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Opinion, said Plato, is the medium between ignorance and knowledge. This library provides, to some extent, a bridge between the two, on subjects with a certain currency during these interesting, challenging times, by making us better informed people. Plato again … “truth is its own reward.”
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Funding
We are witnessing a cultural bloodbath in Australia that has been years in the making (Apr '20)
Morrison government to stop funding international collaboration on shift to zero emissions (Mar '20)
Coalition's axing of funding to climate change adaptation body condemned (Jan '20)
Federal funding cut a threat to hearing impaired phone transcriptions, providers say (Apr '19)
Children's access to disability funding depending on where they live dubbed 'developmental apartheid' (Feb '20)
'Our big, dirty secret': Funding runs out for top cancer researcher (Mar '20)
CSIRO cuts researchers at high containment laboratory (Aug ’14)
We are witnessing a cultural bloodbath in Australia that has been years in the making (Apr '20)
Morrison government to stop funding international collaboration on shift to zero emissions (Mar '20)
Coalition's axing of funding to climate change adaptation body condemned (Jan '20)
Federal funding cut a threat to hearing impaired phone transcriptions, providers say (Apr '19)
Children's access to disability funding depending on where they live dubbed 'developmental apartheid' (Feb '20)
'Our big, dirty secret': Funding runs out for top cancer researcher (Mar '20)
CSIRO cuts researchers at high containment laboratory (Aug ’14)
Social Cohesion
How the coronavirus pandemic could shift the multicultural make-up of our society (Apr ’20)
Coronavirus is a human crisis beyond most of our scariest dreams – we will need to restart our society (Apr ’20)
New Australians feel abandoned as they battle social isolation, struggle to find employment (Oct '19)
Loneliness is a social cancer, every bit as alarming as cancer itself (Nov '19)
The demerit system is ruthless social policy, designed to keep the poor powerless (Jul '18)
The many faces of social housing – home to 1 in 10 Australians (Mar '20)
As simple as finding a job? Getting people out of social housing is much more complex than that (Dec '19)
#ChurchToo: Christian victims of abuse join social media outpouring (Nov '17)
New research shows prejudice still high in Australia, but many people seeking to promote social inclusion (Dec '19)
Sisonke Msimang's 2020s vision: for social justice to prevail, we need anger fuelled by love (Mar '20)
Eva Cox's 2020s vision: Now markets have failed, let's talk about social wellbeing (Feb '20)
How the coronavirus pandemic could shift the multicultural make-up of our society (Apr ’20)
Coronavirus is a human crisis beyond most of our scariest dreams – we will need to restart our society (Apr ’20)
New Australians feel abandoned as they battle social isolation, struggle to find employment (Oct '19)
Loneliness is a social cancer, every bit as alarming as cancer itself (Nov '19)
The demerit system is ruthless social policy, designed to keep the poor powerless (Jul '18)
The many faces of social housing – home to 1 in 10 Australians (Mar '20)
As simple as finding a job? Getting people out of social housing is much more complex than that (Dec '19)
#ChurchToo: Christian victims of abuse join social media outpouring (Nov '17)
New research shows prejudice still high in Australia, but many people seeking to promote social inclusion (Dec '19)
Sisonke Msimang's 2020s vision: for social justice to prevail, we need anger fuelled by love (Mar '20)
Eva Cox's 2020s vision: Now markets have failed, let's talk about social wellbeing (Feb '20)
Democracy
Coronavirus highlights the painful political truth about health inequality. Is social democracy the answer? (Apr '20)
‘Neglected’ democracy vulnerable to authoritarian rule in era of disinformation, Labor’s Tim Watts says (Feb '20)
Eureka flag ban shows government’s distaste for democracy (Feb '20)
Postponing democracy The PM’s instincts are autocratic (Mar ’20)
Australia’s democracy has faceplanted and Labor is staring down some disturbing truths (Dec ’19)
AFP’s failure to investigate Angus Taylor has corrosive consequences for our democracy (Feb ’20)
Trickle down baloney… Trump is the natural consequence of our anti-democracy decade (Dec ’19)
Coronavirus highlights the painful political truth about health inequality. Is social democracy the answer? (Apr '20)
‘Neglected’ democracy vulnerable to authoritarian rule in era of disinformation, Labor’s Tim Watts says (Feb '20)
Eureka flag ban shows government’s distaste for democracy (Feb '20)
Postponing democracy The PM’s instincts are autocratic (Mar ’20)
Australia’s democracy has faceplanted and Labor is staring down some disturbing truths (Dec ’19)
AFP’s failure to investigate Angus Taylor has corrosive consequences for our democracy (Feb ’20)
Trickle down baloney… Trump is the natural consequence of our anti-democracy decade (Dec ’19)
Learning
Middle-aged men make up the largest age-specific increase in suicides, but we can learn from history (Feb ’20)
Thinking about thinking helps kids learn. How can we teach critical thinking? (Jan ’20)
Will we learn from the bushfire summer? Not if the wrong questions are asked (Feb ’20)
‘Clarity and compassion’: what Australia can learn from New Zealand’s coronavirus response (Mar ‘20)
Middle-aged men make up the largest age-specific increase in suicides, but we can learn from history (Feb ’20)
Thinking about thinking helps kids learn. How can we teach critical thinking? (Jan ’20)
Will we learn from the bushfire summer? Not if the wrong questions are asked (Feb ’20)
‘Clarity and compassion’: what Australia can learn from New Zealand’s coronavirus response (Mar ‘20)
Work
Delivery workers are now essential. They deserve the rights of other employees (Mar ’20)
The unemployment rate doesn’t go back to normal after a recession – there are long-term effects (Mar ‘20)
Older, wiser but underemployed: no longer can it be treated with indifference (Feb ’20)
Australian Government Employment Outlook: Health Care and Social Assistance
Myths around mental illness cause high rates of unemployment (Dec ’19)
Making an art form out of cruelty to people who are unemployed (Oct ’19)
New Australians feel abandoned as they battle social isolation, struggle to find employment (Oct '19)
Delivery workers are now essential. They deserve the rights of other employees (Mar ’20)
The unemployment rate doesn’t go back to normal after a recession – there are long-term effects (Mar ‘20)
Older, wiser but underemployed: no longer can it be treated with indifference (Feb ’20)
Australian Government Employment Outlook: Health Care and Social Assistance
Myths around mental illness cause high rates of unemployment (Dec ’19)
Making an art form out of cruelty to people who are unemployed (Oct ’19)
New Australians feel abandoned as they battle social isolation, struggle to find employment (Oct '19)
Future
Coronavirus support packages will reshape the future economy, and that presents an opportunity (Apr ’20)
The ripple effect: How supporting Indigenous home ownership drives a strong economic future for Australia (Feb ’20)
Between two worlds: ‘I want my future to be on country’ (Feb ’20)
David Pocock’s 2020s vision: Heal the land, secure our future (Jan ’20)
222 scientists say cascading crises are the biggest threat to the well-being of future generations (Feb ’20)
If Australia’s resources were taxed the way Norway’s are, we could secure the future of our schools (Feb ’20)
New Zealand bans all new offshore oil exploration as part of ‘carbon-neutral future’ (Apr ’18)
Coronavirus support packages will reshape the future economy, and that presents an opportunity (Apr ’20)
The ripple effect: How supporting Indigenous home ownership drives a strong economic future for Australia (Feb ’20)
Between two worlds: ‘I want my future to be on country’ (Feb ’20)
David Pocock’s 2020s vision: Heal the land, secure our future (Jan ’20)
222 scientists say cascading crises are the biggest threat to the well-being of future generations (Feb ’20)
If Australia’s resources were taxed the way Norway’s are, we could secure the future of our schools (Feb ’20)
New Zealand bans all new offshore oil exploration as part of ‘carbon-neutral future’ (Apr ’18)
Waiting
NDIS minister claims no one has died waiting for the scheme, despite agency revealing 1,279 deaths (Jan ’20)
New Zealand’s waiting list for state housing hits record high (Jan ’20)
‘We’re all just waiting’: NSW south coast residents still in limbo three months after bushfires (Mar ’20)
Biloela family wait in Christmas Island limbo as Wuhan evacuees see out quarantine (Feb ’20)
Man waits years for hepatitis C medication after immigration detention transfer (Oct ’19)
NDIS minister claims no one has died waiting for the scheme, despite agency revealing 1,279 deaths (Jan ’20)
New Zealand’s waiting list for state housing hits record high (Jan ’20)
‘We’re all just waiting’: NSW south coast residents still in limbo three months after bushfires (Mar ’20)
Biloela family wait in Christmas Island limbo as Wuhan evacuees see out quarantine (Feb ’20)
Man waits years for hepatitis C medication after immigration detention transfer (Oct ’19)
Studies
Smoke from Australia’s bushfires killed far more people than the fires did, study says (Mar ’20)
Australia’s electricity market must be 100% renewables by 2035 to achieve net zero by 2050 – study … (Feb ’20)
Signs of cancer can appear long before diagnosis, study shows (Feb ’20)
Methane emissions from coalmines could stoke climate crisis – study (Nov ’19)
One in five Australians went hungry over past year, study finds (Oct ’19)
Australia’s electricity market must be 100% renewables by 2035 to achieve net zero by 2050 – study … (Feb ’20)
Morrison government to spend up to $4m in grant for feasibility study into coal-fired power plant in Queensland (Feb ’20)
Smoke from Australia’s bushfires killed far more people than the fires did, study says (Mar ’20)
Australia’s electricity market must be 100% renewables by 2035 to achieve net zero by 2050 – study … (Feb ’20)
Signs of cancer can appear long before diagnosis, study shows (Feb ’20)
Methane emissions from coalmines could stoke climate crisis – study (Nov ’19)
One in five Australians went hungry over past year, study finds (Oct ’19)
Australia’s electricity market must be 100% renewables by 2035 to achieve net zero by 2050 – study … (Feb ’20)
Morrison government to spend up to $4m in grant for feasibility study into coal-fired power plant in Queensland (Feb ’20)
Reports
‘Expensive and underperforming’: energy audit finds gas power running well below capacity (Mar ’20)
One in eight people in Australia living in poverty, report finds (Feb ’20)
Methane emissions from coalmines could stoke climate crisis – study (Nov ’19)
Commonwealth Bank – Climate Risk Report (2019)
QLD Coal Revenue (State Govt Report)
Great Barrier Reef ‘too big to fail’ at $56b, Deloitte Access Economics report says (Jun ’17)
Liberal Party links to coal industry – report (May ’19)
Bringing them home: The ‘Stolen Children’ report (Apr ’97)
‘Expensive and underperforming’: energy audit finds gas power running well below capacity (Mar ’20)
One in eight people in Australia living in poverty, report finds (Feb ’20)
Methane emissions from coalmines could stoke climate crisis – study (Nov ’19)
Commonwealth Bank – Climate Risk Report (2019)
QLD Coal Revenue (State Govt Report)
Great Barrier Reef ‘too big to fail’ at $56b, Deloitte Access Economics report says (Jun ’17)
Liberal Party links to coal industry – report (May ’19)
Bringing them home: The ‘Stolen Children’ report (Apr ’97)
Research
How to succeed in refugee review cases: new research reveals the factors that matter (Mar ’20)
Climate change could lead to extinction of bumblebees, Canadian research finds (Feb ’20)
Why do men kill their families? Here’s what the research says (Feb ’20)
The Coalition wants to turn scientists into lapdogs – and muzzle climate research in the process (Feb ’20)
Forced to build their own pyres: dozens more Aboriginal massacres revealed in Killing Times research (Nov ’19)
We thought Australian cars were using less fuel. New research shows we were wrong (Oct ’19)
New research shows prejudice still high in Australia, but many people seeking to promote social inclusion (Dec ’19)
How to succeed in refugee review cases: new research reveals the factors that matter (Mar ’20)
Climate change could lead to extinction of bumblebees, Canadian research finds (Feb ’20)
Why do men kill their families? Here’s what the research says (Feb ’20)
The Coalition wants to turn scientists into lapdogs – and muzzle climate research in the process (Feb ’20)
Forced to build their own pyres: dozens more Aboriginal massacres revealed in Killing Times research (Nov ’19)
We thought Australian cars were using less fuel. New research shows we were wrong (Oct ’19)
New research shows prejudice still high in Australia, but many people seeking to promote social inclusion (Dec ’19)
Women
The secret weapon in the fight against coronavirus: women (Apr '20)
Court of Appeal rules in favour of domestic violence victim who fled from Australia to New Zealand with her child (Apr ’20)
These women traveled 4 hrs with 5 trucks of supplies to cook food for 150 tired Australian firefighters (Jan ’20)
Australia Put Hundreds Of Women On A Tiny Island. There Are Just Eight Left. (Feb ’20)
How two women from a conservative Queensland town made the deportation of a local Tamil family national news (Feb ’20)
The drought is pushing rural women to breaking point, as doctors urge them to ‘get help early’ (Oct ’19)
The Woman Who Discovered the Cause of Global Warming Was Long Overlooked. Her Story Is a Reminder to Champion All Women Leading on Climate (Jul ’19)
In New Zealand, we are starting to value women’s work fairly. It’s time for the world to follow (Mar ’20)
Women released from prison are at much greater risk of violence (Mar ’20)
‘I didn’t want to be homeless with a baby’: young women share their stories of homelessness (Jul ’19)
What do single, older women want? Their ‘own little space’ (and garden) to call home, for a start (Oct ’17)
Domestic violence: women’s safety advocates say Coalition is ignoring experts (Mar ‘20)
Workplace bullying and why the 'rough and tumble' of a job is no excuse (Sep’18)
The woman who loves garbage: Veena Sahajwalla on making the best of waste (Jan’16)
The secret weapon in the fight against coronavirus: women (Apr '20)
Court of Appeal rules in favour of domestic violence victim who fled from Australia to New Zealand with her child (Apr ’20)
These women traveled 4 hrs with 5 trucks of supplies to cook food for 150 tired Australian firefighters (Jan ’20)
Australia Put Hundreds Of Women On A Tiny Island. There Are Just Eight Left. (Feb ’20)
How two women from a conservative Queensland town made the deportation of a local Tamil family national news (Feb ’20)
The drought is pushing rural women to breaking point, as doctors urge them to ‘get help early’ (Oct ’19)
The Woman Who Discovered the Cause of Global Warming Was Long Overlooked. Her Story Is a Reminder to Champion All Women Leading on Climate (Jul ’19)
In New Zealand, we are starting to value women’s work fairly. It’s time for the world to follow (Mar ’20)
Women released from prison are at much greater risk of violence (Mar ’20)
