Exercise tax a missed chance to reduce healthcare burden
By Emma Beckman
The GST on exercise physiology – an emerging and misunderstood field when the tax was introduced in 2000 – creates an unlevel playing field in allied
Read more3 August 2026Perspectives
Mindfulness appears to slow the passage of time
By Amy Errmann
Ask someone if they’d rather take $5 today or $10 next week and they’ll know which option is better.
Yet that idea of “today” can have a magnetic
Read more3 August 2026
Private school fee hikes highlight quality dilemma
By Elisa Di Gregorio and Emma Rowe
This month, multiple news outlets have reported families’ concerns about rising private school costs during the cost-of-living
Read more3 August 2026
Australian bird flu cases are taking off
By Jane Younger
The spread of H5N1 birdflu is worsening.
At the time of writing, Australia has 53 confirmed detections in wild seabirds across five states. In South
Read more3 August 2026
Proposal puts world soccer ‘on the brink of war’
By David Rowe
A little over a week since the 2026 men’s World Cup final, world soccer appears on the brink of war.
The main battleground is a proposal from FIFA
Read more31 July 2026
Will a new Fair Work Court really change anything?
By Tess Hardy
At Labor’s national conference last week, the Albanese government said it would establish a new federal Fair Work Court to provide “simpler, fairer
Read more31 July 2026
Inflation figures bring some hope for mortgage holders
By Stella Huangfu
This week’s inflation figures showed inflation pressures have eased, just a day after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) warned inflation was still
Read more30 July 2026
Young people more likely to admit mental struggles
By Sabrina Lenzen
Ask any parent, teacher or GP and they will tell you young people seem to be doing worse, mentally, than they used to.
National surveys back them
Read more29 July 2026
SpaceX Moon crash highlights lack of lunar land laws
By Gregory Radisic
In the early hours of August 5, 2026, an abandoned SpaceX rocket stage is expected to slam into the Moon at around 8700 kilometres per hour.
Launched
Read more28 July 2026
Big challenges for new Victorian Premier Ben Carroll
By Zareh Ghazarian
After a tumultuous 24 hours, the Labor Party in Victoria has decided it will have Ben Carroll as its new leader and therefore Premier of
Read more28 July 2026