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Smart glasses come with a minefield of privacy issues

Kimberlee Weatherall and Milica Stilinovic There are now many more people walking the streets in Australia wearing glasses that can subtly film and record the world

Are the Year 3 NAPLAN alarm bells justified?

By Bronwyn O’Connor and Katherin Cartwright The national NAPLAN results are in for 2026. Years 5, 7 and 9 saw their numeracy scores increase, however a reported

Cancelled speech reveals perils of immigration policy

By Michelle Grattan Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke’s cancelling of his big speech on migration that had been scheduled for delivery at the National Press Club this

Miles Franklin shortlist shows willingness to experiment

By Alexander Howard Australian fiction has long been interested in the relationship between the local and the global – and the six books shortlisted for this year’s

Still time to protect wildlife from bird flu outbreak

By Saia Nahir Bartes Australia is now confronting an outbreak of a deadly bird flu strain. As of Monday, the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus had been detected in 78 wild

Ariana Grande health speculation asks the wrong question

By Vivienne Lewis Every time a celebrity appears to lose weight, the same debate begins. Some people say we shouldn’t comment on another person’s body. Others argue

Governments need to address churn in childcare work

By Peter Hurley, Melissa Tham and Sarah Pilcher Reports of shocking abuse and neglect in our early childhood system mean many Australians are questioning whether they

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

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

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

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