Milan Cortina 2026 was Australia’s most successful Winter Olympics. From 1936-2022, Australia won 19 medals, including six golds. This year, Australia has added another six medals, including three golds. How has this happened and what may this success mean for the future of winter sports in Australia? A medal
Hagen Hopkins/Getty ImagesPay equity is back in the spotlight in New Zealand, with an unofficial “people’s select committee” about to report on last year’s legislative changes that overhauled the process and cancelled existing claims. As we await its findings, it’s a timely moment to ask what problem pay equity settlements
The mainstream media warmly welcomed Australia’s latest economic data. read now...
Lawlessness in the Victorian construction sector caused by the CFMEU saw the cost of the Victorian Labor government’s signature “Big Build” infrastructure program blow out by at least 15%, we learnt a fortnight ago. That translates into $15 billion in taxpayer money that flowed to corrupt CFMEU officials, standover men,
The head of the most powerful and far-reaching crime agency in NSW has been picked to become the Commonwealth’s intelligence agency disciplinarian. It’s a quiet changing of the guard on the eve of the commencement of the royal commission into the antisemitic mass murder shooting of 15 people at
Australia’s federal workplace umpire has warned litigants that weak cases filed in the industrial court, especially those wrongly drafted or advanced with the aid of artificial intelligence, will not only be dismissed but may also attract cost orders against those who bring them. In a speech that sets major boundaries
Donald Trump's fresh 15% tariff on all US imports will send Australia back to the negotiating table, meanwhile the Coalition is seeking to strengthen passport laws to keep out ISIS
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 February 23 Trump continues to threaten Iran “On the situation in Iran, Dr Assal Rad recently noted: ‘Isn’t it weird how the legality of [the
Environment and Water Minister Murray Watt says laws that deliver on the recommendations of the Samuel review would update a 25-year-old piece of environmental protection legislation. They add to previous reforms, introducing stronger protections against high-risk tree clearing and new powers for national environmental standards to be made by the
Victoria’s three core integrity agencies last week published a proposal designed to enhance transparency about how they are funded. The joint paper comes in the wake of allegations that criminality within the CFMEU could have cost Victorian taxpayers around $15 billion on major government projects. The Victorian Ombudsman, the Independent
Steven Conaway, Greenwich Land Trust, Bugwood.org, CC BYWhat do coffee, sugar, wheat, soy, eucalypts and paperbarks all have in common? They are all susceptible to parasitic rust diseases caused by fungi. Plant rust disease can easily be spotted by the characteristic orange or yellow spores that cover plant leaves,
NASA via Getty ImagesThe extreme weather events and resulting destruction that have hit New Zealand this summer are not only signs of a changing climate. They also highlight the now indispensable role of remote sensing satellite technology. Broadly, remote sensing involves gathering information about Earth from a distance – most
Milan Cortina 2026 was Australia’s most successful Winter Olympics. From 1936-2022, Australia won 19 medals, including six golds. This year, Australia has added another six medals, including three golds. How has this happened and what may this success mean for the future of winter sports in Australia? A medal
Hagen Hopkins/Getty ImagesPay equity is back in the spotlight in New Zealand, with an unofficial “people’s select committee” about to report on last year’s legislative changes that overhauled the process and cancelled existing claims. As we await its findings, it’s a timely moment to ask what problem pay equity settlements
The mainstream media warmly welcomed Australia’s latest economic data. read now...
Lawlessness in the Victorian construction sector caused by the CFMEU saw the cost of the Victorian Labor government’s signature “Big Build” infrastructure program blow out by at least 15%, we learnt a fortnight ago. That translates into $15 billion in taxpayer money that flowed to corrupt CFMEU officials, standover men,
The head of the most powerful and far-reaching crime agency in NSW has been picked to become the Commonwealth’s intelligence agency disciplinarian. It’s a quiet changing of the guard on the eve of the commencement of the royal commission into the antisemitic mass murder shooting of 15 people at
Australia’s federal workplace umpire has warned litigants that weak cases filed in the industrial court, especially those wrongly drafted or advanced with the aid of artificial intelligence, will not only be dismissed but may also attract cost orders against those who bring them. In a speech that sets major boundaries
Donald Trump's fresh 15% tariff on all US imports will send Australia back to the negotiating table, meanwhile the Coalition is seeking to strengthen passport laws to keep out ISIS
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 February 23 Trump continues to threaten Iran “On the situation in Iran, Dr Assal Rad recently noted: ‘Isn’t it weird how the legality of [the
Environment and Water Minister Murray Watt says laws that deliver on the recommendations of the Samuel review would update a 25-year-old piece of environmental protection legislation. They add to previous reforms, introducing stronger protections against high-risk tree clearing and new powers for national environmental standards to be made by the
Victoria’s three core integrity agencies last week published a proposal designed to enhance transparency about how they are funded. The joint paper comes in the wake of allegations that criminality within the CFMEU could have cost Victorian taxpayers around $15 billion on major government projects. The Victorian Ombudsman, the Independent
Steven Conaway, Greenwich Land Trust, Bugwood.org, CC BYWhat do coffee, sugar, wheat, soy, eucalypts and paperbarks all have in common? They are all susceptible to parasitic rust diseases caused by fungi. Plant rust disease can easily be spotted by the characteristic orange or yellow spores that cover plant leaves,
NASA via Getty ImagesThe extreme weather events and resulting destruction that have hit New Zealand this summer are not only signs of a changing climate. They also highlight the now indispensable role of remote sensing satellite technology. Broadly, remote sensing involves gathering information about Earth from a distance – most