‘I didn’t want to be homeless with a baby’: young women share their stories of homelessness (Jul ’19)
What do single, older women want? Their ‘own little space’ (and garden) to call home, for a start (Oct ’17)
Domestic violence: women’s safety advocates say Coalition is ignoring experts (Mar ‘20)
Workplace bullying and why the 'rough and tumble' of a job is no excuse (Sep’18)
The woman who loves garbage: Veena Sahajwalla on making the best of waste (Jan’16)
Children
Australian children remain trapped in al-Hawl camp as region braces for coronavirus (Apr '20)
You’ll need a strong stomach to digest Revelation’s insights into child sexual abuse in the Catholic church (Mar ’20)
‘These children are in limbo’: the New Zealanders locked out of Australia’s NDIS (Feb ’20)
Yes, the system needs to be better. But here’s how to ensure your child can access the NDIS if they need it (Feb ’20)
Children’s access to disability funding depending on where they live dubbed ‘developmental apartheid’ (Feb ’20)
‘Mum, I want to go home’: parents say health system is failing disabled children (Feb ’20)
Thinking about thinking helps kids learn. How can we teach critical thinking? (Jan '20)
‘I knew people who had harder lives than me’ – the Syrian refugee child who started a school (Dec ’17)
Australian children remain trapped in al-Hawl camp as region braces for coronavirus (Apr '20)
You’ll need a strong stomach to digest Revelation’s insights into child sexual abuse in the Catholic church (Mar ’20)
‘These children are in limbo’: the New Zealanders locked out of Australia’s NDIS (Feb ’20)
Yes, the system needs to be better. But here’s how to ensure your child can access the NDIS if they need it (Feb ’20)
Children’s access to disability funding depending on where they live dubbed ‘developmental apartheid’ (Feb ’20)
‘Mum, I want to go home’: parents say health system is failing disabled children (Feb ’20)
Thinking about thinking helps kids learn. How can we teach critical thinking? (Jan '20)
‘I knew people who had harder lives than me’ – the Syrian refugee child who started a school (Dec ’17)
Inequality
Coronavirus highlights the painful political truth about health inequality. Is social democracy the answer? (Apr '20)
Indigenous people no longer have the legal right to say no to the Adani mine – here’s what it means for equality (Sep ‘ 19)
‘Tackling the cycle of inequality of girls in the developing world by numbers (Oct ’19)
Homelessness soars in our biggest cities, driven by rising inequality since 2001 (May ’19)
Coronavirus highlights the painful political truth about health inequality. Is social democracy the answer? (Apr '20)
Indigenous people no longer have the legal right to say no to the Adani mine – here’s what it means for equality (Sep ‘ 19)
‘Tackling the cycle of inequality of girls in the developing world by numbers (Oct ’19)
Homelessness soars in our biggest cities, driven by rising inequality since 2001 (May ’19)
Media
Regional media get COVID lifeline but ABC, SBS remain in peril (Apr '20)
Media ‘impartiality’ on climate change is ethically misguided and downright dangerous (Jan ’20)
Sensationalist media is exacerbating racist coronavirus fears. We need to combat it (Feb ’20)
#ChurchToo: Christian victims of abuse join social media outpouring (Feb ’20)
Domestic violence: Report finds ‘clear link’ between media reporting and understanding of issue (Jun ’17)
Framing Deadly Domestic Violence: Why the Media’s Spin Matters in Newspaper Coverage of Femicide (Feb ’13)
When scandal means nothing, how can the media hold our leaders to account? (Feb ’20)
Media ‘impartiality’ on climate change is ethically misguided and downright dangerous (Jan ’20)
Sensationalist media is exacerbating racist coronavirus fears. We need to combat it (Feb ’20)
#ChurchToo: Christian victims of abuse join social media outpouring (Feb ’20)
Domestic violence: Report finds ‘clear link’ between media reporting and understanding of issue (Jun ’17)
Framing Deadly Domestic Violence: Why the Media’s Spin Matters in Newspaper Coverage of Femicide (Feb ’13)
When scandal means nothing, how can the media hold our leaders to account? (Feb ’20)
Data
Coronavirus data modelling has Australia in good position, but COVID-19 ‘here to stay’ (Apr ’20)
Government increases spend on Covid-19 data analytics as it declines to release modelling (Mar ‘20)
Peter Dutton says 250 have been charged with arson. But the data tells a different story (Feb ’20)
More than 120,000 people whose welfare was suspended were not at fault, data shows (Aug ’19)
Fleecing Australia: Tax Office data dump shows the usual large culprits paying no tax (Dec ’19)
Australian Border Deaths Database
Coronavirus data modelling has Australia in good position, but COVID-19 ‘here to stay’ (Apr ’20)
Government increases spend on Covid-19 data analytics as it declines to release modelling (Mar ‘20)
Peter Dutton says 250 have been charged with arson. But the data tells a different story (Feb ’20)
More than 120,000 people whose welfare was suspended were not at fault, data shows (Aug ’19)
Fleecing Australia: Tax Office data dump shows the usual large culprits paying no tax (Dec ’19)
Australian Border Deaths Database
Evidence
Covid-19 coronavirus: More evidence indicates healthy people can spread it (Apr ’20)
Hard evidence that Scott Morrison’s office was up to its collective neck in the rorting (Feb ’20)
There’s no evidence ‘greenies’ block bushfire hazard reduction but here’s a controlled burn idea worth trying (Jan ’20)
Blood, brains and foul murder: evidence of Australia's massacres is in its newspapers (Nov '19)
There’s mounting evidence against cashless debit cards, but the government is ploughing on regardless (Nov ’19)
Covid-19 coronavirus: More evidence indicates healthy people can spread it (Apr ’20)
Hard evidence that Scott Morrison’s office was up to its collective neck in the rorting (Feb ’20)
There’s no evidence ‘greenies’ block bushfire hazard reduction but here’s a controlled burn idea worth trying (Jan ’20)
Blood, brains and foul murder: evidence of Australia's massacres is in its newspapers (Nov '19)
There’s mounting evidence against cashless debit cards, but the government is ploughing on regardless (Nov ’19)
Leadership
Young people are anxious about coronavirus. Political leaders need to talk with them, not at them (Apr ’20)
Three reasons Jacinda Ardern’s coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership (Apr ’20)
Scott Morrison, here’s what you should do in 2020 to show leadership (Jan ’20)
I marched against John Howard but he showed leadership in a way Scott Morrison is refusing to (Dec ’19)
Young people are anxious about coronavirus. Political leaders need to talk with them, not at them (Apr ’20)
Three reasons Jacinda Ardern’s coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership (Apr ’20)
Scott Morrison, here’s what you should do in 2020 to show leadership (Jan ’20)
I marched against John Howard but he showed leadership in a way Scott Morrison is refusing to (Dec ’19)
On living with a brain tumour, anxiety et al.
The Power of Self Belief and Self Care; and the Scourge of Anxiety (Aug '19)
Economics - The Failing Science (Apr '19)
The Common Thread of Loneliness (Apr '18)
Err on the Side of Kindness (Apr '18)
The virtue of not knowing too much (Mar '18)
Turning Lemons into Lemonade (Apr '17)
A Profound Change (Nov '17)
The Power of Self Belief and Self Care; and the Scourge of Anxiety (Aug '19)
Economics - The Failing Science (Apr '19)
The Common Thread of Loneliness (Apr '18)
Err on the Side of Kindness (Apr '18)
The virtue of not knowing too much (Mar '18)
Turning Lemons into Lemonade (Apr '17)
A Profound Change (Nov '17)
Health Care Miscellaneous
Employment Outlook: Health Care and Social Assistance
As coronavirus spreads, I am terrified that Australia's fear and greed could cost my son his life (Mar ’20)
RACP says withholding treatment for transgender youth ‘unethical’ and calls for national care plan (Mar '20)
What is a rare disease? It’s not as simple as it sounds (Feb '20)
The spread of super-specialisation is an alarming problem of modern medicine (Feb '20)
Immune cell which kills most cancers discovered by accident by British scientists in major breakthrough (Jan '20)
Medical cannabis: Why are doctors still not prescribing it? (Nov '19) --- (UK)
Making space: how designing hospitals for Indigenous people might benefit everyone (Dec '19)
Consulting with Dr. Google (Oct '19)
One step ahead: how walking opens new horizons (Apr '19)
If doctors have a duty of care to all, why crowdfund for surgery? (Jun '19)
Employment Outlook: Health Care and Social Assistance
As coronavirus spreads, I am terrified that Australia's fear and greed could cost my son his life (Mar ’20)
RACP says withholding treatment for transgender youth ‘unethical’ and calls for national care plan (Mar '20)
What is a rare disease? It’s not as simple as it sounds (Feb '20)
The spread of super-specialisation is an alarming problem of modern medicine (Feb '20)
Immune cell which kills most cancers discovered by accident by British scientists in major breakthrough (Jan '20)
Medical cannabis: Why are doctors still not prescribing it? (Nov '19) --- (UK)
Making space: how designing hospitals for Indigenous people might benefit everyone (Dec '19)
Consulting with Dr. Google (Oct '19)
One step ahead: how walking opens new horizons (Apr '19)
If doctors have a duty of care to all, why crowdfund for surgery? (Jun '19)
Disease Prevention
One step ahead: how walking opens new horizons (Apr '19)
Blood Test Detects More Than 50 Cancer Types, Often Before Symptoms Present (Mar ‘20)
Landmark NSW inquiry condemns ineffective drug laws and calls for decriminalisation (Feb '20)
Letting Australians get drugs from a doctor rather than a dealer will save lives (Feb '20)
If you’re ageing and on medication, it might be time to re-assess your alcohol intake (Feb '20)
Signs of cancer can appear long before diagnosis, study shows (Feb '20)
Nearly 50 per cent of Australians now have a chronic disease — many of them preventable (Jul '19)
One step ahead: how walking opens new horizons (Apr '19)
Blood Test Detects More Than 50 Cancer Types, Often Before Symptoms Present (Mar ‘20)
Landmark NSW inquiry condemns ineffective drug laws and calls for decriminalisation (Feb '20)
Letting Australians get drugs from a doctor rather than a dealer will save lives (Feb '20)
If you’re ageing and on medication, it might be time to re-assess your alcohol intake (Feb '20)
Signs of cancer can appear long before diagnosis, study shows (Feb '20)
Nearly 50 per cent of Australians now have a chronic disease — many of them preventable (Jul '19)
Brain Health
Finding a cure for Fido’s brain cancer may help us find a cure for ourselves (Feb '20)
Brain temperature is difficult to measure. Here’s how a new infrared technique can help (Feb'20)
How smart were our ancestors? Turns out the answer isn’t in brain size, but blood flow (Jan '20)
Brain training shown to restore sharpness in older adults (Sep '19)
Alcohol and the teenage brain (Sep '10)
Finding a cure for Fido’s brain cancer may help us find a cure for ourselves (Feb '20)
Brain temperature is difficult to measure. Here’s how a new infrared technique can help (Feb'20)
How smart were our ancestors? Turns out the answer isn’t in brain size, but blood flow (Jan '20)
Brain training shown to restore sharpness in older adults (Sep '19)
Alcohol and the teenage brain (Sep '10)
Health Care Spending
Coronavirus highlights the painful political truth about health inequality. Is social democracy the answer? (Apr '20)
'Our big, dirty secret': Funding runs out for top cancer researcher (Mar ’20)
U.S. health spending twice other countries' with worse results (Mar '18)
CSIRO cuts researchers at high containment laboratory (Aug '14)
Coronavirus highlights the painful political truth about health inequality. Is social democracy the answer? (Apr '20)
'Our big, dirty secret': Funding runs out for top cancer researcher (Mar ’20)
U.S. health spending twice other countries' with worse results (Mar '18)
CSIRO cuts researchers at high containment laboratory (Aug '14)
COVID-19 - Australia
Australia's coronavirus relief exclusions prove we are not all in this together (Apr '20)
Aged care facilities sticking to coronavirus visitor restrictions despite federal advice (Apr '20)
New Zealand wants coronavirus elimination, Australia wants COVID-19 'suppression' — but can we have both? (Apr '20)
'We feel abandoned': international students in Australia facing coronavirus alone (Apr '20)
Australians want to open their homes to locked-down refugees. The government should let them (Apr '20)
Australia's landlords and tenants: what support is available in the coronavirus crisis? (Apr '20)
Coronavirus crisis sees evictions banned but some tenants still don't know how they'll pay the rent (Apr '20)
Those talking about a fast end to social distancing should consider the cost paid in human lives (Apr '20)
The Oncology Podcast: Cancer and COVID-19 with Professor Eva Segelov (Apr '20)
Are other countries looking at easing coronavirus restrictions and lockdown measures? (Apr '20)
Transmitting COVID-19 to another person could send you to prison for life. Here’s why this is worrisome (Apr '20)
Smoking increases your coronavirus risk. There’s never been a better time to quit (Apr '20)
Coronavirus has sped up changes to global order and sovereignty is making a comeback (Apr '20)
Corporate suppliers of masks and gowns price-gouging not-for-profit aged care providers (Apr '20)
Australian government experts at odds with health department over using hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus (Apr'20)
Coronavirus data modelling has Australia in good position, but COVID-19 'here to stay' (Apr '20)
Young people are anxious about coronavirus. Political leaders need to talk with them, not at them (Apr '20)
Australian children remain trapped in al-Hawl camp as region braces for coronavirus (Apr '20)
Hotel quarantine a ‘disaster’ and vulnerable people should be allowed home, doctor says (Apr '20)
The two meetings that changed the trajectory of Australia's coronavirus response (Apr '20)
Many hand sanitisers are ineffective against coronavirus, experts warn (Apr '20)
WHO considers changing guidance on wearing face masks (Apr '20)
Hotel quarantine a ‘disaster’ and vulnerable people should be allowed home, doctor says (Apr '20)
I am a frontline doctor: here's how you can help me (Apr '20)
If coronavirus cases don’t grow any faster, our health system will probably cope (Apr ‘20)
Now the lucky country must decide: what is our least-worst option on COVID-19? (Apr '20)
Regaining control: the case for a short, sharp lockdown (rather than the slow trickle we’ve had so far) (Apr ‘20)
Australian officials again refuse to release coronavirus modelling (Apr '20)
'Left with nothing': Australia's migrant workforce face destitution without coronavirus safety net (Apr '20)
We need a red team for Covid-19 (Mar '20)
Australians in their 20s have more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other age group (Mar ‘20)
Australia is crying out for clearer messaging on coronavirus, 'rambling' politicians told (Mar ‘20)
'Covid-19 will slam the door shut': Australia's family services brace for domestic violence spike (Mar ‘20)
Why Australia is not shutting schools to help control the spread of coronavirus (Mar ‘20)
The case for Endgame C: stop almost everything, restart when coronavirus is gone (Mar '20)
Coronavirus: how long does it take to get sick? How infectious is it? Will you always have a fever? COVID-19 basics explained (Mar '20)
