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Growing Islamophobia a threat to social cohesion

By Fethi Mansouri The Albanese government has handed down its response to its special envoy’s report on Islamophobia in Australia, ten months after it was

‘Catastrophic’ Telstra outage exposes big risks in old tech

By Andrew Cullen At a two-and-a-half-hour Senate grilling on Friday, Telstra executives revealed just how bad their catastrophic outage earlier this month was. At its

Narcissistic leaders most likely to reject work from home

By Libby Sander Have you ever wondered why your boss wants you back in the office full-time, rather than allowing hybrid work, where you can combine work from home and

New UK Labour leader pledges to bring back hope

By Eric Shaw Andy Burnham has won on his third attempt to be Labour’s leader. In a wide-ranging speech to Labour MPs at a special conference in London, a jubilant

Workers changing jobs less often has an economic impact

By Peter Siminski and Christopher Carter The share of Australian workers who change employers in a given year has decreased a lot. In fact, this rate has more than

Words not enough to stop AI theft

By Alice Grundy Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has vowed to protect Australian writers, musicians, artists and journalists, saying they “must retain ownership and

Why Australia needs mobile domestic roaming

By Mark A Gregory Telstra’s recent national mobile network outage was one of the worst incidents of its kind in living memory. More than 600 calls to Triple Zero were

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

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