New federal polls from Newspoll and Redbridge have Labor’s primary vote dropping, with One Nation seven or nine points ahead of the Coalition in second place. Labor maintains a clear two-party advantage over either One Nation or the Coalition. However, the total vote for the Coalition and One Nation
Getty ImagesIf you’re often on social media, you’ve probably seen it: the deluge of low-quality, artificial intelligence-made material clogging up our feeds. So-called “AI slop” – the Macquarie Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2025 – is the result of generative AI being used at scale. It now floods the
Every day, we publish a selection of your emails in our newsletter. We’d love to hear from you, you can email us at yoursay@theconversation.edu.au. Monday March 2 Last week, we published an article asking if it’s time to ditch group assignments at uni. We invited comments on this story, so
Sasha Votyakova/Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, CC BY-NC-SADuring the early to mid Miocene period, 14 to 19 million years ago, a vast lake covered much of what is now Central Otago. Along the shores of Lake Manuherikia, whose remnants are found near present-day St Bathans, lived crocodilians, turtles,
George Marks/Getty Images Whether you whistle or not, you can’t escape whistlers. They’re dog owners, construction workers, day dreamers, concertgoers and annoying sports fans whose shrill makes you wish for earplugs. And there are tradies – Snow White’s pesky disciples who think whistling while you work makes chores fun.
Rajesh Syangtan/Pexels, CC BY-NC-NDFor many of us, food is something we buy at a supermarket or order at a cafe. We usually give little thought to the complex systems required to produce and deliver it – until they stop working. It’s not common to think of Australia as a
University can be a time of great opportunities, but it can also be very stressful. Many students need to support themselves financially and may be living away from home. Students are also under constant deadlines and, if in their final years, need to prepare for life and work after uni.
Cottonbro studio/PexelsWhen we hear that Australia’s unemployment rate is low, it sounds like good news. The Australian Bureau of Statistics defines an unemployed person as someone who is not working but is actively looking for a job and available to start. But there is a broader group not fully captured
The joint US–Israel strikes on Iran, which killed the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel and neighbouring Arab countries have again plunged the Middle East into war. US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said their aim is to bring about
The Albanese government has backed the American strike on Iran, while confirming Australia was not given prior warning. Federal cabinet’s national security committee met early Sunday. Although supporting what has been done, the government is emphasising Australia is not a central player in Middle East issues. Prime Minister
More than 100 children in Iran have been killed by US and Israeli air strikes on a school in Minab in southern Iran, according to Iranian authorities. Global Eye News/Social mediaThe US and Israel have launched joint coordinated attacks on Iran, prompting retaliatory strikes from Iran on Israel and US
The joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran represent a further erosion of the international legal order. Under international law, these attacks are neither preemptive nor lawful. Israel and the United States launched Operation Shield of Judah and Operation Epic Fury while diplomatic negotiations between Washington and Tehran were actively underway on
New federal polls from Newspoll and Redbridge have Labor’s primary vote dropping, with One Nation seven or nine points ahead of the Coalition in second place. Labor maintains a clear two-party advantage over either One Nation or the Coalition. However, the total vote for the Coalition and One Nation
Getty ImagesIf you’re often on social media, you’ve probably seen it: the deluge of low-quality, artificial intelligence-made material clogging up our feeds. So-called “AI slop” – the Macquarie Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2025 – is the result of generative AI being used at scale. It now floods the
Every day, we publish a selection of your emails in our newsletter. We’d love to hear from you, you can email us at yoursay@theconversation.edu.au. Monday March 2 Last week, we published an article asking if it’s time to ditch group assignments at uni. We invited comments on this story, so
Sasha Votyakova/Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, CC BY-NC-SADuring the early to mid Miocene period, 14 to 19 million years ago, a vast lake covered much of what is now Central Otago. Along the shores of Lake Manuherikia, whose remnants are found near present-day St Bathans, lived crocodilians, turtles,
George Marks/Getty Images Whether you whistle or not, you can’t escape whistlers. They’re dog owners, construction workers, day dreamers, concertgoers and annoying sports fans whose shrill makes you wish for earplugs. And there are tradies – Snow White’s pesky disciples who think whistling while you work makes chores fun.
Rajesh Syangtan/Pexels, CC BY-NC-NDFor many of us, food is something we buy at a supermarket or order at a cafe. We usually give little thought to the complex systems required to produce and deliver it – until they stop working. It’s not common to think of Australia as a
University can be a time of great opportunities, but it can also be very stressful. Many students need to support themselves financially and may be living away from home. Students are also under constant deadlines and, if in their final years, need to prepare for life and work after uni.
Cottonbro studio/PexelsWhen we hear that Australia’s unemployment rate is low, it sounds like good news. The Australian Bureau of Statistics defines an unemployed person as someone who is not working but is actively looking for a job and available to start. But there is a broader group not fully captured
The joint US–Israel strikes on Iran, which killed the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel and neighbouring Arab countries have again plunged the Middle East into war. US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said their aim is to bring about
The Albanese government has backed the American strike on Iran, while confirming Australia was not given prior warning. Federal cabinet’s national security committee met early Sunday. Although supporting what has been done, the government is emphasising Australia is not a central player in Middle East issues. Prime Minister
More than 100 children in Iran have been killed by US and Israeli air strikes on a school in Minab in southern Iran, according to Iranian authorities. Global Eye News/Social mediaThe US and Israel have launched joint coordinated attacks on Iran, prompting retaliatory strikes from Iran on Israel and US
The joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran represent a further erosion of the international legal order. Under international law, these attacks are neither preemptive nor lawful. Israel and the United States launched Operation Shield of Judah and Operation Epic Fury while diplomatic negotiations between Washington and Tehran were actively underway on
