The world is moving closer to the brink of instability, according to United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres. “…our world is heading off the rails — and we need tough decisions to get ...

Many readers will know the concept of legal professional privilege from US TV shows and movies like the Tom Cruise hit film The Firm, an adaptation of the John Grisham novel of the same name. In the ...

Archives are strange things. On one hand, they are repositories of the past and the people that came before us. On the other, they are partial snapshots that do not adequately capture diverse cultural ...

Amphibians have been on Earth for more than 400 million years. As the first land-based vertebrates, they evolved from fish during the Devonian period. Frogs are one of three orders of living ...

Many Australians take for granted that workers have a right to strike – that is, the right to withdraw one’s labour in order to improve working conditions. So does much of the rest of the world.

Australia’s modern history of multiculturalism, especially after the Second World War, has been held up as one of the success stories of Australia’s democracy but in recent times it appears to be ...

Technology is often seen as a threat to democracy, with the surge in AI capabilities the latest big concern. This historic year of elections has put the complex relationship between technology and ...

The Australian Government wants to ban kids from social media – but will it work and is it a good idea? Teaching children to use technology appropriately is not a new challenge for parenting. However, ...

According to ancient Greek legend, the origins of the olive tree lie in a competition between the god Poseidon and goddess Athena for possession of Athens. Zeus appointed the twelve gods as judges and ...

Over the last couple of years, e-scooters have become a staple throughout Melbourne’s CBD, with the rent-and-ride model offering many Victorians a convenient, accessible and environmentally friendly ...

Most of us would only associate ‘tractor beams’ with sci-fi movies like Star Wars and Star Trek. And while it’s unlikely that we’ll see a spaceship being sucked into a mothership in real life, ...

From movies to TV and parental anecdotes, teenagers are often characterised as risk-taking and impulsive with poor decision-making skills. In most of popular depictions, these qualities of teen ...