Coronavirus: How behaviour can help control the spread of COVID-19 (Mar '20)
Australia's coronavirus relief exclusions prove we are not all in this together (Apr '20)
Aged care facilities sticking to coronavirus visitor restrictions despite federal advice (Apr '20)
New Zealand wants coronavirus elimination, Australia wants COVID-19 'suppression' — but can we have both? (Apr '20)
'We feel abandoned': international students in Australia facing coronavirus alone (Apr '20)
Australians want to open their homes to locked-down refugees. The government should let them (Apr '20)
Australia's landlords and tenants: what support is available in the coronavirus crisis? (Apr '20)
Coronavirus crisis sees evictions banned but some tenants still don't know how they'll pay the rent (Apr '20)
Those talking about a fast end to social distancing should consider the cost paid in human lives (Apr '20)
The Oncology Podcast: Cancer and COVID-19 with Professor Eva Segelov (Apr '20)
Are other countries looking at easing coronavirus restrictions and lockdown measures? (Apr '20)
Transmitting COVID-19 to another person could send you to prison for life. Here’s why this is worrisome (Apr '20)
Smoking increases your coronavirus risk. There’s never been a better time to quit (Apr '20)
Coronavirus has sped up changes to global order and sovereignty is making a comeback (Apr '20)
Corporate suppliers of masks and gowns price-gouging not-for-profit aged care providers (Apr '20)
Australian government experts at odds with health department over using hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus (Apr'20)
Coronavirus data modelling has Australia in good position, but COVID-19 'here to stay' (Apr '20)
Young people are anxious about coronavirus. Political leaders need to talk with them, not at them (Apr '20)
Australian children remain trapped in al-Hawl camp as region braces for coronavirus (Apr '20)
Hotel quarantine a ‘disaster’ and vulnerable people should be allowed home, doctor says (Apr '20)
The two meetings that changed the trajectory of Australia's coronavirus response (Apr '20)
Many hand sanitisers are ineffective against coronavirus, experts warn (Apr '20)
WHO considers changing guidance on wearing face masks (Apr '20)
Hotel quarantine a ‘disaster’ and vulnerable people should be allowed home, doctor says (Apr '20)
I am a frontline doctor: here's how you can help me (Apr '20)
If coronavirus cases don’t grow any faster, our health system will probably cope (Apr ‘20)
Now the lucky country must decide: what is our least-worst option on COVID-19? (Apr '20)
Regaining control: the case for a short, sharp lockdown (rather than the slow trickle we’ve had so far) (Apr ‘20)
Australian officials again refuse to release coronavirus modelling (Apr '20)
'Left with nothing': Australia's migrant workforce face destitution without coronavirus safety net (Apr '20)
We need a red team for Covid-19 (Mar '20)
Australians in their 20s have more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other age group (Mar ‘20)
Australia is crying out for clearer messaging on coronavirus, 'rambling' politicians told (Mar ‘20)
'Covid-19 will slam the door shut': Australia's family services brace for domestic violence spike (Mar ‘20)
Why Australia is not shutting schools to help control the spread of coronavirus (Mar ‘20)
The case for Endgame C: stop almost everything, restart when coronavirus is gone (Mar '20)
Coronavirus: how long does it take to get sick? How infectious is it? Will you always have a fever? COVID-19 basics explained (Mar '20)
Coronavirus: How behaviour can help control the spread of COVID-19 (Mar '20)
Mental Health - Conversations
We face a pandemic of mental health disorders. Those who do it hardest need our support (Mar ‘20)
How do you start a conversation about mental health with someone who is depressed? (Oct '19)
Why I won't tell someone who's suicidal to 'just ask for help' (Aug '19)
Getting serious about mental health - Prof. Ian Hickie (Jan '11)
We face a pandemic of mental health disorders. Those who do it hardest need our support (Mar ‘20)
How do you start a conversation about mental health with someone who is depressed? (Oct '19)
Why I won't tell someone who's suicidal to 'just ask for help' (Aug '19)
Getting serious about mental health - Prof. Ian Hickie (Jan '11)
Mental Health - Prevention
How to Manage Your Fear During the Coronavirus (Mar ’20)
Raise the Medicare levy to pay for mental health, says Victoria (Feb '20)
Middle-aged men make up the largest age-specific increase in suicides, but we can learn from history (Feb '20)
We need to move on from self-care to something that cannot be captured by capitalism (Jan '20)
3 in 4 people with a mental illness develop symptoms before age 25. We need a stronger focus on prevention (Nov '19)
How to Manage Your Fear During the Coronavirus (Mar ’20)
Raise the Medicare levy to pay for mental health, says Victoria (Feb '20)
Middle-aged men make up the largest age-specific increase in suicides, but we can learn from history (Feb '20)
We need to move on from self-care to something that cannot be captured by capitalism (Jan '20)
3 in 4 people with a mental illness develop symptoms before age 25. We need a stronger focus on prevention (Nov '19)
Mental Health - Support
Are you worried someone you care about is thinking of suicide? Here’s how you can support them from afar (Apr '20)
Is your mental health deteriorating during the coronavirus pandemic? Here’s what to look out for (Mar '20)
The drought is pushing rural women to breaking point, as doctors urge them to 'get help early' (Oct '19)
Loneliness is a social cancer, every bit as alarming as cancer itself (Nov '19)
Thinking about thinking helps kids learn. How can we teach critical thinking? (Jan '20)
Are you worried someone you care about is thinking of suicide? Here’s how you can support them from afar (Apr '20)
Is your mental health deteriorating during the coronavirus pandemic? Here’s what to look out for (Mar '20)
The drought is pushing rural women to breaking point, as doctors urge them to 'get help early' (Oct '19)
Loneliness is a social cancer, every bit as alarming as cancer itself (Nov '19)
Thinking about thinking helps kids learn. How can we teach critical thinking? (Jan '20)
Mental Health - Stories
How loneliness helped me find my place in the world (Mar '20)
My life with autistic twins: 'Your family is cracking, but through the cracks comes light' (Jan '20)
MRI scans causing anxiety, claustrophobia (Dec '19)
The Power of Self Belief and Self Care; and the Scourge of Anxiety (Aug '19)
How loneliness helped me find my place in the world (Mar '20)
My life with autistic twins: 'Your family is cracking, but through the cracks comes light' (Jan '20)
MRI scans causing anxiety, claustrophobia (Dec '19)
The Power of Self Belief and Self Care; and the Scourge of Anxiety (Aug '19)
Religious Discrimination Bill
Government’s religious discrimination bill enshrines the right to harm others in the name of faith (Feb '20)
We need to talk about discrimination law and why a thoughtful approach to reform is so important (Feb '20)
We're being sold a convenient lie in the religious discrimination debate (Jan '20)
Religious discrimination bill: what will Australians be allowed to say and do if it passes? (Dec '19)
Religious Discrimination Bill is a mess that risks privileging people of faith above all others (Apr '19)
Government’s religious discrimination bill enshrines the right to harm others in the name of faith (Feb '20)
We need to talk about discrimination law and why a thoughtful approach to reform is so important (Feb '20)
We're being sold a convenient lie in the religious discrimination debate (Jan '20)
Religious discrimination bill: what will Australians be allowed to say and do if it passes? (Dec '19)
Religious Discrimination Bill is a mess that risks privileging people of faith above all others (Apr '19)
New Zealand Leadership
New Zealand’s Prime Minister May Be the Most Effective Leader on the Planet (Apr ’20)
Three reasons Jacinda Ardern’s coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership (Apr ’20)
Winston Peters invokes Christchurch massacre as NZ’s deportations row with Australia escalates (Mar ’20)
PM Jacinda Ardern gets a win in ScoMo’s territory (Feb ’20)
Economic growth is an unnecessary evil, Jacinda Ardern is right to deprioritise it (May ’19)
New Zealand’s Prime Minister May Be the Most Effective Leader on the Planet (Apr ’20)
Three reasons Jacinda Ardern’s coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership (Apr ’20)
Winston Peters invokes Christchurch massacre as NZ’s deportations row with Australia escalates (Mar ’20)
PM Jacinda Ardern gets a win in ScoMo’s territory (Feb ’20)
Economic growth is an unnecessary evil, Jacinda Ardern is right to deprioritise it (May ’19)
Maori
Patricia Grace’s literary legacy: giving Māori characters their ‘natural’ voice (Feb ’20)
Jacinda Ardern is right, Waitangi Day is imperfect. But the flaws are intentional (Feb ’20)
We must dismantle our colonial system and rebuild it with Māori at the heart (Feb ’20)
The haka isn’t yours – stop performing it (Jan ’20)
Here’s why the UK wants to heal the scars of its colonial past with Māori (Jan ’20)
On every issue important to Māori this government is failing (Nov ’19)
Cook’s arrival was a disaster for Māori. Britain’s half-hearted apology isn’t good enough (Oct ’19)
Patricia Grace’s literary legacy: giving Māori characters their ‘natural’ voice (Feb ’20)
Jacinda Ardern is right, Waitangi Day is imperfect. But the flaws are intentional (Feb ’20)
We must dismantle our colonial system and rebuild it with Māori at the heart (Feb ’20)
The haka isn’t yours – stop performing it (Jan ’20)
Here’s why the UK wants to heal the scars of its colonial past with Māori (Jan ’20)
On every issue important to Māori this government is failing (Nov ’19)
Cook’s arrival was a disaster for Māori. Britain’s half-hearted apology isn’t good enough (Oct ’19)
Aotearoa Society
Towards a more productive, digital NZ (Apr ’20)
Universal basic income: be careful what you wish for (Apr ’20)
Coronavirus support packages will reshape the future economy, and that presents an opportunity (Apr ’20)
The challenges and benefits of outdoor recreation during NZ’s coronavirus lockdown (Mar ‘20)
As an MP in self-isolation, I’ve seen New Zealand’s collective power to respond to a crisis (Mar ’20)
Ardern: New Zealand has ‘fundamentally changed’ since Christchurch shootings (Mar ’20)
Far-right extremists still threaten New Zealand, a year on from the Christchurch attacks (Mar ’20)
In New Zealand, we are starting to value women’s work fairly. It’s time for the world to follow (Mar ’20)
Product of Australia – it’s fashionable to beat up on New Zealanders
‘These children are in limbo’: the New Zealanders locked out of Australia’s NDIS (Feb ’20)
Not much love actually: Jacinda Ardern was right to call out Australia’s ‘corrosive’ policies (Feb ’20)
Jacinda Ardern lashes Scott Morrison for ‘testing’ friendship over deportations to New Zealand (Feb ’20)
Vested interests in New Zealand politics are too big to ignore – we need a Royal Commission (Feb ’20)
‘They allowed the perfect storm’: UN expert damns New Zealand’s housing crisis (Feb ’20)
The haka isn’t yours – stop performing it (Jan ’20)
I pioneered the four-day week – now it must be used to fight the climate crisis (Jan ’20)
New Zealand lobby group plans to sue Australia over citizenship law change (Jan ’20)
New Zealand’s waiting list for state housing hits record high (Jan ’20)
Aotearoa is at last finding its voice, helping us heal after a year of tragedy (Dec ’19)
New Zealand’s Next Liberal Milestone: A Budget Guided by ‘Well-Being’ (May ’19)
Jacinda Ardern urges leaders to widen their definition of ‘prosperity’ – video (Jul ’19)
The paradox of happiness: the more you chase it the more elusive it becomes (May ’19)
Four lessons we must take away from the Christchurch terror attack (Mar ’19)
Towards a more productive, digital NZ (Apr ’20)
Universal basic income: be careful what you wish for (Apr ’20)
Coronavirus support packages will reshape the future economy, and that presents an opportunity (Apr ’20)
The challenges and benefits of outdoor recreation during NZ’s coronavirus lockdown (Mar ‘20)
As an MP in self-isolation, I’ve seen New Zealand’s collective power to respond to a crisis (Mar ’20)
Ardern: New Zealand has ‘fundamentally changed’ since Christchurch shootings (Mar ’20)
Far-right extremists still threaten New Zealand, a year on from the Christchurch attacks (Mar ’20)
In New Zealand, we are starting to value women’s work fairly. It’s time for the world to follow (Mar ’20)
Product of Australia – it’s fashionable to beat up on New Zealanders
‘These children are in limbo’: the New Zealanders locked out of Australia’s NDIS (Feb ’20)
Not much love actually: Jacinda Ardern was right to call out Australia’s ‘corrosive’ policies (Feb ’20)
Jacinda Ardern lashes Scott Morrison for ‘testing’ friendship over deportations to New Zealand (Feb ’20)
Vested interests in New Zealand politics are too big to ignore – we need a Royal Commission (Feb ’20)
‘They allowed the perfect storm’: UN expert damns New Zealand’s housing crisis (Feb ’20)
The haka isn’t yours – stop performing it (Jan ’20)
I pioneered the four-day week – now it must be used to fight the climate crisis (Jan ’20)
New Zealand lobby group plans to sue Australia over citizenship law change (Jan ’20)
New Zealand’s waiting list for state housing hits record high (Jan ’20)
Aotearoa is at last finding its voice, helping us heal after a year of tragedy (Dec ’19)
New Zealand’s Next Liberal Milestone: A Budget Guided by ‘Well-Being’ (May ’19)
Jacinda Ardern urges leaders to widen their definition of ‘prosperity’ – video (Jul ’19)
The paradox of happiness: the more you chase it the more elusive it becomes (May ’19)
Four lessons we must take away from the Christchurch terror attack (Mar ’19)
Climate Action
Covid-19 has nothing on what’s coming (Apr ’20)
Factcheck: is New Zealand hypocritical to reject Australia’s climate accounting? (Jan ’20)
New Zealand’s carbon emissions bill (Jan ’20)
Climate explained: how climate change will affect food production and security (Dec ’19)
Here’s why the UK wants to heal the scars of its colonial past with Māori (Jan ’20)
New Zealand passes historic zero carbon bill with near unanimous bipartisan support (Nov ’19)
New Zealand bans all new offshore oil exploration as part of ‘carbon-neutral future’ (Apr ’18)
Covid-19 has nothing on what’s coming (Apr ’20)
Factcheck: is New Zealand hypocritical to reject Australia’s climate accounting? (Jan ’20)
New Zealand’s carbon emissions bill (Jan ’20)
Climate explained: how climate change will affect food production and security (Dec ’19)
Here’s why the UK wants to heal the scars of its colonial past with Māori (Jan ’20)
New Zealand passes historic zero carbon bill with near unanimous bipartisan support (Nov ’19)
New Zealand bans all new offshore oil exploration as part of ‘carbon-neutral future’ (Apr ’18)
COVID-19 (NEW ZEALAND)
New Zealand lockdown releases charity spirit as Ardern 'be kind' mantra kicks in (Apr '20)
Covid 19 coronavirus: The new data that shows how NZ got it right (Apr '20)
A strict Covid-19 lockdown gave New Zealand a key ingredient to recover – solidarity (Apr '20)
Jacinda Ardern asks New Zealanders to keep diaries to help trace coronavirus contacts (Apr '20)
Protecting lives and livelihoods: the data on why New Zealand should relax its coronavirus lockdown from Thursday (Apr '20)
