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Coastal retreat – the climate issue we try to avoid

By Anne Maree Kreller Climate change is exacerbating rainfall, flooding and sea-level rises in coastal and low lying areas. During the past few years, disastrous floods

One day cricket facing challenges to stay relevant

By Vaughan Cruickshank and Tom Hartley Sir Donald Bradman needs little introduction. Cricket – and possibly world sport’s – most dominant figure, “The Don” is

COVID set off declining confidence in police forces

By Kelly Hine, Katie Davenport-Klunder and Nadine McKillop New research released by the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) confirms what

Signs of progress in latest climate change scenarios

By Andrew King When major new climate change scenarios are released, there’s always strong interest. These scenarios lay out what our future climate will look like,

Cricket and soccer dominate but still face financial woes

By James Skinner and Danny Hill Cricket and soccer are two of, if not the biggest national sporting codes in Australia. Yet the governing bodies of both have recently

Housing was already slumping before the Federal Budget

By James Graham To say this year’s Federal Budget has ruffled some feathers would be an understatement. The Albanese government announced major reforms to two tax

Resurgent Pokémon comes with profits and crime

By Tets Kimura In 1973, Japanese food company Calbee started attaching free collectable baseball player cards to its potato chip packets (and continues to do so

Teals toy with forming party despite a history of tears

By Michelle Grattan The flirtation by some “teals” with the idea of forming a new party is part of the major shakeup underway in our political system, mostly on its

One in four students receive special disability help

By Linda J. Graham and Callula Killingly New data shows 27.2 percent of Australian students are receiving an adjustment for disability at school. This is up from 25.7

Forever renting quickly becoming the new norm

By Dorina Pojani For a growing swathe of Australians, “forever renting” has become the new norm. Renting is no longer a youthful rite of passage or a transitional

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