands. Yet for others, work can be experienced as the exact opposite, as something that enables ourselves, our families and our communities to prosper. What
Cavan Images/GettyThriving Kids is a planned national program for children aged eight and under with developmental delay or autism who are assessed as having low to moderate support needs. The idea is to move these children out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and into the new program,
On a typical school day in Australia this year, about 11% of students were absent. In 2014, the figure was 7%. Two in five students now miss about a day of school each fortnight on average. This makes improving school attendance an urgent, national priority. In a new policy
The manosphere is big business today. Once a niche network lurking on the margins of the internet, this diverse community of male supremacist cultures has grown into a transnational profit-making enterprise. Our new review of the growing body of research on the manosphere reveals how it’s evolved. It
Sanket Mishra/UnsplashAfter months of anticipation and debate, Australia’s social media ban is now in force. Young Australians under 16 must now come to grips with the new reality of being unable to have an account on some social media platforms, including Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. Only time will
Marcin Kempa/UnsplashThe tech industry’s unofficial motto for two decades was “move fast and break things”. It was a philosophy that broke more than just taxi monopolies or hotel chains. It also constructed a digital world filled with risks for our most vulnerable. In the 2024–25 financial year alone, the Australian
Getty ImagesIt is now clear the government has failed to meet New Zealand’s smokefree goal of fewer than 5% of people from all population groups smoking by the end of this year. According to the latest New Zealand Health survey, 6.8% of adults smoked daily this year, which is similar
In a move that will enable her to avoid detailed media questioning about her use of entitlements, embattled minister Anika Wells has referred herself to the authority that oversees parliamentarians’ expenses. Wells, the Minister for Communications, who is also the Minister for Sport, said in a statement late Tuesday,
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has ended the year with a steady hand, keeping the cash rate at 3.6% at its final meeting of 2025. The decision was widely expected, but the real story is in the statement by the monetary policy board and what it reveals about the
Stories from the ancient past are enjoying a literary renaissance. Classicist, broadcaster and comedian Natalie Haynes stands out for her ability to straddle scholarship and storytelling. The international success of her classical fiction and nonfiction speaks to readers’ fascination with examinations of myth and contemporary retellings that peel away ...
Getty ImagesLady Gaga has arrived in Australia for her long-awaited Mayhem Ball Tour – her first time performing here in more than ten years. Gaga is playing five shows across Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. Fans are beyond excited, with tens of thousands waiting in queues to buy tickets. For a
A detail of the neatly aligned ceramic roof tiles and tuff blocks in a newly excavated site in Pompeii, documenting the storage of building materials during renovation. Archaeological Park of PompeiiRoman concrete is pretty amazing stuff. It’s among the main reasons we know so much about Roman architecture today.
SolStock/GettyFor some Indigenous peoples around the world, a day at work can mean experiencing repression, racism and regular reminders that we’re minorities in our own lands. Yet for others, work can be experienced as the exact opposite, as something that enables ourselves, our families and our communities to prosper. What
Cavan Images/GettyThriving Kids is a planned national program for children aged eight and under with developmental delay or autism who are assessed as having low to moderate support needs. The idea is to move these children out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and into the new program,
On a typical school day in Australia this year, about 11% of students were absent. In 2014, the figure was 7%. Two in five students now miss about a day of school each fortnight on average. This makes improving school attendance an urgent, national priority. In a new policy
The manosphere is big business today. Once a niche network lurking on the margins of the internet, this diverse community of male supremacist cultures has grown into a transnational profit-making enterprise. Our new review of the growing body of research on the manosphere reveals how it’s evolved. It
Sanket Mishra/UnsplashAfter months of anticipation and debate, Australia’s social media ban is now in force. Young Australians under 16 must now come to grips with the new reality of being unable to have an account on some social media platforms, including Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. Only time will
Marcin Kempa/UnsplashThe tech industry’s unofficial motto for two decades was “move fast and break things”. It was a philosophy that broke more than just taxi monopolies or hotel chains. It also constructed a digital world filled with risks for our most vulnerable. In the 2024–25 financial year alone, the Australian
Getty ImagesIt is now clear the government has failed to meet New Zealand’s smokefree goal of fewer than 5% of people from all population groups smoking by the end of this year. According to the latest New Zealand Health survey, 6.8% of adults smoked daily this year, which is similar
In a move that will enable her to avoid detailed media questioning about her use of entitlements, embattled minister Anika Wells has referred herself to the authority that oversees parliamentarians’ expenses. Wells, the Minister for Communications, who is also the Minister for Sport, said in a statement late Tuesday,
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has ended the year with a steady hand, keeping the cash rate at 3.6% at its final meeting of 2025. The decision was widely expected, but the real story is in the statement by the monetary policy board and what it reveals about the