Coronavirus: Māori, Pasifika twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than Pākehā - study (Apr '20)
‘Ready, fire, aim!’ approach is on target (Apr '20)
Data isn’t enough for this decision (Apr '20)
Covid 19 coronavirus: New Zealand vs. Australia - do we really want to be like them? (Apr '20)
Covid 19 coronavirus: Code words at supermarkets possible for victims escaping violence (Apr ’20)
Coronavirus: How does New Zealand stack up against World Health Organization's 'criteria' for lifting restrictions (Apr '20)
Coronavirus: How loneliness is impacting society during lockdown (Apr '20)
Covid 19 coronavirus: Online learning 'game-changing' - but many may still miss out
Coronavirus: Dr Ashley Bloomfield answers COVID-19 questions (Apr '20)
It’s as if Dr Ashley Bloomfield’s entire life was on a trajectory to meet Covid-19 and help guide New Zealand through it. (Apr ’20)
Verena Friederike Hasel: We are witnesses of something quite extraordinary. Covid-19 coronavirus response in New Zealand vs the world (Apr ’20)
‘Delivers the stats like no other’: New Zealand’s Covid-19 crush on health chief (Apr ’20)
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern’s Covid-19 response is a lesson for other world leaders (Apr ’20)
Three reasons why Jacinda Ardern’s coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership (Apr ’20)
Covid-19 coronavirus: More evidence indicates healthy people can spread it (Apr ’20)
Understanding NZ’s Covid-19 curve (30 Mar‘20)
Tougher New Zealand rules on Covid-19 could set it apart as ‘normal’ nation after lockdown (Mar ‘20)
New Zealand to enter lockdown to fight the coronavirus (Mar '20)
How does Australia’s COVID-19 response compare to New Zealand? (Mar ’20)
Caring for 300,000 temporary migrants in New Zealand is a crucial missing link in our coronavirus response (Mar ’20)
NZ’s decision to close its borders will hurt tourism but it’s the right thing to do (Mar ’20)
New Zealand outstrips Australia, UK and US with $12 billion coronavirus package for business and people in isolation (Mar ’20)
New Zealand lockdown releases charity spirit as Ardern 'be kind' mantra kicks in (Apr '20)
Covid 19 coronavirus: The new data that shows how NZ got it right (Apr '20)
A strict Covid-19 lockdown gave New Zealand a key ingredient to recover – solidarity (Apr '20)
Jacinda Ardern asks New Zealanders to keep diaries to help trace coronavirus contacts (Apr '20)
Protecting lives and livelihoods: the data on why New Zealand should relax its coronavirus lockdown from Thursday (Apr '20)
Coronavirus: Māori, Pasifika twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than Pākehā - study (Apr '20)
‘Ready, fire, aim!’ approach is on target (Apr '20)
Data isn’t enough for this decision (Apr '20)
Covid 19 coronavirus: New Zealand vs. Australia - do we really want to be like them? (Apr '20)
Covid 19 coronavirus: Code words at supermarkets possible for victims escaping violence (Apr ’20)
Coronavirus: How does New Zealand stack up against World Health Organization's 'criteria' for lifting restrictions (Apr '20)
Coronavirus: How loneliness is impacting society during lockdown (Apr '20)
Covid 19 coronavirus: Online learning 'game-changing' - but many may still miss out
Coronavirus: Dr Ashley Bloomfield answers COVID-19 questions (Apr '20)
It’s as if Dr Ashley Bloomfield’s entire life was on a trajectory to meet Covid-19 and help guide New Zealand through it. (Apr ’20)
Verena Friederike Hasel: We are witnesses of something quite extraordinary. Covid-19 coronavirus response in New Zealand vs the world (Apr ’20)
‘Delivers the stats like no other’: New Zealand’s Covid-19 crush on health chief (Apr ’20)
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern’s Covid-19 response is a lesson for other world leaders (Apr ’20)
Three reasons why Jacinda Ardern’s coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership (Apr ’20)
Covid-19 coronavirus: More evidence indicates healthy people can spread it (Apr ’20)
Understanding NZ’s Covid-19 curve (30 Mar‘20)
Tougher New Zealand rules on Covid-19 could set it apart as ‘normal’ nation after lockdown (Mar ‘20)
New Zealand to enter lockdown to fight the coronavirus (Mar '20)
How does Australia’s COVID-19 response compare to New Zealand? (Mar ’20)
Caring for 300,000 temporary migrants in New Zealand is a crucial missing link in our coronavirus response (Mar ’20)
NZ’s decision to close its borders will hurt tourism but it’s the right thing to do (Mar ’20)
New Zealand outstrips Australia, UK and US with $12 billion coronavirus package for business and people in isolation (Mar ’20)
COVID-19 (WORLD VIEW)
The Secret to Germany’s COVID-19 Success: Angela Merkel Is a Scientist (Apr '20)
Coronavirus pandemic 'will cause famine of biblical proportions' (Apr '20)
Air pollution may be ‘key contributor’ to Covid-19 deaths – study (Apr '20)
We have to wake up: factory farms are breeding grounds for pandemics (Apr '20)
The Secret to Germany’s COVID-19 Success: Angela Merkel Is a Scientist (Apr '20)
Coronavirus pandemic 'will cause famine of biblical proportions' (Apr '20)
Air pollution may be ‘key contributor’ to Covid-19 deaths – study (Apr '20)
We have to wake up: factory farms are breeding grounds for pandemics (Apr '20)
US Health Care
'It will disappear': the disinformation Trump spread about the coronavirus – timeline (Apr '20)
Fauci confirms New York Times report Trump rebuffed social distancing advice (Apr '20)
Watchdog report finds severe shortages and significant challenges to hospitals’ coronavirus responses (Apr ’20)
Trump was warned in January of Covid-19’s devastating impact, memos reveal (Apr ’20)
The coronavirus is the worst intelligence failure in US history (Mar ’20)
The economy v our lives? It’s a false choice – and a deeply stupid one (Mar ‘20)
President Trump closed the White House pandemic office – I ran it. (Mar ’20)
Trump’s staff cuts have undermined Covid-19 containment efforts, watchdog finds (Mar ’20)
America’s extreme neoliberal healthcare system is putting the country at risk (Mar ‘ 20)
Trump’s attempt to buy a coronavirus vaccine shows why big pharma needs to change (Mar ’20)
America has no real public health system – coronavirus has a clear run (Mar ’20)
Medicare For All: If Not Now, When?(Mar ’20)
'It will disappear': the disinformation Trump spread about the coronavirus – timeline (Apr '20)
Fauci confirms New York Times report Trump rebuffed social distancing advice (Apr '20)
Watchdog report finds severe shortages and significant challenges to hospitals’ coronavirus responses (Apr ’20)
Trump was warned in January of Covid-19’s devastating impact, memos reveal (Apr ’20)
The coronavirus is the worst intelligence failure in US history (Mar ’20)
The economy v our lives? It’s a false choice – and a deeply stupid one (Mar ‘20)
President Trump closed the White House pandemic office – I ran it. (Mar ’20)
Trump’s staff cuts have undermined Covid-19 containment efforts, watchdog finds (Mar ’20)
America’s extreme neoliberal healthcare system is putting the country at risk (Mar ‘ 20)
Trump’s attempt to buy a coronavirus vaccine shows why big pharma needs to change (Mar ’20)
America has no real public health system – coronavirus has a clear run (Mar ’20)
Medicare For All: If Not Now, When?(Mar ’20)
US Christian Fundamentalism
Coronavirus: Trump and religious right rely on faith, not science (Apr '20)
There’s nothing pro-life about exploiting a pandemic to further a political agenda (Apr ’20)
The rightwing Christian preachers in deep denial over Covid-19’s danger (Apr ’20)
Trump knows all he needs for evangelical votes is to crack down on women’s rights (Jan’20)
‘Satanic wombs’: the outlandish world of Trump’s spiritual adviser (Jan ’20)
The Christian right’s efforts to transform society (Jul '19)
Coronavirus: Trump and religious right rely on faith, not science (Apr '20)
There’s nothing pro-life about exploiting a pandemic to further a political agenda (Apr ’20)
The rightwing Christian preachers in deep denial over Covid-19’s danger (Apr ’20)
Trump knows all he needs for evangelical votes is to crack down on women’s rights (Jan’20)
‘Satanic wombs’: the outlandish world of Trump’s spiritual adviser (Jan ’20)
The Christian right’s efforts to transform society (Jul '19)
US Far Right
The rightwing groups behind wave of protests against Covid-19 restrictions (Apr ’20)
Disinformation and blame: how America’s far right is capitalizing on coronavirus (Mar ’20)
White nationalist hate groups have grown 55% in Trump era, report finds (Mar ’20)
Trump Shut Programs to Counter Violent Extremism (Oct ’18)
Trump Is the Glue That Binds the Far Right (Oct ’18)
The rightwing groups behind wave of protests against Covid-19 restrictions (Apr ’20)
Disinformation and blame: how America’s far right is capitalizing on coronavirus (Mar ’20)
White nationalist hate groups have grown 55% in Trump era, report finds (Mar ’20)
Trump Shut Programs to Counter Violent Extremism (Oct ’18)
Trump Is the Glue That Binds the Far Right (Oct ’18)
Living with a Disability
Australians with disabilities missing out on essential services as Covid-19 crisis escalates (Mar '20)
The experiences of people with disabilities show we need a new understanding of urban safety (Feb '20)
CapTel text-captioned telephones will not work as of February in blow for Australia's deaf community (Jan '20)
Ellie Simmonds: ‘Going into Rio, swimming for me had been life or death’ (Jan '20)
Autism to ADHD: thinking differently about recruitment (Feb '20)
Netflix show Atypical and Rain Man don't tell the real story of living with autism (Jan '20)
Australians with disabilities missing out on essential services as Covid-19 crisis escalates (Mar '20)
The experiences of people with disabilities show we need a new understanding of urban safety (Feb '20)
CapTel text-captioned telephones will not work as of February in blow for Australia's deaf community (Jan '20)
Ellie Simmonds: ‘Going into Rio, swimming for me had been life or death’ (Jan '20)
Autism to ADHD: thinking differently about recruitment (Feb '20)
Netflix show Atypical and Rain Man don't tell the real story of living with autism (Jan '20)
Disability - Work
Companies might be hiring workers with a disability to 'tick a box' before moving them on (Mar '20)
Activ Esperance closure leaves 17 people with a disability out of work and families left 'dumbfounded' (Mar '20)
Autism to ADHD: thinking differently about recruitment (Feb '20)
How neurodiversity is driving innovation from unexpected places (May '19)
Autistic Australians are being locked out of the workforce (Mar '19)
Companies might be hiring workers with a disability to 'tick a box' before moving them on (Mar '20)
Activ Esperance closure leaves 17 people with a disability out of work and families left 'dumbfounded' (Mar '20)
Autism to ADHD: thinking differently about recruitment (Feb '20)
How neurodiversity is driving innovation from unexpected places (May '19)
Autistic Australians are being locked out of the workforce (Mar '19)
Abuse & Discrimination
People with cognitive disability shouldn’t be in prison because they’re ‘unfit to plead’. There are alternatives (Feb '20)
CapTel text-captioned telephones will not work as of February in blow for Australia's deaf community (Jan '20)
Federal funding cut a threat to hearing impaired phone transcriptions, providers say (Apr '19)
How neurodiversity is driving innovation from unexpected places (May '19)
Concerns raised after girl with autism placed in cardboard 'box' enclosure in classroom (Sep '18)
People with cognitive disability shouldn’t be in prison because they’re ‘unfit to plead’. There are alternatives (Feb '20)
CapTel text-captioned telephones will not work as of February in blow for Australia's deaf community (Jan '20)
Federal funding cut a threat to hearing impaired phone transcriptions, providers say (Apr '19)
How neurodiversity is driving innovation from unexpected places (May '19)
Concerns raised after girl with autism placed in cardboard 'box' enclosure in classroom (Sep '18)
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
'These children are in limbo': the New Zealanders locked out of Australia's NDIS (Feb '20)
Yes, the system needs to be better. But here’s how to ensure your child can access the NDIS if they need it (Feb '20)
Ministers accuse federal government of prioritising budget surplus over NDIS (Feb '20)
Children's access to disability funding depending on where they live dubbed 'developmental apartheid' (Feb '20)
NDIS watchdog is fielding nearly 100 allegations of abuse or neglect a week (Jan '20)
NDIS minister claims no one has died waiting for the scheme, despite agency revealing 1,279 deaths (Jan '20)
National disability insurance scheme confusing and causing some to miss out on support, review finds (Jan '20)
The land the NDIS forgot: the remote Indigenous communities losing the postcode lottery (Nov '19)
Understanding the NDIS: many eligible people with disabilities are likely to miss out (Jul '16)
'These children are in limbo': the New Zealanders locked out of Australia's NDIS (Feb '20)
Yes, the system needs to be better. But here’s how to ensure your child can access the NDIS if they need it (Feb '20)
Ministers accuse federal government of prioritising budget surplus over NDIS (Feb '20)
Children's access to disability funding depending on where they live dubbed 'developmental apartheid' (Feb '20)
NDIS watchdog is fielding nearly 100 allegations of abuse or neglect a week (Jan '20)
NDIS minister claims no one has died waiting for the scheme, despite agency revealing 1,279 deaths (Jan '20)
National disability insurance scheme confusing and causing some to miss out on support, review finds (Jan '20)
The land the NDIS forgot: the remote Indigenous communities losing the postcode lottery (Nov '19)
Understanding the NDIS: many eligible people with disabilities are likely to miss out (Jul '16)
Disability Royal Commission
Being Aboriginal with a disability a 'double whammy', royal commission told (Feb '20)
‘Mum, I want to go home’: parents say health system is failing disabled children (Feb '20)
Australian law allows disabled people to be 'chemically castrated', inquiry hears (Dec '19)
Many in fear in disability group homes (Dec '19)
Disability royal commission: girl with Asperger's hid in garbage bin to avoid bullying (Nov '19)
Disability inquiry begins with harrowing stories, but advocates fear it isn’t equipped to succeed (Nov '19)
Why schools desperately need a royal commission into the abuse of disabled people (Feb '19)
Being Aboriginal with a disability a 'double whammy', royal commission told (Feb '20)
‘Mum, I want to go home’: parents say health system is failing disabled children (Feb '20)
Australian law allows disabled people to be 'chemically castrated', inquiry hears (Dec '19)
Many in fear in disability group homes (Dec '19)
Disability royal commission: girl with Asperger's hid in garbage bin to avoid bullying (Nov '19)
Disability inquiry begins with harrowing stories, but advocates fear it isn’t equipped to succeed (Nov '19)
Why schools desperately need a royal commission into the abuse of disabled people (Feb '19)
Political Ideology
Has coronavirus killed ideology? No, it’s just cycled it around again (Apr '20)
How the right is responding to the coronavirus: denial, realism or dangerous contrarianism (Apr '20)
Covid 19 coronavirus: No change in Australia's stance on out of work Kiwis (Mar '20)
Labor says Australia must take rightwing extremist threat ‘seriously’ and review terror list (Mar '20)
