Opinion

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Young women's memoirs of migration and dispossession in Australia demand to be heard

24 Jun 2022

These are ferociously intelligent books by two young female writers addressing the problems of gender, race and migration in Australia today.

India’s minister of commerce Piyush Goyal and WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

World Trade Organization steps back from the brink of irrelevance – but it's not fixed yet

22 Jun 2022

Meeting for the first time since 2017, the WTO’s highest decision-making body managed to agree on some things – including its first treaty with environmental protection as the objective.

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'Bet you’re on the list': how criticising 'smart weapons' got me banned from Russia

22 Jun 2022

Russia’s absurd claims about ‘smart’ landmines show it’s high time the world put limits on autonomous weapons.

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‘The wait list is a battle in itself’: what it takes to get social housing

21 Jun 2022

Getting on the priority wait list is so challenging some applicants just give up.

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Insurance firms can skim your online data to price your insurance — and there’s little in the law to stop this

20 Jun 2022

There’s little transparency surrounding how insurance firms collect, analyse and use our personal data when they establish insurance costs.

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First, COVID hit disadvantaged communities harder. Now, long COVID delivers them a further blow

20 Jun 2022

What do disadvantaged communities need to weather long COVID? Ask them.

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What’s a grid, anyway? Making sense of the complex beast that is Australia’s electricity network

20 Jun 2022

What is the electricity grid and how does it work? How are energy supply and prices determined? An expert breaks down a few of the terms and ideas underpinning Australia’s energy crisis.

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Does paying for tax advice save money? Only if you’re wealthy

14 Jun 2022

Tax advisers are more likely to act as 'tax exploiters' for wealthy clients but 'tax enforcers' for the rest of us.

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Frogs are dying en masse again, and we need your help to find out why

14 Jun 2022

Thousands of sick and dead frogs are turning up around Australia. If you see one, let these scientists know.

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Kids on the autism spectrum experience more bullying

10 Jun 2022

A new study has found autism is the top risk factor for bullying among all neurodiversities.

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