Arts
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
Politics & Society
Analysis
Debate over NDIS budget ignores the cost of workforce exclusion
While arguments continue over the value of the NDIS, deficit-based stereotypes for people with disability are quietly impacting our economy
Arts & Culture
Opinion
Australia's arts sector needs more than words to survive
Australian artists are struggling. To support those who tell Australian stories, we need to go beyond the government’s Revive policy
Arts & Culture
Research
How Pasifika communities are reconnecting with their past in Australian museums
When a Samoan ethnomusicologist visited Melbourne's Grainger Museum as a music student, she found objects her community had no idea were there. Now she's changing that
Arts & Culture
Opinion
What The Devil Wears Prada 2 says about the state of print media
In 2006, Runway magazine was the place everyone wanted to be. Twenty years on, the fictional fashion media giant is at crossroads – but just how close to reality is Miranda Priestly’s situation?
Politics & Society
Research
A cut, a colour and the burden of care work
Hair and beauty salons are described as spaces of self-care. But when people share more with their hairdresser than their therapist, who is really doing the care work?
Politics & Society
Analysis
AI propaganda memes are the unexpected frontline of Trump's war with Iran
As Iran floods social media with AI-generated Lego memes mocking Trump, it's a sign that a new propaganda war is rewriting the rules of truth itself