Domestic violence: women's safety advocates say Coalition is ignoring experts (Mar ’20)
Australia's jack-booted deportation policy
Not much love actually: Jacinda Ardern was right to call out Australia's 'corrosive' policies (Feb '20)
Peter Dutton’s response to a far-right threat shows how little has changed since Christchurch (Feb '20)
Dutton says 'leftwing lunatics' must be dealt with as Asio warns of far-right threat (Feb '20)
The Coalition wants to turn scientists into lapdogs – and muzzle climate research in the process (Feb '20)
Blinded by the right - The Morrison government is failing to crack down on far-right extremism (Feb '20)
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The religious freedom bill has nothing to do with religion – it excludes and it traumatises (Feb '20)
High court rules Aboriginal Australians are not 'aliens' under the constitution and cannot be deported (Feb '20)
Coalition seeks to sidestep high court ruling that Aboriginal non-citizens can't be deported (Feb '20)
Barnaby Joyce is right that the Nationals should speak up. But not to serve his ambition (Feb '20)
Religious discrimination bill will harm patients and discriminate against doctors, AMA warns (Jan '20)
'These children are in limbo': the New Zealanders locked out of Australia's NDIS (Feb '20)
An end to Morrison’s mean-spiritedness is the Christmas gift Australia needs (Dec '19)
What happened? The policies Scott Morrison's government appears to have abandoned (Dec '19)
Vital Signs: Australia’s nation-building opportunity held hostage by the deficit daleks (Dec '19)
Scott Morrison criticised after saying transgender teens pressured by 'identity politics' (Oct '19)
Bullying in politics is not just a Liberal problem: it's a political ideology (Sep '18)
Porter's new job needs more than locking up offenders and throwing away the key (Jan '18)
Michael McCormack’s homophobic slurs re-emerge amid postal plebiscite controversy (Aug '17)
Has coronavirus killed ideology? No, it’s just cycled it around again (Apr '20)
How the right is responding to the coronavirus: denial, realism or dangerous contrarianism (Apr '20)
Covid 19 coronavirus: No change in Australia's stance on out of work Kiwis (Mar '20)
Labor says Australia must take rightwing extremist threat ‘seriously’ and review terror list (Mar '20)
Domestic violence: women's safety advocates say Coalition is ignoring experts (Mar ’20)
Australia's jack-booted deportation policy
Not much love actually: Jacinda Ardern was right to call out Australia's 'corrosive' policies (Feb '20)
Peter Dutton’s response to a far-right threat shows how little has changed since Christchurch (Feb '20)
Dutton says 'leftwing lunatics' must be dealt with as Asio warns of far-right threat (Feb '20)
The Coalition wants to turn scientists into lapdogs – and muzzle climate research in the process (Feb '20)
Blinded by the right - The Morrison government is failing to crack down on far-right extremism (Feb '20)
… (Related)
The religious freedom bill has nothing to do with religion – it excludes and it traumatises (Feb '20)
High court rules Aboriginal Australians are not 'aliens' under the constitution and cannot be deported (Feb '20)
Coalition seeks to sidestep high court ruling that Aboriginal non-citizens can't be deported (Feb '20)
Barnaby Joyce is right that the Nationals should speak up. But not to serve his ambition (Feb '20)
Religious discrimination bill will harm patients and discriminate against doctors, AMA warns (Jan '20)
'These children are in limbo': the New Zealanders locked out of Australia's NDIS (Feb '20)
An end to Morrison’s mean-spiritedness is the Christmas gift Australia needs (Dec '19)
What happened? The policies Scott Morrison's government appears to have abandoned (Dec '19)
Vital Signs: Australia’s nation-building opportunity held hostage by the deficit daleks (Dec '19)
Scott Morrison criticised after saying transgender teens pressured by 'identity politics' (Oct '19)
Bullying in politics is not just a Liberal problem: it's a political ideology (Sep '18)
Porter's new job needs more than locking up offenders and throwing away the key (Jan '18)
Michael McCormack’s homophobic slurs re-emerge amid postal plebiscite controversy (Aug '17)
Propaganda
As the press gallery ate up Shearer Scotty, down the road taxpayers were being fleeced (Feb '20)
Scott Morrison's political ad is a bizarre act of self-love as firefighters battle to save Australia (Jan '20)
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Morrison government paid empathy consultant $190,000 (Oct '19)
'Shorten wants to end the weekend': Morrison attacks Labor's electric vehicle policy (Apr '19)
As the press gallery ate up Shearer Scotty, down the road taxpayers were being fleeced (Feb '20)
Scott Morrison's political ad is a bizarre act of self-love as firefighters battle to save Australia (Jan '20)
…(related)
Morrison government paid empathy consultant $190,000 (Oct '19)
'Shorten wants to end the weekend': Morrison attacks Labor's electric vehicle policy (Apr '19)
Totalitarianism
Peter Dutton pushes for overseas police to tap Australians’ phones (Mar '20)
Tasmanian anti-logging protesters banned from forests over 'unsafe behaviour' (Feb '20)
Aurora Australis officer asked to remove post criticising Scott Morrison's climate policy (Feb '20)
AFP warrants used to raid ABC valid, Federal Court rules (Feb '20)
Coalition may use government contracts to crack down on environment protests (Feb '20)
Eureka flag ban shows government’s distaste for democracy (Feb '20)
Terrorism police list Extinction Rebellion as extremist ideology (Jan '20)
Coalition may use government contracts to crack down on environment protests (Feb '20)
Scott Morrison threatens crackdown on protesters who would 'deny liberty' (Nov '19)
Australia’s prime minister pledges to outlaw climate boycotts, arguing they threaten the economy (Nov '19)
I live-tweeted the AFP's every move as they raided the ABC's Sydney headquarters (Jun '19)
Peter Dutton pushes for overseas police to tap Australians’ phones (Mar '20)
Tasmanian anti-logging protesters banned from forests over 'unsafe behaviour' (Feb '20)
Aurora Australis officer asked to remove post criticising Scott Morrison's climate policy (Feb '20)
AFP warrants used to raid ABC valid, Federal Court rules (Feb '20)
Coalition may use government contracts to crack down on environment protests (Feb '20)
Eureka flag ban shows government’s distaste for democracy (Feb '20)
Terrorism police list Extinction Rebellion as extremist ideology (Jan '20)
Coalition may use government contracts to crack down on environment protests (Feb '20)
Scott Morrison threatens crackdown on protesters who would 'deny liberty' (Nov '19)
Australia’s prime minister pledges to outlaw climate boycotts, arguing they threaten the economy (Nov '19)
I live-tweeted the AFP's every move as they raided the ABC's Sydney headquarters (Jun '19)
Australian Society
How the coronavirus pandemic could shift the multicultural make-up of our society (Apr '20)
We are witnessing a cultural bloodbath in Australia that has been years in the making (Apr '20)
Coronavirus is a human crisis beyond most of our scariest dreams – we will need to restart our society (Apr '20)
It's time to challenge everything, so what will we create from this savage lesson? (Apr '20)
Australia can be a better, fairer place after the coronavirus, if we're willing to fight for it (Apr '20)
Coronavirus gets personal: crying in the streets as Australian jobs vanish and lives change forever (Mar '20)
What kind of society do we want to become? - Hugh Mackay (Feb '20)
White, male and straight – how 30 years of Australia Day speeches leave most Australians out (Jan '20)
New research shows prejudice still high in Australia, but many people seeking to promote social inclusion (Dec '19)
After the budget: shh! Australia's era of artistic silencing begins (May '15)
How the coronavirus pandemic could shift the multicultural make-up of our society (Apr '20)
We are witnessing a cultural bloodbath in Australia that has been years in the making (Apr '20)
Coronavirus is a human crisis beyond most of our scariest dreams – we will need to restart our society (Apr '20)
It's time to challenge everything, so what will we create from this savage lesson? (Apr '20)
Australia can be a better, fairer place after the coronavirus, if we're willing to fight for it (Apr '20)
Coronavirus gets personal: crying in the streets as Australian jobs vanish and lives change forever (Mar '20)
What kind of society do we want to become? - Hugh Mackay (Feb '20)
White, male and straight – how 30 years of Australia Day speeches leave most Australians out (Jan '20)
New research shows prejudice still high in Australia, but many people seeking to promote social inclusion (Dec '19)
After the budget: shh! Australia's era of artistic silencing begins (May '15)
Arts
Coronavirus: 3 in 4 Australians employed in the creative and performing arts could lose their jobs (Apr ’20)
Artists shouldn’t have to endlessly demonstrate their value. Coalition leaders used to know it (Apr ’20)
We are witnessing a cultural bloodbath in Australia that has been years in the making (Apr ’20)
In times of crisis, we turn to the arts. Now the arts is in crisis – and Scott Morrison is silent (Mar ‘20)
Remember the arts? Departments and budgets disappear as politics backs culture into a dead end (Dec ‘19)
After the budget: shh! Australia’s era of artistic silencing begins (May ’15)
Coronavirus: 3 in 4 Australians employed in the creative and performing arts could lose their jobs (Apr ’20)
Artists shouldn’t have to endlessly demonstrate their value. Coalition leaders used to know it (Apr ’20)
We are witnessing a cultural bloodbath in Australia that has been years in the making (Apr ’20)
In times of crisis, we turn to the arts. Now the arts is in crisis – and Scott Morrison is silent (Mar ‘20)
Remember the arts? Departments and budgets disappear as politics backs culture into a dead end (Dec ‘19)
After the budget: shh! Australia’s era of artistic silencing begins (May ’15)
COVID Economy
We do not have to worry about paying off the coronavirus debt for generations (Apr ’20)
The last thing companies should be doing right now is paying dividends (Apr ' 20)
We are witnessing a cultural bloodbath in Australia that has been years in the making (Apr ’20)
Morrison has changed tack against his tribal instincts. But what happens after coronavirus? (Apr '20)
Don’t be fooled by Morrison’s benevolence – soon it’s back to tax cuts and smaller government (Apr '20)
Vital Signs: Scott Morrison is steering in the right direction, but we’re going to need a bigger boat (Apr ‘20)
Morrison reminds us nothing lasts forever – especially the coronavirus spending spree (Apr '20) From tight purse strings to massive fiscal firepower: the Coalition’s staggering transformation (Mar ‘20)
Coronavirus crisis shows capitalism at its worse (Mar '20)
Under coronavirus, pro-market ideologies are overturned around the world. But it's too little, too late (Mar ‘20)
Vital Signs: Scott Morrison is steering in the right direction, but we’re going to need a bigger boat (Apr ‘20)
The coronavirus crisis may lead to a new way of economic thinking (Mar '20)
Remember Josh Frydenberg scoffing at a 'wellbeing budget'? He's not laughing any more (Mar '20)
With the coronavirus, here's what's really going to matter for the Australian economy (Mar '20)
A hundred years on, will there be another Great Depression? (Mar ‘ 20)
Christian Porter doesn’t understand insecure work can be scarier than coronavirus (Mar ’20)
Four experts on how coronavirus will wallop Australia's economy – and what the government must do (Mar ’20)
This is more than a health crisis: here’s a 10-point plan for avoiding recession (Mar '20)
Coronavirus is not the villain: Australia’s economy was already on a precipice (Mar '20)
Coronavirus is the Coalition’s GFC – but will Morrison respond as Rudd did? (Mar ’20)
We do not have to worry about paying off the coronavirus debt for generations (Apr ’20)
The last thing companies should be doing right now is paying dividends (Apr ' 20)
We are witnessing a cultural bloodbath in Australia that has been years in the making (Apr ’20)
Morrison has changed tack against his tribal instincts. But what happens after coronavirus? (Apr '20)
Don’t be fooled by Morrison’s benevolence – soon it’s back to tax cuts and smaller government (Apr '20)
Vital Signs: Scott Morrison is steering in the right direction, but we’re going to need a bigger boat (Apr ‘20)
Morrison reminds us nothing lasts forever – especially the coronavirus spending spree (Apr '20) From tight purse strings to massive fiscal firepower: the Coalition’s staggering transformation (Mar ‘20)
Coronavirus crisis shows capitalism at its worse (Mar '20)
Under coronavirus, pro-market ideologies are overturned around the world. But it's too little, too late (Mar ‘20)
Vital Signs: Scott Morrison is steering in the right direction, but we’re going to need a bigger boat (Apr ‘20)
The coronavirus crisis may lead to a new way of economic thinking (Mar '20)
Remember Josh Frydenberg scoffing at a 'wellbeing budget'? He's not laughing any more (Mar '20)
With the coronavirus, here's what's really going to matter for the Australian economy (Mar '20)
A hundred years on, will there be another Great Depression? (Mar ‘ 20)
Christian Porter doesn’t understand insecure work can be scarier than coronavirus (Mar ’20)
Four experts on how coronavirus will wallop Australia's economy – and what the government must do (Mar ’20)
This is more than a health crisis: here’s a 10-point plan for avoiding recession (Mar '20)
Coronavirus is not the villain: Australia’s economy was already on a precipice (Mar '20)
Coronavirus is the Coalition’s GFC – but will Morrison respond as Rudd did? (Mar ’20)
Domestic Violence
Victoria police respond to family violence risk during 'very stressful time' of coronavirus (Apr '20)
Covid 19 coronavirus: Code words at supermarkets possible for victims escaping violence - NZ (Apr '20)
Court of Appeal rules in favour of domestic violence victim who fled from Australia to New Zealand with her child (Apr '20)
Coronavirus and ‘domestic terrorism’: how to stop family violence under lockdown (Apr '20)
Australian government pumps $1bn into health and family violence services as coronavirus spreads (Mar '20)
'Covid-19 will slam the door shut': Australia's family services brace for domestic violence spike (Mar ‘20)
Domestic violence: women's safety advocates say Coalition is ignoring experts (Mar ‘20)
Why do men kill their families? Here’s what the research says (Feb '20)
Raped, tracked, humiliated: Clergy wives speak out about domestic violence (Nov '17)
A tragic reality: Domestic violence is the main cause of homelessness in Australia (Jun '17)
Domestic violence: Report finds 'clear link' between media reporting and understanding of issue (Jun '17)
Framing Deadly Domestic Violence: Why the Media’s Spin Matters in Newspaper Coverage of Femicide (Feb '13)
Victoria police respond to family violence risk during 'very stressful time' of coronavirus (Apr '20)
Covid 19 coronavirus: Code words at supermarkets possible for victims escaping violence - NZ (Apr '20)
Court of Appeal rules in favour of domestic violence victim who fled from Australia to New Zealand with her child (Apr '20)
Coronavirus and ‘domestic terrorism’: how to stop family violence under lockdown (Apr '20)
Australian government pumps $1bn into health and family violence services as coronavirus spreads (Mar '20)
