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Young people consistently described online spaces as providing opportunities for self-expression and self-discovery.
News that an OpenAI agent hacked Medicare has prompted calls for Australia to develop its own AI system.
Personal locator beacons can save lives – but they must be coupled with education.
O café não serve apenas para deixar você mais alerta: veja o que mais acontece quando você toma uma xícara
Most career changers rely on their networks to move to a new industry, new research shows.
Talk Like A Pirate Day is one of the internet’s favourite holidays. But who were these infamous seafarers and how did they really talk?
Coffee doesn’t just make you feel more alert. Here’s what else happens when you drink a cuppa.
The rush to build data centres brings investment and the promise of a sophisticated digital economy. But it also creates new pressure on housing and skilled workers.
Reading anxiety involves excessive worries and apprehensions about reading activities.
The esteemed playwright offers a funny and thought-provoking look at how the AFL women’s competition became a reality.
Modern societies, argues Michel Foucault, think and talk about sex far more than their forebears ever did. But this has not been liberating.
Some might argue kids can just learn ethics from their parents. But new research shows formal ethics education can make a difference.
Some private schools have introduced behaviour contracts for parents. Meanwhile, some states let principals ban abusive parents from public school grounds.
Storm Boy, Colin Thiele’s book set on South Australia’s Coorong bird sanctuary, has been internationally hailed as one of the few lasting children’s classics.
New research shows Question Time has increasingly focused on the prime minister, raising questions about the ‘presidentialisation’ of Australian politics.
Australia has more polls than ever. Research shows poll-focused media coverage increases public cynicism and damages political debate.
Oodgeroo’s debut collection We Are Going was the first ever book of poetry published by an Aboriginal person.
It has been a frightening time for Australian families, amid ongoing claims of abuse and neglect in childcare centres.
Australians have every reason to be angry at our political elites. But Hanson’s nostalgic and false history does not hold the answer.
For some families, NAPLAN results will confirm what they already know. For others, they may contain surprises or raise concerns.



















