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The Conversation Australiaby Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra8d ago
The cash rate this week hit its highest point since 2011. It was the Reserve Bank’s fourth interest rate increase of the year.
The Conversation Australiaby Jesse Kearse, Research Fellow in Earth Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington8d ago
Many cities around the world are sinking because too much water is extracted from the groundwater reservoirs beneath them.
The Conversation Australiaby Alan Duncan, Director, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC) and John Curtin Distinguished Professor at Curtin Business School, Curtin University8d ago
The Reserve Bank this week lifted the cash rate another 0.25 percentage points to 4.6% – its fourth increase this year and the highest it has been since 2011.
The Conversation Australiaby Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University8d ago
Australia’s headline inflation rate climbed to an annual rate of 4% in August, up from 3.5%, giving the Reserve Bank some vindication for its decision to raise interest rates a day before the...
The Conversation Australiaby Narelle Miragliotta, Associate Professor in Politics, Murdoch University8d ago
New South Wales Senator David Shoebridge was elected Leader of the Australian Greens at a party room meeting organised prior to Senator Larissa Waters’ announcement that she was stepping down from...
The Conversation Australiaby Nicholas Wood, Professor, The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School and Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Sydney8d ago
From October 1, COVID vaccines will only be free and recommended for those most at risk of serious illness.
The Conversation Australiaby Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra8d ago
New Greens leader David Shoebridge targeted Labor with a strong attack after the party on Wednesday chose him to succeed Larissa Waters, who this week resigned from the position because of ill...
The Conversation Australiaby Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne8d ago
An unprecedented boom is underway in Australia’s electric vehicle market. Almost 158,000 electric vehicles (EVs) were sold in the first six months of 2026, according to the Electric Vehicle...
The Conversation Australiaby Laura Alonso, Postdoctoral Fellow, The Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University8d ago
As the weather starts to warm in Australia, people are beginning to look ahead to the bushfire season.
The Conversation Australiaby Simon Adams, Professor of Human Rights, Murdoch University8d ago
In his farewell address to the United Nations General Assembly last week, António Guterres reminisced about his time as secretary general.
The Conversation Australiaby Greg Treadwell, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Auckland University of Technology8d ago
A leaked video of apparent attempts at the Education Ministry to circumvent the Official Information Act (OIA) has advocates for open and transparent government worried – but possibly not...
The Conversation Australiaby Nancy A.N. Bertler, Professor of Earth Sciences, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Earth Sciences New Zealand8d ago
Over a century ago, Australian geologist Sir Douglas Mawson led a sledging expedition over hundreds of kilometres of ice into a remote part of East Antarctica.
The Conversation Australiaby Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra9d ago
The Albanese government is strengthening its defences against rogue AI activity in the wake of the OpenAI breach of a government website and ahead of the report from a taskforce it established to...
The Conversation Australiaby Catherine Campbell, Lecturer, Performing Arts, Adelaide University9d ago
An estimated 4.3 million people tuned in to watch Kylie Minogue’s AFL Grand Final show on Saturday.
The Conversation Australiaby Krystal Gagen-Spriggs, Lecturer, Charles Sturt University9d ago
Library and influencer: two words you’d probably never expect to see together. But today’s libraries and librarians are turning to social media to connect with their community in direct – and often...
The Conversation Australiaby Martin Van Kranendonk, Professor and Director of the Australian Centre for Astrobiology, UNSW9d ago
Is there life elsewhere, or is Earth unique in the universe? This is one of humanity’s great unanswered questions. One way to approach this mystery is to investigate how life began here on Earth.
The Conversation Australiaby Phil Brewer, Professor in Plant Biology, La Trobe University9d ago
In the highlands of Papua New Guinea, crops have been killed by drought and frost. Severe frosts have destroyed food crops such as taro, sweet potato, bananas and sugarcane, leaving some local...
The Conversation Australiaby Viva Hammer, Distinguished Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University9d ago
Australia will see more deaths than births by the 2060s according to the Intergenerational Report released by the treasurer last week.
The Conversation Australiaby Warwick Gullett, Professor of Law, University of Wollongong9d ago
When ChatGPT arrived at the end of 2022, universities scrambled to determine whether generative AI was good enough to pass assessments and make it easy for students to cheat.
The Conversation Australiaby Dennis Wesselbaum, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Otago9d ago
Yesterday’s Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Update from the Treasury has given political parties their clearest picture yet of the economy they could inherit after November’s election.
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