'Covid-19 will slam the door shut': Australia's family services brace for domestic violence spike (Mar ‘20)
Domestic violence: women's safety advocates say Coalition is ignoring experts (Mar ‘20)
Why do men kill their families? Here’s what the research says (Feb '20)
Raped, tracked, humiliated: Clergy wives speak out about domestic violence (Nov '17)
A tragic reality: Domestic violence is the main cause of homelessness in Australia (Jun '17)
Domestic violence: Report finds 'clear link' between media reporting and understanding of issue (Jun '17)
Framing Deadly Domestic Violence: Why the Media’s Spin Matters in Newspaper Coverage of Femicide (Feb '13)
Public Health
'Bicycles are the new toilet paper': bike sales boom as coronavirus lockdown residents crave exercise (Apr '20)
The Guardian view on Covid-19 and transport: walk to the future (Apr '20)
Who’s most affected on public transport in the time of coronavirus? (Mar ‘20)
Calls to put public health at centre of Sydney’s transport conundrum (Dec ’19)
'Bicycles are the new toilet paper': bike sales boom as coronavirus lockdown residents crave exercise (Apr '20)
The Guardian view on Covid-19 and transport: walk to the future (Apr '20)
Who’s most affected on public transport in the time of coronavirus? (Mar ‘20)
Calls to put public health at centre of Sydney’s transport conundrum (Dec ’19)
Poverty & Work
Lower-income earners more likely to lose jobs due to coronavirus (Apr '20)
Casual and migrant workers are at the mercy of an economy that punishes its victims (Apr '20)
Why temporary migrants need JobKeeper (Apr '20)
Delivery workers are now essential. They deserve the rights of other employees (Mar '20)
Anglicare finds five jobseekers applying for every entry-level position (Oct '19)
Jobactive workers speak out: 'How the hell did I end up doing this to these people?' (Oct '19)
Making an art form out of cruelty to people who are unemployed (Oct '19) How to stop workers being exploited in the gig economy (Oct '18)
Lower-income earners more likely to lose jobs due to coronavirus (Apr '20)
Casual and migrant workers are at the mercy of an economy that punishes its victims (Apr '20)
Why temporary migrants need JobKeeper (Apr '20)
Delivery workers are now essential. They deserve the rights of other employees (Mar '20)
Anglicare finds five jobseekers applying for every entry-level position (Oct '19)
Jobactive workers speak out: 'How the hell did I end up doing this to these people?' (Oct '19)
Making an art form out of cruelty to people who are unemployed (Oct '19) How to stop workers being exploited in the gig economy (Oct '18)
Homelessness
6 steps towards remaking the homelessness system so it works for young people (Apr '20)
Forced by coronavirus to close its doors to the homeless, Wayside Chapel hits the streets (Apr '20)
Homelessness and overcrowding expose us all to coronavirus. Here’s what we can do to stop the spread (Mar ‘ 20)
Morrison must protect the most vulnerable Australians to combat the coronavirus crisis (Mar ‘ 20)
The many faces of social housing – home to 1 in 10 Australians (Mar ’20)
'Dying in poverty’: disability pensioners left out of boosted welfare payments fear for future (Mar ‘20)
We’re innovative when housing bushfire victims. Why not all the homeless? (Mar '20)
The lost kids (Mar '20)
'Dying in poverty’: disability pensioners left out of boosted welfare payments fear for future (Mar ‘20)
As simple as finding a job? Getting people out of social housing is much more complex than that (Dec '19)
Growing numbers of renters are trapped for years in homes they can’t afford (Oct '19)
As simple as finding a job? Getting people out of social housing is much more complex than that (Dec '19)
'Out in the cold': Council shuts down scheme to help homeless sleep in churches (Aug '19)
‘I didn’t want to be homeless with a baby’: young women share their stories of homelessness (Jul '19)
As simple as finding a job? Getting people out of social housing is much more complex than that (Dec '19)
Homelessness soars in our biggest cities, driven by rising inequality since 2001 (May '19)
As simple as finding a job? Getting people out of social housing is much more complex than that (Dec '19)
'National obscenity': Australia's story of housing boom and homelessness (May '19)
Is social housing essential infrastructure? How we think about it does matter (Feb '19)
What do single, older women want? Their ‘own little space’ (and garden) to call home, for a start (Oct '17)
What housing issues should the budget tackle? This is what our experts say (Apr '17)
Homeless in Britain: ‘I graduated with honours – and ended up on the streets’ (Jan '17)
6 steps towards remaking the homelessness system so it works for young people (Apr '20)
Forced by coronavirus to close its doors to the homeless, Wayside Chapel hits the streets (Apr '20)
Homelessness and overcrowding expose us all to coronavirus. Here’s what we can do to stop the spread (Mar ‘ 20)
Morrison must protect the most vulnerable Australians to combat the coronavirus crisis (Mar ‘ 20)
The many faces of social housing – home to 1 in 10 Australians (Mar ’20)
'Dying in poverty’: disability pensioners left out of boosted welfare payments fear for future (Mar ‘20)
We’re innovative when housing bushfire victims. Why not all the homeless? (Mar '20)
The lost kids (Mar '20)
'Dying in poverty’: disability pensioners left out of boosted welfare payments fear for future (Mar ‘20)
As simple as finding a job? Getting people out of social housing is much more complex than that (Dec '19)
Growing numbers of renters are trapped for years in homes they can’t afford (Oct '19)
As simple as finding a job? Getting people out of social housing is much more complex than that (Dec '19)
'Out in the cold': Council shuts down scheme to help homeless sleep in churches (Aug '19)
‘I didn’t want to be homeless with a baby’: young women share their stories of homelessness (Jul '19)
As simple as finding a job? Getting people out of social housing is much more complex than that (Dec '19)
Homelessness soars in our biggest cities, driven by rising inequality since 2001 (May '19)
As simple as finding a job? Getting people out of social housing is much more complex than that (Dec '19)
'National obscenity': Australia's story of housing boom and homelessness (May '19)
Is social housing essential infrastructure? How we think about it does matter (Feb '19)
What do single, older women want? Their ‘own little space’ (and garden) to call home, for a start (Oct '17)
What housing issues should the budget tackle? This is what our experts say (Apr '17)
Homeless in Britain: ‘I graduated with honours – and ended up on the streets’ (Jan '17)
Robodebt
Robodebt: government admits it will be forced to refund $550m under botched scheme (Mar ‘20)
Centrelink continues to chase welfare clients for robodebts despite coronavirus (Mar '20)
Officials refuse to say how many flawed robodebts they have found (Mar '20)
Centrelink accidentally sends pensioner's personal information to wrong man (Mar'20)
'I've spent many nights crying': welfare recipients on the true cost of robodebt (Feb '20)
On robodebt, the Morrison government is defending the indefensible (Feb '20)
Coalition says it has no duty of care for welfare recipients over robodebt (Feb '20)
Centrelink sent Tracey a $45,500 parenting allowance bill, but she doesn't have any children (Feb '20)
Government was warned robodebt scheme was unlawful – but won't say when (Feb '20)
Robodebt legal warning came on same day scheme was suspended by Federal Government (Feb '20)
Disability pensioners were increasingly drawn into robodebt while scheme was under scrutiny (Feb '20)
The robodebt horror was all about boosting the budget. That's the brutal truth (Nov '19)
Centrelink accused of issuing $14,500 robodebt to pensioner with intellectual impairment (Oct '19)
If the PM thought money for farmers was 'welfare', they'd be getting robo-debt notices (Oct '19)
'The system is truly Orwellian': our horrifying experiences with robodebt (Oct '19)
'It's so draining': single mother pursued over debt caused by Centrelink mistake (Sep '19)
Homeless woman says Centrelink took entire $3,500 tax return for disputed robodebt (Aug '19)
Robodebt: government admits it will be forced to refund $550m under botched scheme (Mar ‘20)
Centrelink continues to chase welfare clients for robodebts despite coronavirus (Mar '20)
Officials refuse to say how many flawed robodebts they have found (Mar '20)
Centrelink accidentally sends pensioner's personal information to wrong man (Mar'20)
'I've spent many nights crying': welfare recipients on the true cost of robodebt (Feb '20)
On robodebt, the Morrison government is defending the indefensible (Feb '20)
Coalition says it has no duty of care for welfare recipients over robodebt (Feb '20)
Centrelink sent Tracey a $45,500 parenting allowance bill, but she doesn't have any children (Feb '20)
Government was warned robodebt scheme was unlawful – but won't say when (Feb '20)
Robodebt legal warning came on same day scheme was suspended by Federal Government (Feb '20)
Disability pensioners were increasingly drawn into robodebt while scheme was under scrutiny (Feb '20)
The robodebt horror was all about boosting the budget. That's the brutal truth (Nov '19)
Centrelink accused of issuing $14,500 robodebt to pensioner with intellectual impairment (Oct '19)
If the PM thought money for farmers was 'welfare', they'd be getting robo-debt notices (Oct '19)
'The system is truly Orwellian': our horrifying experiences with robodebt (Oct '19)
'It's so draining': single mother pursued over debt caused by Centrelink mistake (Sep '19)
Homeless woman says Centrelink took entire $3,500 tax return for disputed robodebt (Aug '19)
Inequality
As coronavirus widens the renter-owner divide, housing policies will have to change (Apr ’20)
Women released from prison are at much greater risk of violence (Mar ’20)
One in eight people in Australia living in poverty, report finds (Feb '20)
As big cities get even bigger, some residents are being left behind (Feb '20)
Montessori education could reduce the advantage gap between rich and poor, but it's only available to the rich (Jan '20)
I’m an ex-prisoner and education behind bars saved my life (Jan '20)
Is hard work enough to lift anyone out of poverty? This question divides the nation (Nov '19)
Tackling the cycle of inequality of girls in the developing world by numbers (Oct '19)
Vast majority of disability pension applicants say Centrelink treated them unfairly (Oct '19)
One in five Australians went hungry over past year, study finds (Oct '19)
Big Issue founder launches magazine to tackle illiteracy (Jun '19)
Poverty as a Moral Question (Apr '19)
Ideas of home and ownership in Australia might explain the neglect of renters’ rights (Nov '18)
As coronavirus widens the renter-owner divide, housing policies will have to change (Apr ’20)
Women released from prison are at much greater risk of violence (Mar ’20)
One in eight people in Australia living in poverty, report finds (Feb '20)
As big cities get even bigger, some residents are being left behind (Feb '20)
Montessori education could reduce the advantage gap between rich and poor, but it's only available to the rich (Jan '20)
I’m an ex-prisoner and education behind bars saved my life (Jan '20)
Is hard work enough to lift anyone out of poverty? This question divides the nation (Nov '19)
Tackling the cycle of inequality of girls in the developing world by numbers (Oct '19)
Vast majority of disability pension applicants say Centrelink treated them unfairly (Oct '19)
One in five Australians went hungry over past year, study finds (Oct '19)
Big Issue founder launches magazine to tackle illiteracy (Jun '19)
Poverty as a Moral Question (Apr '19)
Ideas of home and ownership in Australia might explain the neglect of renters’ rights (Nov '18)
Bushfires
Australian Story - ABC TV (Apr '20)
Bushfire grants and loans face shake-up over lengthy application process (Mar '20)
Once the smoke clears: portraits of bushfire survivors – in pictures (Mar '20)
Smoke from Australia's bushfires killed far more people than the fires did, study says (Mar '20)
State MPs dismayed at NSW Forestry logging unburnt habitat after bushfires (Mar ’20)
'We're all just waiting': NSW south coast residents still in limbo three months after bushfires (Mar ’20)
How to get back to normal after the bushfires? ‘I feel life has changed into a Mad Max movie’ (Mar ’20)
Bushfire crisis conditions eight times more likely under 2C warming, analysis shows (Mar '20)
Defence Chief Angus Campbell rang Scott Morrison with concerns over bushfire promo video (Mar '20)
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Will we learn from the bushfire summer? Not if the wrong questions are asked (Feb '20)
Forced by coronavirus to close its doors to the homeless, Wayside Chapel hits the streets (Apr '20)
The burn legacy: why the science on hazard reduction is contested (Feb '20)
Peter Dutton says 250 have been charged with arson. But the data tells a different story (Feb '20)
I spent weeks reporting on the bushfires. This is the truth about regional Australia (Feb '20)
No food, no fuel, no phones: bushfires showed we’re only ever one step from system collapse (Feb '20)
'Go back home': NZ vet turned away from helping fire-affected Aussie wildlife (Feb '20)
Thomas Keneally: ‘These fires have changed us’ (Feb '20)
Lots of people want to help nature after the bushfires – we must seize the moment (Feb '20)
In the face of a bushfire catastrophe, our national conversation is still run by politics - Laura Tingle (Jan '20)
I tried to warn Scott Morrison about the bushfire disaster. Adapting to climate change isn’t enough (Jan '20)
There’s no evidence ‘greenies’ block bushfire hazard reduction but here’s a controlled burn idea worth trying (Jan '20)
In fact, there’s plenty we can do to make future fires less likely (Jan '20)
An 'absolutely seminal moment': climate change opinion shifting in face of fires (Jan '20)
Scott Morrison can't afford to waste the bushfire crisis when Australia urgently needs its own green new deal - Malcolm Turnbull (Jan '20)
Explainer: how effective is bushfire hazard reduction on Australia's fires? (Jan '20)
How Rupert Murdoch Is Influencing Australia’s Bushfire Debate (Jan '20)
Greg Mullins, former NSW Fire Commissioner talks tough on bushfire response (Jan '20)
Morrison's government on the bushfires: from attacking climate 'lunatics' to calling in the troops (Jan '20)
Bushfires left millions of animals dead. We should use them, not just bury them (Dec '19)
'Doing nothing is not a solution': Matt Kean blames climate crisis for bushfires (Dec '19)
The Coalition isn't being honest about the climate crisis. But neither is Labor (Dec '19)
Forced by coronavirus to close its doors to the homeless, Wayside Chapel hits the streets (Apr '20)
Former Australian fire chiefs say Coalition ignored their advice because of climate change politics (Nov '19)
What are the links between climate change and bushfires? – explainer (Nov '19)
Here's 194 Ways The Coalition Have Fuelled These Bushfires. They Have Blood On Their Hands (Nov '19)
Regional mayors criticise politicians for failing to link climate change and deadly bushfires (Nov '19)
We've been in bushfire hell in Glen Innes – and the scientists knew it was coming (Nov '19)
Australian Story - ABC TV (Apr '20)
Bushfire grants and loans face shake-up over lengthy application process (Mar '20)
Once the smoke clears: portraits of bushfire survivors – in pictures (Mar '20)
Smoke from Australia's bushfires killed far more people than the fires did, study says (Mar '20)
