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The opposition leader is the latest in a long line of politicians who speak of ‘Australian values’. But it has long been a problematic idea, writes Kate Darian-Smith.
Sussan Ley talks about ‘Australian values’ in assessing migrants. What exactly does that mean?
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November 28, 2025 at 5:06 AM
The opposition leader is the latest in a long line of politicians who speak of ‘Australian values’. But it has long been a problematic idea, writes Kate Darian-Smith.
📚 A new book, Goliath’s Curse, will reset everything you thought you knew about the rise and fall of civilisations – with worrying implications for our world now.
Friday essay: how societies evolved into fear-dominated goliaths – then collapsed
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November 28, 2025 at 3:19 AM
📚 A new book, Goliath’s Curse, will reset everything you thought you knew about the rise and fall of civilisations – with worrying implications for our world now.
Could container ships ever go electric? The best option might be a fleet of attendant battery vessels to power these giants directly.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Could container ships ever go electric? The best option might be a fleet of attendant battery vessels to power these giants directly.
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@lisacwatts.bsky.social joined The Growth Distillery podcast, Rules Don't Apply, to discuss why building trust, not chasing clicks, is currency in modern media. Check out the full episode on YouTube for a wide-ranging discussion. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJxS...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
@lisacwatts.bsky.social joined The Growth Distillery podcast, Rules Don't Apply, to discuss why building trust, not chasing clicks, is currency in modern media. Check out the full episode on YouTube for a wide-ranging discussion. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJxS...
The US dollar still dominates trade for now. But new research suggests Australia’s banks are unprepared for a world where China’s currency plays a much larger role.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The US dollar still dominates trade for now. But new research suggests Australia’s banks are unprepared for a world where China’s currency plays a much larger role.
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Australia’s response to mental illness is still hospital-centric. Treating more patients in their homes is a step in the right direction.
For many people with acute mental illness, ‘hospital in the home’ means living well in the community
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November 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Australia’s response to mental illness is still hospital-centric. Treating more patients in their homes is a step in the right direction.
More than one in six cases of sexual harassment in Australia happen at work social events. If it happens to you, or you’re a bystander – here’s what you can do.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
More than one in six cases of sexual harassment in Australia happen at work social events. If it happens to you, or you’re a bystander – here’s what you can do.
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The government finally got its environmental laws through, doing the deal with the Greens and hanging the Liberals out to dry.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The government finally got its environmental laws through, doing the deal with the Greens and hanging the Liberals out to dry.
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🎧 PODCAST: Ley says the Opposition was negotiating with the government into early Thursday – just before Labor announced a deal with the Greens.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
🎧 PODCAST: Ley says the Opposition was negotiating with the government into early Thursday – just before Labor announced a deal with the Greens.
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Melbourne’s rail network will feel the improvements immediately, but experience from Sydney and elsewhere shows changes in travel behaviour will take time.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Melbourne’s rail network will feel the improvements immediately, but experience from Sydney and elsewhere shows changes in travel behaviour will take time.
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Dogs don’t stockpile food due to anxiety about impending disaster – they’re revealing how their evolutionary past still shapes modern behaviours.
Your dog is not a doomsday prepper. Here’s why they hide food and toys
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November 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Dogs don’t stockpile food due to anxiety about impending disaster – they’re revealing how their evolutionary past still shapes modern behaviours.
Diagnostic and symptomatic, accusatory and culpable, communal and personal, The Hollow Men is a poem about that which ails society at large.
100 years on, T.S. Eliot’s The Hollow Men is a poem for our populist moment
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November 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Diagnostic and symptomatic, accusatory and culpable, communal and personal, The Hollow Men is a poem about that which ails society at large.
People could take a genetic test to gauge their future risk of disease without worrying their life insurers would penalise them.
Life insurers soon won’t be able to discriminate against you based on your genes
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November 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
People could take a genetic test to gauge their future risk of disease without worrying their life insurers would penalise them.
The Premier League’s new financial rules shift focus from backward-looking accounting to real-time cost control.
How England’s Premier League is trying to stop football’s financial arms race – without a salary cap
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November 27, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The Premier League’s new financial rules shift focus from backward-looking accounting to real-time cost control.
A new study reveals the reasons behind Labor’s landslide win at the 2025 election, including short-term and long-term factors.
Better policies; better leader: new study reveals why Labor won the 2025 federal election
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November 27, 2025 at 7:23 AM
A new study reveals the reasons behind Labor’s landslide win at the 2025 election, including short-term and long-term factors.
A new analysis of more than 10,000 first-time drink-driving cases reveals a troubling disparity.
Māori face harsher sentences than NZ Europeans for similar drink-driving offences – with lasting consequences
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November 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
A new analysis of more than 10,000 first-time drink-driving cases reveals a troubling disparity.
The teenagers will argue the laws restrict their constitutional right to freedom of political communication.
Two teens have launched a High Court challenge to the under-16s social media ban. Will it make a difference?
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November 27, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The teenagers will argue the laws restrict their constitutional right to freedom of political communication.
The sandwich-press steak dinner may yet work a charm, but the MP has quit the Nationals while not yet saying where he’s headed next.
Barnaby Joyce quits Nationals, as he eyes One Nation Senate seat
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November 27, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The sandwich-press steak dinner may yet work a charm, but the MP has quit the Nationals while not yet saying where he’s headed next.
The answer is part history, part engineering and part economics.
Why is bamboo used for scaffolding in Hong Kong? A construction expert explains
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November 27, 2025 at 5:53 AM
The answer is part history, part engineering and part economics.
When it comes to evacuating tall buildings in a fire, not everyone can take the stairs. Here’s what else high-rises need. 👉 theconversation.com/the-hon...
November 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM
When it comes to evacuating tall buildings in a fire, not everyone can take the stairs. Here’s what else high-rises need. 👉 theconversation.com/the-hon...
After years of failed attempts, Australia’s environmental laws are finally getting an overhaul. But will they stop the damage done to nature?
Long-sought environmental law reform is finally here. But will the compromise deal actually protect nature?
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November 27, 2025 at 5:45 AM
After years of failed attempts, Australia’s environmental laws are finally getting an overhaul. But will they stop the damage done to nature?
We show in which industries these extra payments are highest, led by real estate and financial services.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
We show in which industries these extra payments are highest, led by real estate and financial services.
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The world’s huge investment in AI relies on some big assumptions.
Can bigger-is-better ‘scaling laws’ keep AI improving forever? History says we can’t be too sure
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November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The world’s huge investment in AI relies on some big assumptions.
People in rural areas often have to travel long distances for treatment and spend weeks or months away from home, family and work.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
People in rural areas often have to travel long distances for treatment and spend weeks or months away from home, family and work.
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COVID-19 risk might be much lower than in past summers, but it’s not gone – making a pre-Christmas booster for some a good idea.
Your risk of catching COVID is at its lowest since 2020 – but here’s why you should still get boosted for Christmas
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November 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
COVID-19 risk might be much lower than in past summers, but it’s not gone – making a pre-Christmas booster for some a good idea.