UNBELIEVABLE: 48 - The Untold Story

Grattan on Friday: it’s taken Hanson’s overreach on Hastie to put some spine into Liberals

Pauline Hanson declared in a recent News24 documentary: “I don’t back down”.

The Conversation · Sep 10

Australia’s reading and maths results are at an ‘all-time low’ – but there’s more to the story

Results from the latest international test of 15-year-olds have prompted another round of headlines suggesting there are serious problems with Australia’s academic results.

The Conversation · Sep 10

Did the government back down on its gas reservation policy? No – most changes make sense

After months of gas industry pushback, the federal government has made sensible changes to its much-vaunted gas reservation policy.

The Conversation · Sep 10

‘Decorating the heavens’: a new Leonard French window sheds light on his masterpiece

In the 1950s and 60s, artists, writers and musicians were drawn to the islands in the Aegean, including Australian writers George Johnston and Charmian Clift, who took up residence on the Greek island of Hydra, as did the young Leonard Cohen.

The Conversation · Sep 10

The NFL sold out its Australia game in 30 minutes – but will the sport make its mark Down Under?

On Friday morning in Melbourne, close to 100,000 people will cram into the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) for the first National Football League (NFL) game ever to be played in Australia.

The Conversation · Sep 10

OpenAI claims another huge mathematical result amid fights over credit, ethics and privacy

OpenAI has announced one of its unreleased artificial intelligence (AI) models has found an answer to one of the biggest open questions in mathematics, the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem. The Millennium Prizes offer million-dollar rewards for solutions to seven notoriously difficult mathematical puzzles, and until now only one had been…

The Conversation · Sep 10

The Netherlands forced Meta to let users ditch algorithmic feeds. Here’s what happened

On Tuesday, the Australian federal government announced a long-awaited amendment to the Online Safety Act, outlining a digital duty of care to protect Australians from preventable online harms.

The Conversation · Sep 10

The rebuilding in Nepal needs to start now. This is what worked after an earthquake a decade ago – and what to avoid

In the aftermath of the devastating flash floods in Nepal on August 26, the immediate priority was to save lives and meet the urgent needs of victims. But the relief efforts must also begin laying the foundations for the future.

The Conversation · Sep 10

‘We’ll slaughter the bastards’ – how Bob Jones and the New Zealand Party changed politics in 1984

With New Zealand’s 11th election under the MMP proportional system due in November, it’s easy to take the influence of minor parties for granted. But just over 40 years ago, things were very different.

The Conversation · Sep 9

‘We can have beautiful things!’ Why Auckland’s City Rail Link is about much more than trains

After nearly a decade and with a budget of NZ$5.493 billion, expectations for Auckland’s City Rail Link are high ahead of its September 13 opening.

The Conversation · Sep 9