State MPs dismayed at NSW Forestry logging unburnt habitat after bushfires (Mar ’20)
'We're all just waiting': NSW south coast residents still in limbo three months after bushfires (Mar ’20)
How to get back to normal after the bushfires? ‘I feel life has changed into a Mad Max movie’ (Mar ’20)
Bushfire crisis conditions eight times more likely under 2C warming, analysis shows (Mar '20)
Defence Chief Angus Campbell rang Scott Morrison with concerns over bushfire promo video (Mar '20)
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Will we learn from the bushfire summer? Not if the wrong questions are asked (Feb '20)
Forced by coronavirus to close its doors to the homeless, Wayside Chapel hits the streets (Apr '20)
The burn legacy: why the science on hazard reduction is contested (Feb '20)
Peter Dutton says 250 have been charged with arson. But the data tells a different story (Feb '20)
I spent weeks reporting on the bushfires. This is the truth about regional Australia (Feb '20)
No food, no fuel, no phones: bushfires showed we’re only ever one step from system collapse (Feb '20)
'Go back home': NZ vet turned away from helping fire-affected Aussie wildlife (Feb '20)
Thomas Keneally: ‘These fires have changed us’ (Feb '20)
Lots of people want to help nature after the bushfires – we must seize the moment (Feb '20)
In the face of a bushfire catastrophe, our national conversation is still run by politics - Laura Tingle (Jan '20)
I tried to warn Scott Morrison about the bushfire disaster. Adapting to climate change isn’t enough (Jan '20)
There’s no evidence ‘greenies’ block bushfire hazard reduction but here’s a controlled burn idea worth trying (Jan '20)
In fact, there’s plenty we can do to make future fires less likely (Jan '20)
An 'absolutely seminal moment': climate change opinion shifting in face of fires (Jan '20)
Scott Morrison can't afford to waste the bushfire crisis when Australia urgently needs its own green new deal - Malcolm Turnbull (Jan '20)
Explainer: how effective is bushfire hazard reduction on Australia's fires? (Jan '20)
How Rupert Murdoch Is Influencing Australia’s Bushfire Debate (Jan '20)
Greg Mullins, former NSW Fire Commissioner talks tough on bushfire response (Jan '20)
Morrison's government on the bushfires: from attacking climate 'lunatics' to calling in the troops (Jan '20)
Bushfires left millions of animals dead. We should use them, not just bury them (Dec '19)
'Doing nothing is not a solution': Matt Kean blames climate crisis for bushfires (Dec '19)
The Coalition isn't being honest about the climate crisis. But neither is Labor (Dec '19)
Forced by coronavirus to close its doors to the homeless, Wayside Chapel hits the streets (Apr '20)
Former Australian fire chiefs say Coalition ignored their advice because of climate change politics (Nov '19)
What are the links between climate change and bushfires? – explainer (Nov '19)
Here's 194 Ways The Coalition Have Fuelled These Bushfires. They Have Blood On Their Hands (Nov '19)
Regional mayors criticise politicians for failing to link climate change and deadly bushfires (Nov '19)
We've been in bushfire hell in Glen Innes – and the scientists knew it was coming (Nov '19)
Drought
Last summer’s fish carnage sparked public outrage. Here’s what has happened since (Feb '20)
The unequal cost of the drought (Feb '20)
How drought is affecting water supply in Australia’s capital cities (Dec '19)
'We're all just waiting': NSW south coast residents still in limbo three months after bushfires (Mar ’20)
Scott Morrison says drought the Coalition's 'first call' – but makes no mention of climate (Oct '19)
Moira Shire misses Government drought money threshold by a fraction (Oct '19)
Farmers' protest is a sign water politics is about to go into hyperdrive (Aug '19)
The Darling River is simply not supposed to dry out, even in drought (Jan '19)
It will take decades, but the Murray Darling Basin Plan is delivering environmental improvements (May '18)
The science behind the Murray-Darling Basin plan (Nov '11)
Last summer’s fish carnage sparked public outrage. Here’s what has happened since (Feb '20)
The unequal cost of the drought (Feb '20)
How drought is affecting water supply in Australia’s capital cities (Dec '19)
'We're all just waiting': NSW south coast residents still in limbo three months after bushfires (Mar ’20)
Scott Morrison says drought the Coalition's 'first call' – but makes no mention of climate (Oct '19)
Moira Shire misses Government drought money threshold by a fraction (Oct '19)
Farmers' protest is a sign water politics is about to go into hyperdrive (Aug '19)
The Darling River is simply not supposed to dry out, even in drought (Jan '19)
It will take decades, but the Murray Darling Basin Plan is delivering environmental improvements (May '18)
The science behind the Murray-Darling Basin plan (Nov '11)
Govt Climate Policy
'Expensive and underperforming': energy audit finds gas power running well below capacity (Mar ’20)
Inside the Liberal state stepping into a low-emissions future (Mar '20)
Morrison government to stop funding international collaboration on shift to zero emissions (Mar '20)
SCOTT MORRISON’S GAS TRANSITION PLAN IS A DANGEROUS ROAD TO NOWHERE - Climate Council (Feb '20)
Coalition's axing of funding to climate change adaptation body condemned (Jan '20)
Five years after carbon price repeal, Australia remains in policy abyss (Jul '19)
'Expensive and underperforming': energy audit finds gas power running well below capacity (Mar ’20)
Inside the Liberal state stepping into a low-emissions future (Mar '20)
Morrison government to stop funding international collaboration on shift to zero emissions (Mar '20)
SCOTT MORRISON’S GAS TRANSITION PLAN IS A DANGEROUS ROAD TO NOWHERE - Climate Council (Feb '20)
Coalition's axing of funding to climate change adaptation body condemned (Jan '20)
Five years after carbon price repeal, Australia remains in policy abyss (Jul '19)
Climate Inaction
NSW land-clearing approvals increased 13-fold since laws relaxed in 2016 (Mar ‘20)
30 years of Australia's hollow promises on climate policy (Feb '20)
Our government is choosing to fail on climate and trying to make a virtue of it (Jan '20)
Talking Point: Governments face a reckoning in the courts over climate change failure (Jan '20)
Coalition claims it will meet 2030 emissions target – but only by using accounting loophole (Dec '19)
It’s the 10-year anniversary of our climate policy abyss. But don’t blame the Greens (Dec '19)
We thought Australian cars were using less fuel. New research shows we were wrong (Oct '19)
NSW land-clearing approvals increased 13-fold since laws relaxed in 2016 (Mar ‘20)
30 years of Australia's hollow promises on climate policy (Feb '20)
Our government is choosing to fail on climate and trying to make a virtue of it (Jan '20)
Talking Point: Governments face a reckoning in the courts over climate change failure (Jan '20)
Coalition claims it will meet 2030 emissions target – but only by using accounting loophole (Dec '19)
It’s the 10-year anniversary of our climate policy abyss. But don’t blame the Greens (Dec '19)
We thought Australian cars were using less fuel. New research shows we were wrong (Oct '19)
Climate Solutions
Australia’s path to net-zero emissions lies in rapid, stimulus-friendly steps (Apr '20)
Albanese says we can’t replace steelmaking coal. But we already have green alternatives (Feb '20)
It might sound ‘batshit insane’ but Australia could soon export sunshine to Asia via a 3,800km cable (Feb '20))
Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes pledge $12m to supply solar systems for disaster relief (Feb '20)
Chief Scientist: we need to transform our world into a sustainable ‘electric planet’ (Feb '20)
44 inspiring climate solutions from around the world that are tackling the climate crisis with practical action (Feb '20)
We need politicians to have the guts to admit it's going to hurt to fight climate change (Dec '19)
Australia could fall apart under climate change. But there’s a way to avoid it (Nov '19)
80% of household water goes to waste – we need to get it back (Oct '19)
Divestment works – and one huge bank can lead the way (Oct '19)
Coal mines can be closed without destroying livelihoods – here’s how (Oct '19)
How hydrogen power can help us cut emissions, boost exports, and even drive further between refills (Aug '18)
'Just a matter of when': the $20bn plan to power Singapore with Australian solar (Jul '19)
Australians can have zero-emission electricity, without blowing the bill (Dec '16)
Powerhouse: the startup making solar the most accessible energy in the world (Apr '17)
Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes pledge $12m to supply solar systems for disaster relief (Feb '20)
The woman who loves garbage: Veena Sahajwalla on making the best of waste (Jan'16)
The burning question - Robert Macfarlane argues that writers can play a crucial role in helping us to imagine the impact of climate change (Sep '05)
Australia’s path to net-zero emissions lies in rapid, stimulus-friendly steps (Apr '20)
Albanese says we can’t replace steelmaking coal. But we already have green alternatives (Feb '20)
It might sound ‘batshit insane’ but Australia could soon export sunshine to Asia via a 3,800km cable (Feb '20))
Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes pledge $12m to supply solar systems for disaster relief (Feb '20)
Chief Scientist: we need to transform our world into a sustainable ‘electric planet’ (Feb '20)
44 inspiring climate solutions from around the world that are tackling the climate crisis with practical action (Feb '20)
We need politicians to have the guts to admit it's going to hurt to fight climate change (Dec '19)
Australia could fall apart under climate change. But there’s a way to avoid it (Nov '19)
80% of household water goes to waste – we need to get it back (Oct '19)
Divestment works – and one huge bank can lead the way (Oct '19)
Coal mines can be closed without destroying livelihoods – here’s how (Oct '19)
How hydrogen power can help us cut emissions, boost exports, and even drive further between refills (Aug '18)
'Just a matter of when': the $20bn plan to power Singapore with Australian solar (Jul '19)
Australians can have zero-emission electricity, without blowing the bill (Dec '16)
Powerhouse: the startup making solar the most accessible energy in the world (Apr '17)
Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes pledge $12m to supply solar systems for disaster relief (Feb '20)
The woman who loves garbage: Veena Sahajwalla on making the best of waste (Jan'16)
The burning question - Robert Macfarlane argues that writers can play a crucial role in helping us to imagine the impact of climate change (Sep '05)
Climate Change Denialism
Who are the 75 Australian 'scientists and professionals' who say there is no climate emergency? (Feb '20)
Senator Jim Molan grilled over climate change, bushfire response on Q&A with Hamish Macdonald (Feb '20)
Now that climate change is irrefutable, denialists like Andrew Bolt insist it will be good for us (Jan '20)
Australia’s Infernal Denial (Jan '20)
Climate denialism is bought and paid for by a rotten political system (Nov '19)
Australia wasted decades in climate denial – and must break free of the mire of misinformation (Oct '19)
The big polluters’ masterstroke was to blame the climate crisis on you and me (Oct '19)
Climate explained: why some people still think climate change isn’t real (Oct '19)
Fact check: How Maurice Newman misrepresents science to claim future global cooling (Aug '14)
Who are the 75 Australian 'scientists and professionals' who say there is no climate emergency? (Feb '20)
Senator Jim Molan grilled over climate change, bushfire response on Q&A with Hamish Macdonald (Feb '20)
Now that climate change is irrefutable, denialists like Andrew Bolt insist it will be good for us (Jan '20)
Australia’s Infernal Denial (Jan '20)
Climate denialism is bought and paid for by a rotten political system (Nov '19)
Australia wasted decades in climate denial – and must break free of the mire of misinformation (Oct '19)
The big polluters’ masterstroke was to blame the climate crisis on you and me (Oct '19)
Climate explained: why some people still think climate change isn’t real (Oct '19)
Fact check: How Maurice Newman misrepresents science to claim future global cooling (Aug '14)
Biodiversity
Ban wildlife markets to avert pandemics, says UN biodiversity chief (Apr '20)
How the humble dung beetle engineers better ecosystems in Australia (Mar '20)
David Pocock's 2020s vision: Heal the land, secure our future (Jan '20)
Biodiversity crisis is about to put humanity at risk, UN scientists to warn (Feb '19)
Look after the soil, save the Earth: farming in Australia's unrelenting climate (Oct '18)
Ban wildlife markets to avert pandemics, says UN biodiversity chief (Apr '20)
How the humble dung beetle engineers better ecosystems in Australia (Mar '20)
David Pocock's 2020s vision: Heal the land, secure our future (Jan '20)
Biodiversity crisis is about to put humanity at risk, UN scientists to warn (Feb '19)
Look after the soil, save the Earth: farming in Australia's unrelenting climate (Oct '18)
Financial Markets
Australia’s major banks keep on fueling the climate crisis (Mar '20)
QBE told to stop fuelling climate crisis (Feb '20)
Insurers withdrawing cover from coal projects double in 2019 (Dec '19)
Commonwealth Bank - Climate Risk Report (2019)
Investments in new power generating capacity would bring an economic return for decades
Australia’s major banks keep on fueling the climate crisis (Mar '20)
European Investment Bank to phase out fossil fuel financing (Nov '19)
Saudi Aramco valuation falls below $2tn target (Nov'19)
Why are asset managers investing in fossil fuel companies? (Oct '19)
Australia’s major banks keep on fueling the climate crisis (Mar '20)
QBE told to stop fuelling climate crisis (Feb '20)
Insurers withdrawing cover from coal projects double in 2019 (Dec '19)
Commonwealth Bank - Climate Risk Report (2019)
Investments in new power generating capacity would bring an economic return for decades
Australia’s major banks keep on fueling the climate crisis (Mar '20)
European Investment Bank to phase out fossil fuel financing (Nov '19)
Saudi Aramco valuation falls below $2tn target (Nov'19)
Why are asset managers investing in fossil fuel companies? (Oct '19)
Voice
Australian Story - ABC TV (Apr '20)
Truganini's story has always been told as tragedy. She was so much more than that (Mar ’20)
I implore my non-Indigenous friends to give a genuine damn (Mar '20)
Why we need Aboriginal voices to tell the history of Australia’s convict past (Feb '20)
A First People's Assembly could deliver what our people have been demanding for so long (Jun '19)
Andrew Bolt’s disappointment - Bruce Pascoe (Jan '20)
The Voice to Parliament isn’t a new idea - Indigenous activists called for it nearly a century ago (Jan '20)
I’m putting my trust and hope in our peoples’ determination to get the treaty process right (Oct '19)
Tony Abbott condemned by Indigenous parliamentarians after NT visit (Sep '18)
Anger over Tony Abbott's Indigenous envoy role: 'Haven't we been punished enough?' (Aug '18)
Australian Story - ABC TV (Apr '20)
Truganini's story has always been told as tragedy. She was so much more than that (Mar ’20)
I implore my non-Indigenous friends to give a genuine damn (Mar '20)
Why we need Aboriginal voices to tell the history of Australia’s convict past (Feb '20)
