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Australian workers feel over-skilled and over-educated

The latest HILDA Survey finds millions of Australian workers feel over-skilled and over-educated in their jobs. It’s a gap that shows up in their life satisfaction, their pay packets and the wider economy

Politics & Society

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Special Report

Many Australians are happy in love – but will it stay this way?

The annual HILDA Survey finds most couples rate their partnerships highly, but financial stress takes a heavier toll than anything else

Politics & Society

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Special Report

Young Australians are the only age group whose thinking scores are falling

New HILDA Survey data shows cognitive and financial literacy scores falling among Australians aged 15 to 24. What's driving it, and can schools and parents help?

Environment

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Opinion

Five buildings that will make you rethink what’s possible

From an evolving family home to a world record timber structure, these five buildings show incredible things are possible with the right materials and mindset

Sciences & Technology

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Opinion

Bangladesh's AI law was written by the companies it's meant to regulate

The steering committee for Bangladesh’s national AI policy lists three chief executives of the AI industry. When they help decide the rules that govern them, regulation becomes mere theatre

Sciences & Technology

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Research

AI is distorting archaeology and flattening Indigenous Knowledge

While artificial intelligence can help archaeologists, it can also spread pseudoscientific claims and false histories, stripping Indigenous Knowledge of context, consent and community control

Sciences & Technology

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Research

How one plume of hot rock built two volcano chains off Australia's coast

Running side by side down Australia's east coast, these two chains of volcanoes should have collided millions of years ago. New research reveals what's kept them apart

Politics & Society

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Opinion

Pausing AI gives democracy a chance to catch up

Anthropic's CEO has called for AI to slow down. But if frontier AI can't police itself, who writes the rules, the companies building it or the governments meant to regulate it?

Health & Medicine

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Research

How our words reveal shifting attitudes to mental health

The largest-ever study of mental health terminology shows how language has changed over 45 years, reflecting our changing attitudes toward mental illness and disability

Sciences & Technology

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Research

Why Melbourne makes you sneeze in spring

We've never known exactly which grass pollens trigger hay fever or thunderstorm asthma in Melbourne's spring. Now DNA is revealing which grasses are to blame