Cemeteries are running out of space, and cremation damages the environment, but there are other ways we could honour our dead ...

Every employee needs toilets and break facilities, but gig companies don’t provide these, leaving workers dependent on public ...

Education does not just impart information; it shapes who we are and who we might be. Since 2010, the Australian Curriculum has included an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures ...

In 1490, Leonardo da Vinci wrote, “If you cause your ship to stop and place the head of a long tube in the water and place the outer extremity to your ear, you will hear ships at a great distance from ...

Hearing loss is a common part of aging. According to the World Health Organization, almost 60 per cent of moderate, or disabling, hearing loss is experienced by adults aged over 60 years. Another part ...

It feels like Australia is in a never-ending cycle of climate-related disasters. In December 2023 alone we saw flooding inundate Northern Queensland, bushfires blaze through north-west New South Wales ...

Australia’s young adults are putting their traditional steps towards adulthood on hold – spending more time living in the parental home. In fact, just over half of young men (54 per cent) and 47 per ...

Since the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey began in 2001, the smoking, drinking and illicit drug use habits of Australians across the country have been recorded. Now, ...

Have you heard of ‘Flat-Earth education’? It’s a phrase I am using as a provocation to highlight a problem – the unquestioning acceptance of the everyday structures and practices of education, ...

Combining travel with remote work was once a relatively niche lifestyle. But these days, digital nomadism has matured into the mainstream. This surge in numbers – a reported 131 per cent growth ...

I’m a proud Biripi man. My family hails from the Taree area in the mid-north coast of New South Wales, with my grandfather relocating to Sydney during his childhood. I’ve always had a strong ...

The Victorian government’s recent announcement that it’s aiming to build 800,000 new houses in a decade might seem very ambitious, but it aims to address a very serious problem. Housing supply in ...