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The winding path to home ownership in Australia

By Emma Baker For generations, Australia has been understood as a homeowning nation. And the expected housing pathway was relatively simple. Young adults left the family

Tips to help keep your teen (and you) off devices

By Danielle Einstein Phones and devices have become inextricably linked with everyday life. They store our credit cards, provide critical bus updates, and allow us to

Lack of data means Peptide risks are largely unknown

By Samuel Cornell and Timothy Piatkowski Peptide may not yet be the 2026 Oxford Word of the Year, but it must surely be in the running. From your friendly neighbourhood

‘Normalised’ China relationship faces first big test

By Michelle Grattan On various measures, the Albanese government has been a lot more successful than its Morrison predecessor in dealing with Beijing, although this has

Australia shores up Pacific treaties as China fires missiles

By Joanne Wallis and Salote Tagivakatini As part of his tour of the Pacific, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has signed a significant defence treaty with his Fijian

Popcorn has long underscored the success of cinemas

By Garritt Van Dyk An outing to the cinema isn’t just about seeing a movie, it is a full sensory experience, with a big screen and big snacks. An epic film demands

Chaotic battery charging system stifles EV roll-out

By Hussein Dia Plunging battery prices and cheap running costs mean battery electric vehicles are now outselling petrol cars across Europe and China. In Australia,

Rental affordability scheme quietly sinks into oblivion

By Steven Rowley This week marks the end of the National Rental Affordability Scheme, which once provided more than 35,000 affordable rental homes across the

Major threat to the future of music ‘made by humans’

By Andrew Cullen Music from Kylie Minogue, John Farnham, INXS, Midnight Oil, AC/DC, Tones and I, Gotye, Ben Frost, Nick Cave, Tame Impala, Parkway Drive, The Living End

Australia’s love-hate relationship with immigration

By Mark Cully The history of immigration policy in Australia is full of yes-no contradictions: fear jostling with hope, exclusion with openness. Australia has been

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