Grattan on Friday: Albanese government hasn’t walked its talk about accountability and integrity

Labor came to power in 2022 promising a new form of transparent, accountable politics. As recent incidents have shown, ...

Labor’s environmental law overhaul: a little progress and a lot of compromise

Labor’s long-awaited environmental reforms do represent progress. But ambition levels have been dialled back and much depends ...

‘My gender is like an empty lot’ − the people who reject man, woman and any other gender label

One similarity between people who seek to reinforce gender binary and those who seek to expand beyond it is the idea that ...

With more Moon missions on the horizon, avoiding crowding and collisions will be a growing challenge

The US doesn’t currently have much ability to monitor what’s going on in the space around the Moon. An effort by the Air ...

Engineering crops to photosynthesise better just got one step closer to reality

In a new study published today in Nature Communications, we present a step towards more productive crops: a simple, tiny box ...

Yes, cricket is a contact sport. We have safety gear – but we need to do more

The death of a 17-year-old community cricket player has raised questions about how well helmets and neck protectors are ...
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Industrial civilization must become technologically, economically, politically, and morally sustainable to hold the earth’s temperature below 2°C (3.6°F) higher than its preindustrial average. The ...

In 2024, the climate crisis worsened in all ways. But we can still limit warming with bold action

The consequences of climate inaction are ever more clear. In 2024, the world’s coral reefs suffered the most widespread ...

Indigenous programs cost billions – but we know surprisingly little about what works

To close the gap, we need First Nations people involved in the evaluation of what worked and what didn’t about ...

What both sides of America’s polarized divide share: Deep anxieties about the meaning of life and existence itself

Whichever side of an issue you’re on, it’s likely that at the root of what gets you fired up are deep, fundamental human fears about mortality, moral responsibility and meaning.