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What is play-based learning and why does it matter?

By Guardian Childcare and Education When children play, it might look like simple fun, but in reality, they are building the foundations for lifelong learning. At

More places needed in fledgling home support scheme

By Luke Traini, CEO, Trilogy Care Hundreds of thousands of older Australians on the waiting list for home care packages were justifiably hopeful when Support at Home

Emerging urban heat islands put billions at risk

By Hamish Lewis and Luke Harrington We tend to think of climate change impacts as dramatic and destructive. Storms and floods that bring down landslides and swamp

Banning protest slogans won’t end antisemitism

By Imogen Richards The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion will deliver its interim report to the Governor-General this week. Public hearings will

‘Impossible’ two-hour marathon barrier broken

By Mark Connick On May 6, 1954, Sir Roger Bannister did what was deemed impossible in athletics: he ran a mile in less than four minutes. The milestone was celebrated

Plenty of risks in negative gearing rent reforms

By Rachel Ong ViforJ In the lead-up to the May federal budget – now just a fortnight away – Treasurer Jim Chalmers has left the door open to winding back negative

The times suit Albanese, but he is still not popular

By Frank Bongiorno The times might be bad, but they have suited Anthony Albanese. The explosions on the political right since the 2025 election have, in electoral

Diplomats gather to slow down the doomsday clock

By Tilman Ruff This week in New York, diplomats from almost every nation will convene for a four-week review of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

CGT discount supports foreign renewables investors

By Melinda Peters, Andrew Bukowski, Kate Swain and Melissa Simpson from McCullough Robertson Lawyers As Australia accelerates its transition to renewable energy, foreign

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Australia’s gas reserves ownership under the microscope

By Samantha Hepburn Over the last decade, Australia has become one of the world’s largest exporters of liquefied natural gas. But while the gas is extracted from

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