Kitchens are losing their role as the hub of family life
By Caroline Cumberbatch
According to anthropologist Richard Wrangham, cooking fundamentally altered the human species.
He claims the control of fire and the advent of
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Have annual performance reviews had their day?
By Danaë Anderson and Jeremy Morrow
Every year organisations roll out their refreshed strategies, new KPIs and ambitious goals for the year ahead.
But despite the
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Trump’s confusing war has little public support at home
By David Smith
No US president in living memory has gone to war with less public support than Donald Trump has for the war in Iran.
Even Barack Obama’s much-maligned
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Cinema singer-songwriter Agnes Obel to perform at QPAC
If you watch streaming or go to the movies, chances are you have heard many of Agnes Obel’s ethereal songs.
The Berlin-based Danish singer, songwriter, producer, and
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$153 million Newstead project gets green light
A $153 million apartment project in Newstead is about to be built at 12 Kyabra Street, on the site of a former factory and later a boxing gym that burnt down in
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Battle of the friendly titans – Canavan vs Joyce
By Michelle Grattan
Matt Canavan was once Barnaby Joyce’s staffer, and later his closest ally and most vociferous spruiker. Not to mention his best political
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Hope for young men drawn into misogynistic online world
Young Australian men are being drawn to misogynistic online communities when they are struggling with isolation, rejection or declining mental health, new research has
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Aussies identify with postcode over city, state, or country
Postcodes are now more culturally significant than the city, state or country in which Australians live, with nearly two-thirds identifying most strongly with the four
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Households winding back discretionary spending
Household spending has fallen for the first time in 17 months as cost of living pressures and rising interest rates hit hard.
The CommBank Household Spending Insights
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UN Security Council condemns Iran’s attacks on neighbours
The UN Security Council has condemned Iran’s “egregious attacks” against nearly a dozen of its regional neighbours, amid the Middle East war which is entering its
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