Weight-loss campaigns aimed at First Nations women look like drug marketing in disguise
Drug companies are using women of colour and First Nations celebrities in weight-loss campaigns. Not everyoneβs happy.
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What the backlash to the Industrial Revolution can teach us about handcrafts in the age of AI
Anxiety about automation dates back hundreds of years.
Read full article βThe Prime Ministerβs Literary Award winners include a collective YolΕu novel β and a murder trial
The winners of this yearβs Prime Ministerβs Literary Awards have been announced. Together, they question, subvert and explore Australian identity.
Read full article βView from The Hill: Letβs make the argument for, not against, migration: Malinauskas
As the Albanese government continues to agonise over how to rejig itβs immigration policy, Peter Malinauskas gives a rare defence of migration
Read full article βGrattan on Friday: itβs taken Hansonβs overreach on Hastie to put some spine into Liberals
Pauline Hanson is a woman who says she βdoesnβt back downβ. This week brought two high-risk demonstrations of heels firmly dug in to prove it.
Read full article βAustraliaβs reading and maths results are at an βall-time lowβ β but thereβs more to the story
Results from the latest international test of 15-year-olds has prompted headlines suggesting serious problems with Australiaβs academic results.
Read full article βDid the government back down on its gas reservation policy? No β most changes make sense
Are the federal governmentβs draft gas reservation laws really a backdown? No β todayβs changes are sensible.
Read full article βThe government has proposed new laws for tackling illegal tobacco, but they likely wonβt do much
The legislation, which aims to make it easier to prosecute those involved in the illicit tobacco trade, is more of the same: punitive, but still…
▶️ Watch →Mozzies are causing Buruli ulcers in more parts of Australia. Hereβs what you need to know
Mozzies are causing Buruli ulcers in more parts of Australia. New research suggests a mosquito control can help reduce risks in future.
Read full article βThe Coalition wants to make flag burning a crime. Itβs a revival of a decades-old battle
Flag politics and Australia Day debates are shaping up to be key themes in conservative political discourse in the months ahead.
Read full article ββDecorating the heavensβ: a new Leonard French window sheds light on his masterpiece
A new stained-glass window at the National Gallery of Victoria offers clues to one of Australiaβs most familiar yet mysterious artworks.
▶️ Watch →The NFL sold out its Australia game in 30 minutes β but will the sport make its mark Down Under?
The NFL has played games around the world, and there are good reasons why Australia has been chosen for the first time.
Read full article βOpenAI claims another huge mathematical result amid fights over credit, ethics and privacy
OpenAI found a solution to the long-standing Navier-Stokes problem. Not everyone is happy about how they did it.
Read full article βThe Snoop: One Nation candidate claims βwitch huntβ, NFLβs play for Blinky Bill, and more
Plus: Meta's forced AI glasses sponcon. The post The Snoop: One Nation candidate claims βwitch huntβ, NFLβs play for Blinky Bill, and more appeared first…
Read full article βThe Netherlands forced Meta to let users ditch algorithmic feeds. Hereβs what happened
Unless forced to do so, big tech companies are unlikely to implement features that go against their business model.
Read full article βThe rebuilding in Nepal needs to start now. This is what worked after an earthquake a decade ago β and what to avoid
Disasters always bring an influx of aid money to communities. It must be spent wisely to avoid mistakes and ensure long-term recovery.
Read full article βThe arc of Milo Yiannopoulos and the opportunist grift
Milo Yiannopoulos may have lost the audience that made him an infamous firebrand, but the vicious style he pioneered has only spread. The post The…
Read full article βWhy the climate crisis must break Canberraβs hamster wheel of daily reporting
The greatest success of fossil fuel corporations β and the politicians and commentators who support them β has been convincing the media that there's no…
Read full article βThe rightβs reaction to Laborβs digital care bill isnβt about free speech β but its warnings about overreach hold water
The hostile reaction from the right and social media companies to Labor's Digital Duty of Care proposal has nothing to do with free speech. Nonetheless,…
Read full article ββWeβll slaughter the bastardsβ β how Bob Jones and the New Zealand Party changed politics in 1984
A new book examines the outsized influence of one man on the pivotal 1984 election which ushered in a new New Zealand.
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