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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

Skilled migrants a vital resource for regional business

By Claire Higgins and Louise Olliff Regional Australia has long struggled to attract skilled workers away from urban centres. In the years since the pandemic, however,

Musk’s OpenAI lawsuit dismissed in less than 2 hours

By Alexandra Andhov and Ian Murray On Monday, a nine-member federal jury in Oakland, California took less than two hours to dismiss Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI

AI-generated actors and films banned from Oscars

By Daniel Binns and Meg Thomas The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has adjusted the eligibility criteria for films vying for Oscars from 2027 onward. Films

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