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A new bill is proposing a human right to housing. How would this work?
Progress on housing policy has been patchy, in part because there’s no national plan guiding efforts to address homelessness. A bill currently in front of parliament could fix this.
Albanese suggests Fatima Payman likely to quit Labor Party imminently
Anthony Albanese has flagged he expects rebel Labor senator Fatima Payman to quit the Labor Party imminently.
Photos of Australian kids have been found in a massive AI training data set. What can we do?
Human Rights Watch has sounded the alarm over Australian children’s images found in a huge data set used to train AI models. It could be a breach of our privacy law.
Cultural heritage is often overlooked when assessing refugee claims. Here’s why this is a mistake
When it comes to protection for refugees on the basis of cultural heritage loss, there are very few pathways available.
Conservatives face a bloodbath at July’s UK election. What are the key issues for voters – and what’s Labour promised?
The Conservatives have run out of steam. Should Labour win – and it’s highly likely it will – the task facing a Starmer government will be stern and far-reaching.
With its nuclear energy policy, Peter Dutton seems to have forgotten the Liberal Party’s core beliefs
Putting aside concerns about feasibility and cost, it’s difficult to square the policy with the basic principles on which the Liberal Party was founded.
Give way: 5 reasons why the government should slow down on raising speed limits
The government plans to increase speed limits, despite research showing the benefits of going slow. With submissions on the proposals closing next week, several important factors should guide policy
Fatima Payman breached ‘caucus solidarity’. What does this mean and why is it so significant?
The Australian Labor Party has been around for more than a century. In that time, very few MPs have crossed the floor. Why does it matter so much that one did?
Record labels are suing tech companies for copying classic songs – and the results could shape the legal future of generative AI
Generative AI music apps Suno and Udio are alleged to have copied significant amounts of famous recordings.
More than half of Australian young people are using strangulation during sex: new research
A survey of thousands of young people has revealed choking during intercourse is more common than not. A third of people said they were first made aware of the practice as teenagers.
Does sports participation boom during (or before, or after) the Olympics?
In sports-mad Australia, the Olympics are always a huge deal. But does this interest result in increased sports participation?
Labor gains in Newspoll as a majority of Australians oppose the Coalition’s nuclear energy plan
While Labor has a small bump in the polls, the prime minister’s net approval rating has hit its lowest point this year. But voters are more disapproving of Peter Dutton.
In a year of global elections, how do we stop the spread of misinformation? ‘Prebunking’ is part of the solution
You’ve heard of debunking, but what about prebunking? Getting ahead of misinformation can pay off, but it’s not a silver bullet.
The UK election gambling scandal shows the dangers of inside information – but what exactly is it?
A betting scandal using inside information has rocked UK politics ahead of the July election. But what exactly is inside information and how can it be misused?
We analysed the entire web and found a cybersecurity threat lurking in plain sight
Think you can trust every website? One typo and you could be caught in a phishing trap.
A ‘trilobite Pompeii’: perfectly preserved fossils of ancient sea critters found buried in volcanic ash
A 500-million-year-old find reveals previously unknown features of the sea creatures responsible for some of palaeontology’s most recognisable fossils.