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Politics & Society | Analysis

How China’s chip strategy outsmarts Trump’s tariff trap

China’s semiconductor chip industry is decentralised, politically curated and immune to single points of failure

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Politics & Society | Opinion

The Australian Opposition’s electoral woes will get worse before they get better

Focusing on the ‘Trump-lite’ policies of the Liberal Party obscures the deep structural issues it faces

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese delivers a victory speech at the Labor Party’s election night event

Politics & Society | Opinion

Like Canada, Australia has rejected Trump’s disruption

Many Australians saw this Federal election as a referendum on the country’s future in a world re-shaped by Donald Trump. Labor’s confident win is a data point in a global realignment

Politics & Society | Opinion

6 ways good climate policy helps your wallet and your health

Politics & Society | Opinion

One word is missing from this Australian election. It’s Asia.

Politics & Society | Analysis

How construction technology can help solve Australia's housing crisis

Politics & Society | Opinion

Anti-trans attitudes have existed for years, but organised disinformation campaigns are increasingly driving them

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In Pursuit of Knowledge

Explore ‘In Pursuit of Knowledge’, our series that brings together experts to examine and illuminate the critical issues of our time

Health & Medicine

Research

Protecting your heart as you get older may also help protect your brain

New research finds that our heart and brain health are tightly linked, which may help explain why conditions like dementia and heart disease often happen together

#ICYMI - In Case You Missed It

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Environment|Analysis

Directly or indirectly, we all depend on forests

To stop deforestation for agricultural use, we need to transform the way we produce and consume food

Sciences & Technology

Degradable bioplastics offer a smart solution to nitrogen pollution

Wrapping fertilisers in degradable plastics is showing promise for increasing food production while reducing pollution

Sciences & Technology|Under the Microscope

How Australia’s ancient forests became an arid zone

Studying the genetic relationships between desert plants is helping Dr Rachael Fowler to understand how they evolved in Australia’s arid zone, once dense forest

Health & Medicine

Research

You can get your COVID and flu vaccinations at the same time, but what’s best - one arm or two?

You can save time and money by getting two vaccinations at the same time, and new research finds that it doesn’t really matter which arm or arms the jab goes in

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