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Arts & Culture

Bushrangers in their own words

Most bushrangers are best known from semi-fictional accounts written decades after their deaths, but a new book uncovers a few that told their own stories

Informed Opinion

A young man votes in swimmers in Australia

Why Australians are made to vote

The real secret to how and why Australia adopted compulsory voting was simplicity as well as a hint of classism

Photos of hands giving a 'thumbs down' against a green wall

How the toxic went mainstream

Through adept use of social media, including memes, far-right and white supremacist ideologies are gaining traction and making extremist language part of everyday life

I guess she won’t be writing the memoir

Defamation laws are having a chilling effect on non-fiction so those keen to get behind a story like Depp v Heard are likely to be left wanting

Arts & Culture

Walt Disney’s ‘love affair’ with Australia

A new book explores the many – often surprising – connections between Walt Disney and Australia, most of which have faded from modern memory

#ICYMI - In Case You Missed It

Jump between rocks

Teen brains are wired to take risks, but that can be a good thing

Brain imaging is helping us understand why some teenage risk-taking may be beneficial during this important stage of human development

Britain's King Charles III delivers a speech during the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)

What came out of the Samoa CHOGM

There’s an important civil society dimension to CHOGM, building support on issues that are important to major Commonwealth powers as well as small island states

A young woman packing up a mouth swab of DNA

What you need to know about online genetic testing

They claim to reveal your ethnic background, help find your soulmate or even find the right diet – but what can online DNA tests actually deliver?

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