It’s the build-up in northern Australia – the time of year when heat and humidity get worse ahead of the wet season. Common phrases such as “going troppo” or “mango madness” give a sense of the effects. Tempers fray and tensions rise.
On the eve of New Zealand’s general election, final polls show the right retaining its lead, but with support continuing to shift towards the left, and the centrist Opportunity Party potentially holding the balance of power.
When you walk through a gallery, admiring the paintings on the walls, what you are seeing are finished products. They are the result of countless hours of learning and practice and trial and error, but none of that is on display.
In 2023, during the FIFA Women’s World Cup final celebrations, the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, grabbed Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso and kissed her aggressively on the mouth.
With less than a month to go before the Victorian state election, the media and community focus has been fixed on the potential make up of the lower house of the new parliament. This is understandable.
In March 2023, Midnight Oil frontman and former Labor minister Peter Garrett wrote in an article titled “AUKUS stinks, and that’s an understatement”:
All 435 United States federal House of Representatives seats and 35 of the 100 Senate seats were up for election in yesterday’s midterm elections.
A ten-year scientific investigation of museum specimens has uncovered two previously unrecognised bandicoot species, expanded the known range of the iconic quenda (or southeastern brown bandicoot), and reshaped understanding of one of Austr…
Will the gnomes kill everyone in the rural Australian town of Nompton? Will Carrie get her revenge on her classmates? Will the traitors be identified?
As a high school or uni student, you might sometimes find yourself putting off study to do other tasks even when an important assessment deadline or exam is looming over you.
In March 2023, Midnight Oil frontman and former Labor minister Peter Garrett wrote in an article titled “AUKUS stinks, and that’s an understatement”:
When you walk through a gallery, admiring the paintings on the walls, what you are seeing are finished products. They are the result of countless hours of learning and practice and trial and error, but none of that is on display.
TechnologyYou wake up and your smartwatch has already synced with your phone. On the way to work, your phone connects to your car. Later, you put in wireless earbuds.
As a high school or uni student, you might sometimes find yourself putting off study to do other tasks even when an important assessment deadline or exam is looming over you.
A sweeping overhaul of New Zealand’s education system over the past three years has affected almost every aspect of how schools operate.
EducationWhen students choose their Year 11 and 12 subjects, they are deciding more than their pathway to university. They are choosing the kinds of learning and experiences available to them.
One in five Australians lives with chronic pain, meaning pain that persists longer than three months. Among people with disabilities, the rate is far higher.
Have you ever gone to your GP to find out why you’re always tired, only to be told to lose weight?
The government wants to remove the extra private health insurance rebate paid to people aged 65 and over to improve intergenerational equity and provide a less complex rebate.
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