While the public debate on housing shortages is as ill-informed as ever, one solution is not just obvious, but been well and truly tested.

These Pacific meetings are a curtain raiser for the annual UN climate meetings in Turkey next month.

Governments in rich nations tend to spend more on health. Do we really want them to spend less?

Early on Sunday clocks in the south-eastern states will go forward one hour. Here’s what you need to know – and how it will affect you * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast It’s that time of year again: clocks will move forward one hour on Sunday in many parts of Australia as daylight saving time comes into effect. Here’s what you need to know. Continue reading...

It's one year on since the federal government passed major legislation to try and improve safety in early education centres. Are kids any safer? What more needs to happen?

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Young people consistently described online spaces as providing opportunities for self-expression and self-discovery.

We ask pre-service teachers to create rich learning environments for children and to understand curiosity, experimentation, imagination and discovery. Yet how often do we give them opportunities to ex...

Almost 50% of workers in the latest HILDA survey feel overeducated – which can make people more likely to feel bored at work, underpaid or more likely to quit.

The high cost of housing is also keeping half of young adults up to age 29 living with their parents.

Expert says Australia’s criminal laws should be clarified to determine how fault is applied to a corporation when its AI agent commits a crime The federal government could change Australian laws if the current legal framework could not respond to the unprecedented OpenAI hack of Medicare, ministers have confirmed. On Friday, the government said the review by spy agency, the Australian signals directorate, would consider whether legislative change was needed after the prime minister revealed an artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI hacked Medicare’s statistics website and three other systems in June. Continue reading...

Media has reported up to 15 children have been living unattended in a squalid house in WA’s Pilbara. While the danger didn’t start overnight, the fixes can.

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This could mark the start of a major arms race in space, which would threaten all of us on Earth.

Data centres were once treated as invisible pieces of digital infrastructure. Now, they’re the focus of intense political debate.

The illicit market for tobacco is not an inevitable result of high excise taxes.

Sir Ian McKellen is helping fund a lifeline for vulnerable LGBT+ Ugandans🌈 Alongside £14,645 raised by PTF supporters, Ian donated to the Dauglas Project, supporting safe space, food, farming income, sport & music This is solidarity in action

Tell MAMA data reveals the scale of mosque attacks, mosques targeted since 2013 and the events driving mosques and anti-Muslim hate in Britain.

It threatens to compound the worst effects of climate change.

Politicians from the two major parties have suggested adopting laws similar to those in the United Kingdom, but enforcing them would be challenging.

Earth is on track to exceed 1.5 degrees of warming within years, the United Nations has warned, exposing communities to more extreme weather.

Antonio Rotondo was found guilty on Tuesday of creating and distributing "profoundly violating" and "degrading" deepfakes of Brisbane women and children.  

As a supporter or friend, you don’t need to have the answers, and you shouldn’t speculate. Here’s how to just be there and offer practical support.

Separate studies claim to show a connection between improved water quality in catchments along Queensland's Great Barrier Reef and farmers changing the way they fertilise their crops.

Confusion and politics aside, Australia can’t pretend to be removed from the world – and the millions of people in need of sanctuary

Some private schools have introduced behaviour contracts for parents. Meanwhile, some states let principals ban abusive parents from public school grounds.

Parents have an important role to play in educating children about consent and relationships. But it can be hard to know where to begin.

The Roblox saga is a reminder that parents can’t leave children’s online safety to platforms.

Critics say internal IDF investigations are too slow and biased, and the bar to holding soldiers accountable is far too high.

A 75% cut in tobacco tax won’t make cigarettes as cheap as you might think. Here’s what really helps smokers in a cost of living crisis.

Decades of scientific warnings have done little to change humanity’s course. A new warning looks at the interconnected pressures facing the planet and what can be done about them.