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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
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
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
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
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
Politics & Society
Opinion
Pauline Hanson is thriving in Australia's 'belonging vacuum'
One Nation's vision of a monocultural Australia is unworkable and exclusionary, but the harder truth is that no major party has offered a shared vision that all Australians can identify with
Arts & Culture
Opinion
In 2026, we still need Robin Hood to be a hero
The new movie, The Death of Robin Hood, insists its weary, violent outlaw is the real man behind the myth, buried by centuries of sanitising. But the medieval Robin was a moral compass, not a villain
Politics & Society
Opinion
Why Australian campaign finance reform laws keep ending up in the High Court
New laws attempting to keep big money out of Australian politics have also entrenched the major parties, leaving them vulnerable to constitutional challenge in the High Court
Health & Medicine
Research
Culturally relevant messaging matters for First Nations peoples
A flowing river for arteries, a bare boab tree for depression. A project in the Kimberley shows how listening before we speak can improve health outcomes for Aboriginal people