Australia is about to feel the full brunt of its teacher shortage
ShutterstockThe Omicron wave is likely to exacerbate Australia’s existing teacher shortages and demanding workloads. As school starts at the end...
How to look after your mental health if you're at home with COVID
ShutterstockFor many of us, catching COVID and isolating at home can be a lonely, scary and distressing experience.For those with a pre-existing menta...
The republic debate is back (again) but we need more than a model to capture Australians' imagination
Chris Jackson/AP/AAPThe Australian Republic Movement has just released their preferred model for a republic. It would see Australia’s parliament...
63.5% of Australia's performing artists reported worsening mental health during COVID
Hailey Kean/Unsplash92% of performing artists experienced significant changes to their work during early stages of the pandemic – and at least h...
4 ways to stop Australia's surge in rooftop solar from destabilising electricity prices
ShutterstockLast year saw Australians install rooftop solar like never before, with 40% more installed in 2021 than in 2020. Solar system installation...
Research confirms men with older brothers are more likely to be gay, suggesting same-sex attraction has a biological basis
ShutterstockNew research shows having a greater number of older brothers increases the probability of a person entering a same-sex union at some point...
New, exclusive letters between the queen and 6 governors-general show the evolution of a relationship of equals
More than a year after the High Court’s decision in the “Palace letters” case, which said the queen’s correspondence with Gove...
a history of Australia's bushfire reporting
Australia’s Black Summer bushfires of 2019 and 2020 wreaked destruction across South-Eastern Australia. Images of flames crowned trees, engulfed...
Coalition slumps in first poll of 2022 as voters lose confidence in Morrison's handling of pandemic
In the first national poll of the new year, a Resolve survey for the Nine newspapers, Labor had 35% of the primary vote (up three percentage points si...
Pandemic disruption to PhD research is bad for society and the economy – but there are solutions
ShutterstockEvery year thousands of students enrol in PhD degrees at universities in New Zealand. The government funds their degrees because the advan...
As international students return, let's not return to the status quo of isolation and exploitation
ShutterstockAs Australia welcomes back international students, it’s a time for education providers to re-imagine how they cater to these student...
Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your questions answered
ShutterstockWith the rapid spread of Omicron, many countries are rethinking their COVID mask advice for the community. Respirators have been mandatory...
