Modern connected cars are spying on their owners
By Dennis B. Desmond
Australia’s spy agency has issued a stark warning to politicians and public servants: do not discuss sensitive or classified information in
Read more2 June 2026
Depopulation raises deep global generational concerns
By Liz Allen
Birth rates have been declining worldwide since the peak of the post-second world war baby boom.
Birth rates have now reached below replacement in most of
Read more2 June 2026
Women leading the rise of the political far right
By Sofia Ammassari
Pauline Hanson and her party One Nation have been dominating headlines after their recent electoral successes in South Australia and Farrer.
A new
Read more2 June 2026
NASA on the verge of charting 100,000 new planets
A powerful new telescope being developed by NASA is expected to reveal more than 100,000 previously uncharted planets outside of our solar system.
This will be a major
Read more2 June 2026
Artificial reef or headland to stop Gold Coast beach erosion
The Gold Coast City council is considering building an artificial reef or headland to stop its iconic beaches being washed into the sea.
The city is asking residents to
Read more1 June 2026
2032 Games authority takes over Victoria Park
The Games Independent Infrastructure Coordination Authority (GIICA) has officially taken possession of Brisbane’s Victoria Park today as work begins on the new
Read more1 June 2026
Melbourne’s curious obsession with black clothing
By Rachel Lamarche-Beauchesne and Jye Marshall
Anna Wintour, former editor in chief of Vogue, once said she would “never ever wear head-to-toe black”. It’s not a
Read more1 June 2026
Cities consistently attract more rain than open areas
By Shankar Sharma, Andy Pitman and Jason Evans
After another spell of wet weather along Australia’s east coast, with storms, heavy rain and flash flooding across
Read more1 June 2026
Contracts awarded for Sunshine Coast rail extension
Contracts have been awarded for the first stage of the expanded rail connection to the Sunshine Coast.
The so-called Wave Stage 1 will provide 19km of new dual-track
Read more1 June 2026
Rapid climate collapse found to have happened before
The sudden climate collapse depicted in the movie The Day After Tomorrow is not as far fetched as we might have thought.
New research has revealed that the Earth’s
Read more29 May 2026