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Opinion
Pacific voices call for a lifeline. And we’re listening
Pasifika delegates at the pre-COP31 conference stressed that limiting global warming to 1.5°C is vital to protecting the security, safety and cultural identity of Pacific nations
Health & Medicine
Research
New tool helps women decide if egg freezing is right for them
Egg freezing has gone up by more than 500 per cent in less than a decade, but it's an expensive and uncertain procedure. A free, evidence-based resource is now helping women think it through
Sciences & Technology
Research
Australia's catastrophic bushfire crisis has its roots in colonisation
New research tracing 1000 years of fire history shows how Australia's forests grew more fire-prone after colonisation, creating landscapes that drive the country's worsening bushfire crisis
Politics & Society
Analysis
What Australia's landmark climate ruling could mean for new fossil fuel projects
Australia's High Court has ruled that environmental authorities assessing a coal mine expansion must consider emissions from burning its coal, even overseas
Education
Research
When a bike path is more than a bike path
New infrastructure is building '20 minute cities'. Beyond practical benefits, this approach is likely to offer considerable social and personal value – gains yet to be fully measured
Politics & Society
Opinion
We know how to end homelessness. We just won’t pay for it
Japan has record low levels of homelessness and Finland has spent decades driving its numbers down. One built its way there, the other made housing unconditional. Australia needs both
Environment
Opinion
What to expect from COP31 – and why it matters
Australia and Türkiye will soon be the first countries to share hosting rights for a COP meeting. So how will this arrangement play out, and what are the opportunities?
Education
Special Report
Melbourne’s future as a learning city
Melbourne could become a learning city that creates, questions and shares knowledge, and listens to its future leaders and innovators
Sciences & Technology
Map of the Month
The things we’re missing about snake season in Melbourne
Urban sprawl and climate change mean ‘snake season’ isn't as simple as a date on the calendar. Our new Map of the Month tells you what you need to know to shed your snake bias