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Politics & Society

Hostile attitudes toward women are driving extremism in young Australians

A survey of Australians as young as 13 found misogyny can predict extremist violence more strongly than ideology, religion or time online

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Melbourne Assembly brings together big ideas about what it means to be a 21st-century city

Melbourne Assembly

Map of the Month

A modern map of Melbourne overlaid with tree surveys from 1830 - 1850.

We’ve reconstructed Melbourne’s 200-year-old forests

Before it was streets and suburbs, Melbourne was a rich landscape of forests, swamps and grasslands. Our new Map of the Month is rebuilding it for the first time – tree by tree

A rakali swimming in the water with its ears poking up

Australia's elusive rakali is hiding and thriving in Melbourne's waterways

The rakali is an Australian marvel of urban adaptation. Our new Map of the Month shows where to find them around Melbourne and where they’re mysteriously missing

A blue banded bee on the edge of a twig

A vital native bee highway can start in your own backyard

Bees are critical to our biodiversity, but they’re in trouble. Our new Map of the Month tells us where some of our most charismatic native bees live in the City of Melbourne and the plants that support them

Business & Economics

For the first time, we’ve mapped where Australia's innovation really thrives

A new index charts Australian innovation across nearly two decades. It shows a country with real potential, and where we need to focus to realise it

#ICYMI - In Case You Missed It

Young Man with Autism

How our words reveal shifting attitudes to mental health

The largest-ever study of mental health terminology shows how language has changed over 45 years, reflecting our changing attitudes toward mental illness and disability

Teen girl hugs and consoles another

It's time to remove the barriers to mental health awareness for all young people

Australian adolescents from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds need support to recognise mental health problems earlier, reduce stigma and build confidence in helping their peers

Knowing when to seek help for mental health

When challenges arise we may feel confused, but there are five signs to help us understand when to seek mental health support

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