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Politics & Society

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Why do distant conflicts feel so personal?

Social media sends eyewitness accounts of distant wars directly into our pockets – and it’s changing the way young people interpret physical proximity and personal responsibility

Politics & Society

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Analysis

Australian students can read, but they can't spot misinformation

Australia's NAPLAN results show most children meet basic reading standards, but critical literacy skills like analysing and verifying information point to worrying declines

Arts & Culture

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Opinion

Australia's stance on copyright means AI companies pay for the creativity they train on

The Albanese government has ruled out AI copyright exemptions in a new national framework. It's good news for Australian creatives. But much First Nations cultural knowledge sits outside copyright and risks going unprotected

Arts & Culture

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Opinion

Australia's stance on copyright means AI companies pay for the creativity they train on

The Albanese government has ruled out AI copyright exemptions in a new national framework. It's good news for Australian creatives. But much First Nations cultural knowledge sits outside copyright and risks going unprotected

Politics & Society

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Opinion

Human remixes pay creatives, AI just pays shareholders

Generative AI is built on the work of humans but these creatives are rarely remunerated. If we don’t protect them now, entire categories of labour risk being obliterated

Politics & Society

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Analysis

A fairer world without destroying the planet? It's possible

Imagine a future where everyone has enough, on a planet that stays liveable. A new report makes a compelling case it's within reach

Arts & Culture

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Opinion

Three thousand years old and Homer's Odyssey is still travelling

Christopher Nolan's film is the latest of countless retellings – in opera, poetry, comics and video games. And the epic's own history is as complicated as its hero's voyage

Environment

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Research

As flood risk grows, underinsurance could become Australia’s least visible climate problem

More homes than ever are being mapped into flood zones, but many households are dropping their cover. New research points to a confusing system, not complacent homeowners

Arts & Culture

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Analysis

The book that taught us to think of witches as women

Written in fury after a failed trial in 1485, the Malleus Maleficarum fuelled 150 years of witch hunts that shaped how Europe imagined, hunted and executed women

Arts & Culture

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Research

Fifty words at a time, this project is helping to preserve Australia’s Indigenous languages

The 50 Words Project is documenting Australia’s Indigenous languages by recording 50 everyday words in as many as possible. It now has 100 languages online, free for anyone to explore and learn