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Business & Economics

Knowing the value, but not the cost

There has been plenty of talk about how much governments and students should pay for a degree, but the first task is to actually cost it

Health & Medicine

Closing the Gap: Good policy or just target practice?

Academics at the forefront of Indigenous affairs give their take on the government report that sets goals to reduce the disadvantages of Australia’s first peoples

Environment

Skyscrapers: How tall is too tall?

As buildings get taller as quickly as technology advances, we asked an expert – how high is too high?

Politics & Society

Mass migration poses a challenge for democracy

The massive influx of refugees worldwide will be a significant litmus test of the strength and resilience of our democratic systems

Arts & Culture

Send us baby food, board games - and some barmaids

New records are filling the gaps in the story of how Darwin Red Cross responded to the devastation of 1974’s Cyclone Tracy

Education

A new class of teachers

The next generation of educators is being schooled in a different approach to the classroom

Arts & Culture

The Water Diviner: Unearthing the Gallipoli legend

A chance encounter prompts the co-writers of The Water Diviner to share a new perspective on the Gallipoli conflict

Sciences & Technology

Engineering a safer future in Nepal

How a Nepalese student is putting years of learning to good use rebuilding his country after it was smashed by a massive earthquake