A First People's Assembly could deliver what our people have been demanding for so long (Jun '19)
Andrew Bolt’s disappointment - Bruce Pascoe (Jan '20)
The Voice to Parliament isn’t a new idea - Indigenous activists called for it nearly a century ago (Jan '20)
I’m putting my trust and hope in our peoples’ determination to get the treaty process right (Oct '19)
Tony Abbott condemned by Indigenous parliamentarians after NT visit (Sep '18)
Anger over Tony Abbott's Indigenous envoy role: 'Haven't we been punished enough?' (Aug '18)
Identity
Between two worlds: 'I want my future to be on country' (Feb '20)
High Court decision in Love and Thoms case reflects Aboriginal connection to the land (Feb '20)
For First Nations people the bushfires bring a particular grief, burning what makes us who we are (Jan '20)
Indigenous fire practices have been used to quell bushfires for thousands of years, experts say (Jan '20)
Our first peoples already have a blueprint to remake the fire-ravaged land, it's in our country's bones (Jan '20)
In traditional language, there is no word for disability (Nov '19)
Between two worlds: 'I want my future to be on country' (Feb '20)
High Court decision in Love and Thoms case reflects Aboriginal connection to the land (Feb '20)
For First Nations people the bushfires bring a particular grief, burning what makes us who we are (Jan '20)
Indigenous fire practices have been used to quell bushfires for thousands of years, experts say (Jan '20)
Our first peoples already have a blueprint to remake the fire-ravaged land, it's in our country's bones (Jan '20)
In traditional language, there is no word for disability (Nov '19)
Indigenous Justice System
Tanya Day inquest: coroner refers death in custody of Aboriginal woman for possible prosecution (Apr '20)
ACT prison officers' drawing of Aboriginal inmate 'racist and hurtful' (Mar '20)
Being Aboriginal with a disability a 'double whammy', royal commission told (Feb '20)
Coalition seeks to sidestep high court ruling that Aboriginal non-citizens can't be deported (Feb '20)
Can Indigenous Australians be deported as ‘aliens’? A High Court decision will show us the strength of modern colonial power (Dec '19)
Shackling dying man Eric Whittaker to bed was 'horrific', coroner hears (Oct '19)
Tanya Day inquest: coroner refers death in custody of Aboriginal woman for possible prosecution (Apr '20)
ACT prison officers' drawing of Aboriginal inmate 'racist and hurtful' (Mar '20)
Being Aboriginal with a disability a 'double whammy', royal commission told (Feb '20)
Coalition seeks to sidestep high court ruling that Aboriginal non-citizens can't be deported (Feb '20)
Can Indigenous Australians be deported as ‘aliens’? A High Court decision will show us the strength of modern colonial power (Dec '19)
Shackling dying man Eric Whittaker to bed was 'horrific', coroner hears (Oct '19)
Indigenous Inequality
Scott Morrison wants Indigenous people to help with Closing the Gap. They already are (Mar '20)
Even education has been used as a weapon of white supremacy in Australia (Jul '19)
Indigenous people no longer have the legal right to say no to the Adani mine – here’s what it means for equality (Sep ' 19)
June Oscar's 2020s vision: Reaching our potential as a nation begins with truth-telling (Jan '20)
The land the NDIS forgot: the remote Indigenous communities losing the postcode lottery (Nov '19)
Scott Morrison wants Indigenous people to help with Closing the Gap. They already are (Mar '20)
Even education has been used as a weapon of white supremacy in Australia (Jul '19)
Indigenous people no longer have the legal right to say no to the Adani mine – here’s what it means for equality (Sep ' 19)
June Oscar's 2020s vision: Reaching our potential as a nation begins with truth-telling (Jan '20)
The land the NDIS forgot: the remote Indigenous communities losing the postcode lottery (Nov '19)
Indigenous History
Truganini's story has always been told as tragedy. She was so much more than that (Mar '20)
Australia is built on lies, so why would we be surprised about lies about climate change? (Jan '20)
Henry Reynolds: Australia was founded on a hypocrisy that haunts us to this day (Aug '18)
Truganini's story has always been told as tragedy. She was so much more than that (Mar '20)
Australia is built on lies, so why would we be surprised about lies about climate change? (Jan '20)
Henry Reynolds: Australia was founded on a hypocrisy that haunts us to this day (Aug '18)
Massacres
The Pinjarra massacre: it's time to speak the truth of this terrible slaughter (Nov '19)
Blood, brains and foul murder: evidence of Australia's massacres is in its newspapers (Nov '19)
Forced to build their own pyres: dozens more Aboriginal massacres revealed in Killing Times research (Nov '19)
The Killing Times (Nov '19)
The Pinjarra massacre: it's time to speak the truth of this terrible slaughter (Nov '19)
Blood, brains and foul murder: evidence of Australia's massacres is in its newspapers (Nov '19)
Forced to build their own pyres: dozens more Aboriginal massacres revealed in Killing Times research (Nov '19)
The Killing Times (Nov '19)
Indigenous Health Care
'I am frightened': Indigenous people return to homelands to wait out coronavirus (Apr '20)
Lack of PPE forces Aboriginal health groups to stop testing for coronavirus (Apr '20)
The answer to Indigenous vulnerability to coronavirus: a more equitable public health agenda (Apr '20)
'I am frightened': Indigenous people return to homelands to wait out coronavirus (Apr '20)
Lack of PPE forces Aboriginal health groups to stop testing for coronavirus (Apr '20)
The answer to Indigenous vulnerability to coronavirus: a more equitable public health agenda (Apr '20)
Immigration Policy
Policy Forum: Responsibility Sharing or Responsibility Shedding? Australia’s Refugee Policies in the Asia Pacific (Mar '20)
Dutton Slammed for Locking Up a Blind, Mentally Ill Refugee for a Decade (Feb '20)
High court rules Aboriginal Australians are not 'aliens' under the constitution and cannot be deported (Feb '20)
98-year-old grandmother faces deportation to India after living in Australia for 12 years (Jan '20)
Home affairs department racked up $6.1m bill transferring refugees and asylum seekers (Jan '20)
A 'Fair Share Agreement' for refugee resettlements (Jan '20)
More asylum seekers arrive on planes amid trafficking fears (Dec '19)
The government wants to privatise visa processing. Who will be held accountable when something goes wrong? (Dec '19)
'Doctors and engineers end up driving taxis': The uphill battle facing migrants to Australia (Oct '19)
Why cutting Australia’s migrant intake would do more harm than good, at least for the next decade (Dec '18)
Blocking Disabled People from Coming to Australia (May '19)
Policy Forum: Responsibility Sharing or Responsibility Shedding? Australia’s Refugee Policies in the Asia Pacific (Mar '20)
Dutton Slammed for Locking Up a Blind, Mentally Ill Refugee for a Decade (Feb '20)
High court rules Aboriginal Australians are not 'aliens' under the constitution and cannot be deported (Feb '20)
98-year-old grandmother faces deportation to India after living in Australia for 12 years (Jan '20)
Home affairs department racked up $6.1m bill transferring refugees and asylum seekers (Jan '20)
A 'Fair Share Agreement' for refugee resettlements (Jan '20)
More asylum seekers arrive on planes amid trafficking fears (Dec '19)
The government wants to privatise visa processing. Who will be held accountable when something goes wrong? (Dec '19)
'Doctors and engineers end up driving taxis': The uphill battle facing migrants to Australia (Oct '19)
Why cutting Australia’s migrant intake would do more harm than good, at least for the next decade (Dec '18)
Blocking Disabled People from Coming to Australia (May '19)
Offshore Detention
'We are sitting ducks for Covid 19': asylum seekers write to PM after detainee tested in immigration detention (Mar '20)
Home affairs fought for three years to stop Serco detention centre manual release (Mar '20)
‘People are crying and begging’: the human cost of forced relocations in immigration detention (Mar '20)
Three-year-old Australian girl in Syria's al-Hawl camp may lose fingers to frostbite (Feb '20)
Australia's offshore detention is unlawful, says international criminal court prosecutor (Feb '20)
Australia Put Hundreds Of Women On A Tiny Island. There Are Just Eight Left. (Feb '20)
Leaked photos of Papua New Guinea prison reveal 'torture' of 18 asylum seekers cut off from world (Jan '20)
As a refugee detained indefinitely by Australia, I wish you a happy new year (Jan '20)
Man waits years for hepatitis C medication after immigration detention transfer (Oct '19)
The Truth about Border Protections (Sep '19)
Immigration deadlock as 50 asylum seekers detained indefinitely for being stateless (Sep '19)
Australia's Shame (Sep '19)
Two-year-old in immigration detention forced to have rotting teeth surgically removed (Jul '19)
'We are sitting ducks for Covid 19': asylum seekers write to PM after detainee tested in immigration detention (Mar '20)
Home affairs fought for three years to stop Serco detention centre manual release (Mar '20)
‘People are crying and begging’: the human cost of forced relocations in immigration detention (Mar '20)
Three-year-old Australian girl in Syria's al-Hawl camp may lose fingers to frostbite (Feb '20)
Australia's offshore detention is unlawful, says international criminal court prosecutor (Feb '20)
Australia Put Hundreds Of Women On A Tiny Island. There Are Just Eight Left. (Feb '20)
Leaked photos of Papua New Guinea prison reveal 'torture' of 18 asylum seekers cut off from world (Jan '20)
As a refugee detained indefinitely by Australia, I wish you a happy new year (Jan '20)
Man waits years for hepatitis C medication after immigration detention transfer (Oct '19)
The Truth about Border Protections (Sep '19)
Immigration deadlock as 50 asylum seekers detained indefinitely for being stateless (Sep '19)
Australia's Shame (Sep '19)
Two-year-old in immigration detention forced to have rotting teeth surgically removed (Jul '19)
Medivac Legislation
‘THEY GIVE US NO CLEAR ANSWERS’: MEDEVAC ASYLUM SEEKER REPORTEDLY DETAINED IN MELBOURNE HOTEL SPEAKS OUT (Dec '19)
Asylum seekers transferred to Australia under medevac laws held in Melbourne hotel (Dec '19)
Asylum seekers approved for medevac transfers detained in Port Moresby (Oct '19)
‘THEY GIVE US NO CLEAR ANSWERS’: MEDEVAC ASYLUM SEEKER REPORTEDLY DETAINED IN MELBOURNE HOTEL SPEAKS OUT (Dec '19)
Asylum seekers transferred to Australia under medevac laws held in Melbourne hotel (Dec '19)
Asylum seekers approved for medevac transfers detained in Port Moresby (Oct '19)
Manus Island
Last asylum seekers held in Papua New Guinea detention centre released (Jan '20)
How many more people must die on Manus before Australia ends indefinite detention? - Behrouz Boochani (Jun '19)
The Paladin scandal is only a drop in the ocean of corruption on Manus and Nauru - Behrouz Boochani (Mar '19)
Last asylum seekers held in Papua New Guinea detention centre released (Jan '20)
How many more people must die on Manus before Australia ends indefinite detention? - Behrouz Boochani (Jun '19)
The Paladin scandal is only a drop in the ocean of corruption on Manus and Nauru - Behrouz Boochani (Mar '19)
Refugee Stories
'Finally, a life': Canada comes to the rescue when a refugee family loses hope in Australia (Feb '20)
Iranian refugee fire fighter battles NSW blazes (Jan '20)
These women traveled 4 hrs with 5 trucks of supplies to cook food for 150 tired Australian firefighters (Jan '20)
‘I had no choice but to quit study and save my life’: A Syrian refugee’s road to graduation (Dec '19)
'I can't believe I'm free': the Canadian citizens ending the torment for Australia’s offshore refugees (Nov '19)
‘I knew people who had harder lives than me’ - the Syrian refugee child who started a school (Dec '17)
'Finally, a life': Canada comes to the rescue when a refugee family loses hope in Australia (Feb '20)
Iranian refugee fire fighter battles NSW blazes (Jan '20)
These women traveled 4 hrs with 5 trucks of supplies to cook food for 150 tired Australian firefighters (Jan '20)
‘I had no choice but to quit study and save my life’: A Syrian refugee’s road to graduation (Dec '19)
'I can't believe I'm free': the Canadian citizens ending the torment for Australia’s offshore refugees (Nov '19)
‘I knew people who had harder lives than me’ - the Syrian refugee child who started a school (Dec '17)
Refugee Advocacy
Australians want to open their homes to locked-down refugees. The government should let them (Apr '20)
FFA Cup shirts to recognise refugees and asylum seekers still held in detention (Mar '20)
‘The boats are coming’ is one of the greatest lies told to the Australian people (Jul '19)
Australians want to open their homes to locked-down refugees. The government should let them (Apr '20)
FFA Cup shirts to recognise refugees and asylum seekers still held in detention (Mar '20)
‘The boats are coming’ is one of the greatest lies told to the Australian people (Jul '19)
Biloela Family
'Relief': appeal win means Biloela family can put claim Sri Lanka is not safe, says supporter (Apr '20)
Reprieve for Biloela family after federal court rules they were denied procedural fairness (Apr '20)
How the Biloela Tamil family deportation case highlights the failures of our refugee system (Aug '19)
Biloela family may spend months more on Christmas Island waiting on court decision (Feb '20)
How two women from a conservative Queensland town made the deportation of a local Tamil family national news (Feb '20)
What will happen to the Biloela family held on Christmas Island? (Feb '20)
Judge tells government to give documents to Biloela family's lawyer after ‘overenthusiastic’ redactions (Feb '20)
Advocates demand Tamil family be removed from Christmas Island before Wuhan evacuees arrive (Feb '20)
Biloela family wait in Christmas Island limbo as Wuhan evacuees see out quarantine (Feb '20)
Biloela family may spend months more on Christmas Island waiting on court decision (Feb '20)
Four-year-old Christmas Island detainee to be escorted to first day of school by guards (Jan '20)
Australia has ignored the UN's request to release the Tamil family from Christmas Island (Oct '19)
‘Fast track’ asylum processing risks fairness for efficiency (Dec ’14)
'Relief': appeal win means Biloela family can put claim Sri Lanka is not safe, says supporter (Apr '20)
Reprieve for Biloela family after federal court rules they were denied procedural fairness (Apr '20)
How the Biloela Tamil family deportation case highlights the failures of our refugee system (Aug '19)
Biloela family may spend months more on Christmas Island waiting on court decision (Feb '20)
How two women from a conservative Queensland town made the deportation of a local Tamil family national news (Feb '20)
What will happen to the Biloela family held on Christmas Island? (Feb '20)
Judge tells government to give documents to Biloela family's lawyer after ‘overenthusiastic’ redactions (Feb '20)
Advocates demand Tamil family be removed from Christmas Island before Wuhan evacuees arrive (Feb '20)
Biloela family wait in Christmas Island limbo as Wuhan evacuees see out quarantine (Feb '20)
Biloela family may spend months more on Christmas Island waiting on court decision (Feb '20)
Four-year-old Christmas Island detainee to be escorted to first day of school by guards (Jan '20)
Australia has ignored the UN's request to release the Tamil family from Christmas Island (Oct '19)
‘Fast track’ asylum processing risks fairness for efficiency (Dec ’14)