Artificial intelligence may take your job. Some lessons from my grandmother
19 Apr 2022
Up to 40 per cent of all jobs now are tipped to be taken over by AI and robots in the next few decades. My grandmother has some advice on how to cope.
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‘Weaponised irony’: after fictionalising Elizabeth Macarthur’s life, Kate Grenville edits her letters
‘Weaponised irony’: after fictionalising Elizabeth Macarthur’s life, Kate Grenville edits her letters
19 Apr 2022
Kate Grenville suggests we read Elizabeth Macarthur’s letters as ‘a wonderful piece of fiction, sustained over sixty years’. They were exercises in doubleness, concealment, and delicious irony.
Plato's Cave: Stalagmites reveal Australia's pre-colonial bushfire history
Plato’s Cave: Stalagmites reveal Australia’s pre-colonial bushfire history
14 Apr 2022
A stalagmite in Western Australia has revealed regular, low-intensity fires before European arrival and infrequent, high-intensity fires afterwards.
State of the states: six politics experts take us on a trip around Australia
State of the states: six politics experts take us on a trip around Australia
14 Apr 2022
What are the key seats and issues affecting Australians? Six experts tell us what to expect in Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and New South Wales.
Has the monitoring of professional athletes' intimate information gone too far?
Has the monitoring of professional athletes’ intimate information gone too far?
13 Apr 2022
The collection of athlete data in professional sport has outpaced legal requirements and scientifically-proven benefit to athletes.
'History is calling': The stars are aligning for the Uluru Statement
‘History is calling’: The stars are aligning for the Uluru Statement
13 Apr 2022
Aboriginal Land Councils and First Nations community representatives from across Australia are urging for a referendum in the first term of the new parliament.
Bungled vaccine rollout, welcome financial support – here's what Aussies thought of Morrison's COVID response
Bungled vaccine rollout, welcome financial support – here’s what Aussies thought of Morrison’s COVID response
13 Apr 2022
We interviewed 80 Australians from a wide range of ages and backgrounds about how the government handled the pandemic. Their responses were mixed.
Does music improve overall health and wellbeing?
Does music improve overall health and wellbeing?
13 Apr 2022
The positive health effects of music suggest it’s time to get your ABBA on.
Love and violence in Glasgow: what Booker winner Douglas Stuart did next
Love and violence in Glasgow: what Booker winner Douglas Stuart did next
12 Apr 2022
The author of Shuggie Bain returns to the public housing schemes of 1980s working-class Glasgow to explore the redemptive power of secure love and the dangers of dominating masculinity.
The most remote family in NSW are on a mission. It could change the desert as we know it.
The most remote family in NSW are on a mission. It could change the desert as we know it.
11 Apr 2022
For Bec West and Reece Pedler, it’s an overnight journey to buy groceries and a 350-kilometre round trip to take the kids to playgroup. But they wouldn’t have it any other way.