Australia Post wants to charge more for stamps next year. Here’s why it has to keep letters alive
Australia Post’s letter business has been in terminal decline, but its ‘community service obligations’ mean it has to find a ...
Will Donald Trump renegotiate the AUKUS treaty or walk away? That’s the $368 billion question
Australia, the US and UK are currently debating a treaty to formalise AUKUS. But there’s nothing stopping Trump from making ...
We know enough about brain development to know youth offending reforms probably won’t work
The brains of young people are developing until about age 25, limiting their ability to make rational decisions and control ...
In The City and Its Uncertain Walls, Haruki Murakami explores the transformative potential of storytelling
The Japanese author’s new novel features a walled town with no music or books, a speaking shadow, the ghost of a head ...
Trump joins Putin, Xi and Modi as the ‘four horsemen’ of global authoritarianism
Donald Trump’s return has normalised and supercharged authoritarianism internationally, making it the rule rather than the ...
The online world isn’t always safe. Here’s what to know before posting photos of your child
Many parents will use strategies to minimise potential privacy risks, such as by blurring their children’s faces in online ...
STI rates are increasing among midlife and older adults. We need to talk about it
STI rates are increasing globally for all age groups, and an increase among midlife and older people is in line with this ...
Danielle Smith’s new policies make all Albertan youth unsafe
The harms posed to trans youth are more than enough reason to abandon three proposed Alberta bills. However, trans youth are ...
Graffiti was a powerful form of protest in ancient Rome – as Gladiator II shows
The obscene graffiti directed against Caracalla and Geta in Gladiator II then is part of a long tradition of political ...