There have been 140 Royal Commissions of Inquiry since Federation.
Most of these Commissions, 79, were held prior to 1939. Since 2001, only 15 were convened, with the last one the Inquiry into Defence and Veteran Suicide (2021-2024).
The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, initially reluctant to add to this list, announced on January 8, 2026, the ...
Getty ImagesFor decades, we have heard a familiar story about why New Zealand’s firms choose to stay small. Business owners prefer comfort, control and lifestyle over ambition, summed up in the old notion of the “bach, boat and BMW” being the height of aspiration. The statistics show this pattern clearly.
In Ukraine, Russia seeks neither decisive military triumph nor territorial aggrandisement for its own sake. The deeper purpose is to redraw Europe’s security map, restore credible deterrence and compel acknowledgement
A thrown tea bowl made by Hamada Shōji. Wikimedia, CC BY-SAOn January 10 1926, Yanagi Sōetsu and the potters Hamada Shōji and Kawai Kanjirō sat talking excitedly late into the night at a temple on Mt Kōya, in Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture. They were debating how best to honour the
The latest prisoner numbers raise several important questions. read now...
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 January 12 The Hiding Place “This review of Kate Mildenhall’s novel resonated with me on a couple of levels, as a picture of contemporary Australia
Victoria Police has confirmed one person has been found dead in an area affected by the Longwood bushfire. Meanwhile rights groups have said over 500 people have been killed in
Graeme Thomas/FacebookAfter a weekend of extreme heat and windy conditions, more than 30 blazes were still burning in Victoria and New South Wales as of Sunday evening, including major fires in the Otways, near the town of Alexandra in central Victoria, and on the NSW-Victoria border near Corryong. How
Street art, Penang, Malaysia. Sabrinakhanpoly, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAOmar Musa’s new book, Fierceland, ranges across five distinct geographies and covers a period of some 170 years. It is told from at least ten perspectives and encompasses prose, poetry and visual art. It is, in every way, an epic endeavour.
Pressmaster/GettyHave you ever felt delighted (perhaps secretly) when something went wrong for someone else? We may not openly admit it, but many of us have probably felt this way – sometimes intentionally, sometimes unconsciously. This feeling has a name, borrowed into English from German: “schadenfreude”. And workplaces or other business
Today, rock wallabies are seen as secretive cliff-dwellers that rarely stray far from the safety of their rocky shelters. But the fossil record tells a very different story. New research suggests rock wallabies were once travellers, moving across country in search of new habitat. These wandering wallabies, including one that
MDV Edwards/GettyWhen people picture someone with an eating disorder, many think of a thin, teenage girl with anorexia nervosa. This stereotype is so pervasive it can feel like a fact. The reality is that eating disorders affect people of all ages, body sizes, cultures, races, sexes, genders and sexualities. In
There have been 140 Royal Commissions of Inquiry since Federation.
Most of these Commissions, 79, were held prior to 1939. Since 2001, only 15 were convened, with the last one the Inquiry into Defence and Veteran Suicide (2021-2024).
The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, initially reluctant to add to this list, announced on January 8, 2026, the ...
Getty ImagesFor decades, we have heard a familiar story about why New Zealand’s firms choose to stay small. Business owners prefer comfort, control and lifestyle over ambition, summed up in the old notion of the “bach, boat and BMW” being the height of aspiration. The statistics show this pattern clearly.
In Ukraine, Russia seeks neither decisive military triumph nor territorial aggrandisement for its own sake. The deeper purpose is to redraw Europe’s security map, restore credible deterrence and compel acknowledgement
A thrown tea bowl made by Hamada Shōji. Wikimedia, CC BY-SAOn January 10 1926, Yanagi Sōetsu and the potters Hamada Shōji and Kawai Kanjirō sat talking excitedly late into the night at a temple on Mt Kōya, in Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture. They were debating how best to honour the
The latest prisoner numbers raise several important questions. read now...
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 January 12 The Hiding Place “This review of Kate Mildenhall’s novel resonated with me on a couple of levels, as a picture of contemporary Australia
Victoria Police has confirmed one person has been found dead in an area affected by the Longwood bushfire. Meanwhile rights groups have said over 500 people have been killed in
Graeme Thomas/FacebookAfter a weekend of extreme heat and windy conditions, more than 30 blazes were still burning in Victoria and New South Wales as of Sunday evening, including major fires in the Otways, near the town of Alexandra in central Victoria, and on the NSW-Victoria border near Corryong. How
Street art, Penang, Malaysia. Sabrinakhanpoly, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAOmar Musa’s new book, Fierceland, ranges across five distinct geographies and covers a period of some 170 years. It is told from at least ten perspectives and encompasses prose, poetry and visual art. It is, in every way, an epic endeavour.
Pressmaster/GettyHave you ever felt delighted (perhaps secretly) when something went wrong for someone else? We may not openly admit it, but many of us have probably felt this way – sometimes intentionally, sometimes unconsciously. This feeling has a name, borrowed into English from German: “schadenfreude”. And workplaces or other business
Today, rock wallabies are seen as secretive cliff-dwellers that rarely stray far from the safety of their rocky shelters. But the fossil record tells a very different story. New research suggests rock wallabies were once travellers, moving across country in search of new habitat. These wandering wallabies, including one that
MDV Edwards/GettyWhen people picture someone with an eating disorder, many think of a thin, teenage girl with anorexia nervosa. This stereotype is so pervasive it can feel like a fact. The reality is that eating disorders affect people of all ages, body sizes, cultures, races, sexes, genders and sexualities. In