Remember the housing crisis dominating the 2022 election? Three years on, the conversation feels frustratingly familiar, but there is a path forward.
The tools needed to manage climate adaptation are not new - what is lacking is political leadership.
The Productivity Commission’s interim report highlights the potential of the circular economy to transform Australia’s economic landscape, offering strategic advantages and boosting business competitiveness while protecting the environment.
Plans to knock down and rebuild 44 Melbourne public housing towers are flawed. Retrofitting and upgrading is feasible, cheaper, and better for people and the planet.
Owning a house has never been more difficult. What used to be a rite of passage is now a luxury few can afford. But the solution doesn’t simply rely on how we deal with inflation.
Bitcoin tops US$80,000, the US dollar surges, and Wall Street indices reach record highs after Trump’s re-election. This economic spectacle raises concerns about the global impact of Trump’s unpredictable policies, especially for Australia.
In the season nine premiere of Monash’s podcast, learn how AI, deepfakes and humanoid robots are transforming human interaction and our perception of reality.
Workers tunnelling through mountains and redirecting rivers, powering and irrigating the nation ... We think of the Snowy scheme as a successful nation-building project, but it wasn’t always that way.
The PALM scheme has some problematic elements, and there are mixed feelings about it within Pacific Island countries.
Why did the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse? And, just as importantly, how might we make other bridges more safe against such collapse?
Beyond offering enhanced protection, “self-healing” rubber gloves could significantly contribute to the reduction of waste, resource consumption, and overall environmental impact.
The naming, for the first time, of specific companies, not just industries, and what they pay their male and female workers, is set to pressure employers to take action.
A new trial is looking for chemical markers in the breath of people with silicosis. A second project will test drugs that may help lung scarring.
A new teaching program is aiming to develop the responsible decision-makers of tomorrow, ready to tackle some of the most pressing global challenges.
Without innovation in all five building phases, the industry won’t have the capacity to meet market demands or to deliver the social and affordable housing the government is promising.
New research from The Smith Family tracks a group of young people, two years after finishing high school.
A short Australian documentary is a refreshing celebration of “the ordinary” in the prevailing media narrative regarding transgender individuals in our society.
Researchers are exploring alternative and greener base materials that can be reused, recycled, or upcycled for more environmentally-friendly construction materials.
The Andrews government has made a decent first step to reduce Victoria’s mountain of debt by $30 billion over the next decade.
The budget’s back in surplus after 15 years, briefly, and there are measures to ease cost-of-living pressures, but can it tame inflation?
Cities are starting to restore natural systems such as waterways, wetlands and bushland. But restoration on the scale these systems need to function properly calls for a rethink of urban planning.
A new research project is helping train up to 28,000 teachers in drama and theatrical production to help stimulate growth of the kingdom’s cultural and entertainment institutions.
Experimenting with low-waste living shows it’s not easy being green. But householders can help policymakers design better waste management systems.
Now that the TGA approved promising medicines, it’s important we get the rollout right to ensure those suffering have access to what could be an important ingredient in solving the mental health crisis.
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