The federal government suspending the export licence of Emanuel Exports, the biggest exporter and the company responsible for the 2017 Awassi Express shipment that triggered the furore around the industry.AAP/Animals AustraliaThe live sheep trade has been dealt a massive blow, with the government suspending the export licence of Emanuel Exports,...
The federal government suspending the export licence of Emanuel Exports, the biggest exporter and the company responsible for the 2017 Awassi Express shipment that triggered the furore around the industry.AAP/Animals...
Anthony Albanese is considered the Labor party's only leadership alternative to Bill Shorten.AAP/Ben RushtonLabor frontbencher Anthony Albanese has urged Labor to “engage constructively” with business, empower its party branches and...
Shallow hype?Rocket Photo/Shutterstock.comAre you scared of sharks? If you never read or watched the news, would you still be?Last year’s Senate inquiry on shark mitigation and deterrent measures heard evidence...
Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison announce the passage of their income tax package.AAP/Mick TsikasMichelle Grattan discusses the week in politics with University...
Public health spending is an important factor in reducing inequality between households in Australia.pxhereThe Australian Bureau of Statistics has just released its latest analysis of the effects of government benefits...
The latest Australian Environmental-Economic Accounts tell us waste production is rising with GDP, but the information is incomplete and widely ignored.Estormiz/WikimediaThe Australian Bureau of Statistics released the Australian Environmental-Economic Accounts...
This article is about the power of emotive images to create social and political change. However, we have chosen not to display distressing images, including those of Aylan Kurdi, for...
The skin under our eyes is thinner than elsewhere on our face, meaning our blood vessels are more visible. from www.shutterstock.comThis is an article from I’ve Always Wondered, a series...
Power over business, democracy and education will likely continue to lie with data and data-dependent tools, such as machine learning and artificial intelligence. ShutterstockIf the recent Cambridge Analytica data scandal...
With August 4th looming as the earliest possible date for an election of the full House of Representatives and half the Senate, the founder of the now-defunct Palmer United Party...
LGBTQ+ scientists feel like they have to come out over and over again. Jon Tyson on Unsplash, CC BYI recently joined an online initiative called 500 Queer Scientists. At...
The air may fizzle out of the Australian balloon, or it may burst violently.ShutterstockVital Signs is a regular economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden)...
Increasing risk does not mean it's predetermined. from www.shutterstock.comTwo recent studies recently drew a link between traumatic brain injuries and dementia. Understandably, media outlets were quick to report on these...
Over the past three weeks the ABC program Four Corners has presented special reports on American politics, which involved one of our best journalists, Sarah Ferguson, travelling to the US...
South-East Queensland residents need to prepare for more regular floods, according to new data.ShutterstockNew data recording the past 1,500 years of flows in the Brisbane River have revealed that South-East...
The doomsayer is just as vital as the visionary.ShutterstockThat new technologies could actually be bad for us, by sapping our attention or ruining our memories, is an argument that goes...
Sydney’s so-called “latte line” divides the city in two by jobs. Specifically, our research shows residents are segregated by both overall access to jobs and access to white-collar jobs. This...
Research that explores resettlement issues from refugee women's perspectives are needed to inform settlement policy and programs effectively. Author provided, Author providedBetween 2000 and 2017, the number of refugees and asylum...
The odds were always in the government’s favour in the battle to get its A$144 billion income tax package through parliament.However much some Senate minnows might have objected to the...
According to new research, public servants hold unfavourable assumptions about deliberation by members of the general publicShutterstockOne of the limitations of popular rule is that the people can’t vote on...
