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US tariffs have backfired, and China is winning in Southeast Asia

Punishing nations for cooperating with China just pushes them closer to America’s economic rival

Politics & Society

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Book extract

Why do women still have less status and power than men?

A new book, Patriarchy Inc., makes the case for a new approach to gender equality in work – one that’s fairer, more secure, and more rewarding for all of us

Politics & Society

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Opinion

Is the US Government handing its tariff decision making to AI?

There are big risks in replacing experts with AI to make decisions on global trade, and we may be about to find out what can go wrong

Arts & Culture

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Research

Reuniting artist Reggie Uluru with his restored Ngintaka sculpture

When Aṉangu artist Reggie Uluru’s sculpture was damaged, conservators from the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation repaired the work, ready for repainting

Arts & Culture

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Analysis

What Adolescence gets right (and wrong) about the manosphere

The Netflix series Adolescence raises the important issue of online radicalisation and the manosphere – but there’s no easy solution

Politics & Society

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Opinion

We’re living through an age of technical, cultural and political disruption

Feeling unsettled? We’re living through the consequences of a culture of disruption that’s been centuries in the making

Politics & Society

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Opinion

Trump is no Caesar, but the republic is collapsing

There’s a parallel between ancient Rome and America’s modern republic and it doesn’t bode well for the future of the US

Arts & Culture

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Opinion

Conserving our cultural record is more important than ever

Any loss of our historical record – accidental or intentional – leaves us less able to understand the past or make informed decisions about our future

Politics & Society

This election is a test of how AI-driven information could shape Australia’s democracy

Australia is one of the most online electorates in the world. And in 2025, AI-driven algorithms are now shaping much of what we see and know about our elections

Politics & Society

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Opinion

From the ‘royal we’ to ‘me, me, me’

Making sense of Donald Trump’s self-obsessed talk through anthropological approaches to political rhetoric