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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
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
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
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
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
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