Australian politics tends to shy away from grand spectacle, but Albanese and Dutton both need to reassure a restless public ...

As a professor and cognitive scientist at the University of Melbourne and Director of the Complex Human Data Hub, much of my research focuses on the study of ...

As Australians face one of the worst housing crises in generations, the dream of home ownership is slipping away for many. At the heart of this national emergency lies a productivity crisis in our ...

At the very heart of all nations are distinctive, powerful and sacred myths of origin. Foundation myths generate potent emotional affective forces and binding collective meaning about the origin, ...

What’s up with young men? In Australia and many countries overseas, there has been considerable public discussion on what appears to be an emerging gap between young men and young women when it comes ...

As always seems to be the way, energy and climate policy is proving to be an area of contention between the major parties in Australia’s 2025 election. One issue that’s provoked a lot of discussion ...

Taking a soak in a thermal spa might seem a much-needed break, worlds away from the relentless election campaigning, but they’re actually more related than you might think. One of the biggest election ...

On 2 April 2025, as part of a universal tariff announcement, the United States imposed sweeping new tariffs on Vietnam, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian economies. In justification, the US blamed ...

We live in an era of immense uncertainty. Tensions between great powers are rising, authoritarianism is spreading, while democracy declines and ongoing wars could broaden into wider conflicts. To make ...

For many patients, IVF is a stressful and overwhelming journey of ups and downs, involving lots of decisions about treatment options. Many IVF clinics offer optional extras or ‘add-ons’ on top of ...

What’s your vision of gender equality? Whatever it is, it needs to take a stand on divisions of labour. Work – who does what tasks in society, and what they get in return – is at the heart of social ...