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‘Maybe this is the last minutes you are living’: how the war is impacting young Ukrainians
New research sheds light on how young Ukrainians have navigated the war on their doorstep, as well as how they have coped ...
UK bans Gaza protest group – could the same thing happen in Australia?
Dozens of people – many elderly – have been arrested in the United Kingdom after protest group Palestine Action was ...
The incredible impact of Ozzy Osbourne, from Black Sabbath to Ozzfest to 30 years of retirement tours
Osbourne’s solo career has always been managed by Sharon. While recording his second solo album, Diary of a Madman, guitarist ...
South Australia’s algal bloom may shrink over winter – but this model suggests it will spread to new areas in summer
Preliminary results from computer modelling suggests the harmful algal bloom that has been killing marine life will return ...
Climate disasters are pushing people into homelessness – but there’s a lot we can do about it
Temporary shelters – such as crisis shelters, motels, short-term rentals, pods, cabins and caravans – can be a stop-gap ...
Central bank independence and credibility matters. Here’s why
The Reserve Bank’s surprise decision to hold rates in July shocked the market. But a new survey finds its credibility has ...
View from The Hill: How much can Jim Chalmers get out of the economic reform roundtable?
It remains unclear to what extent Chalmers will seek to define the outcome beforehand. That is: will he, after reviewing the ...
Ultra fast fashion could be taxed to oblivion in France. Could Australia follow suit?
Ultra-fast fashion comes with a host of environmental problems. Australia’s response to the deluge of cheap low quality ...
Kazuo Ishiguro said he won the Nobel Prize for making people cry – 20 years later, Never Let Me Go should make us angry
Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go was published 20 years ago. Since then, the Japanese-born English writer has been awarded the Nobel Prize in 2017 and knighted for services to literature in 2018.