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What would a First Nations Voice to Parliament actually look like in practice?

27 May 2022

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Labor’s commitment to the Uluru Statement from the Heart. This means there may soon be a First Nations Voice to Parliament. However, there is a journey ahead.

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Monkeypox in Australia: what is it and how can we prevent the spread?

23 May 2022

Two cases of monkeypox have been reported in Australia. Resurgence of this virus could be due to the ending of smallpox vaccination.

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How do the major parties rate on the First Nations Voice to Parliament?

20 May 2022

Five experts grade the major parties’ policies and past actions on pursuing a First Nations Voice to Parliament.

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The minimum wage shouldn't be tied to inflation. Here's why

19 May 2022

Several solutions can help to mitigate the demand and need for wages to be linked to inflation, writes UNSW Business School's Mark Humphrey-Jenner.

When roads become rivers: forming a Plan B can stop people driving into floodwaters

18 May 2022

Driving into floodwater is the leading cause of flood-related death. So why do people do it?

In a year of endless floods, why isn’t disaster governance front and centre in the election campaign?

18 May 2022

The federal election presents an opportunity to promote plans for improving national disaster governance and resilience. But the silence on these issues in political debates has been remarkable.

State of the states: six politics experts take us around Australia in the final week of the campaign

17 May 2022

In the first week of the campaign we journeyed around the country with a team of politics experts. Now we retrace our steps to look at what’s happened since.

Australia is bringing migrant workers back – but exploitation is still rampant

17 May 2022

Exploitation flourishes because regulators do not routinely detect or punish labour law noncompliance.

Humans have big plans for mining in space – but there are many things holding us back

16 May 2022

There’s a lot of technological progress required before off-Earth mining operations can be considered feasible.

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AI, philosophy and religion: what machine learning can tell us about the Bhagavad Gita

13 May 2022

Using machine learning, we analysed meaning and feeling in different translations of an ancient Hindu holy text.

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