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The NT and ACT might have small populations but their economies are growing faster than the bigger states
John Hawkins is a former senior economist with the Australian Treasury. He lives in the ACT. The Northern Territory and ...
Australia’s $230 billion Future Fund encouraged to invest in housing, energy transition, infrastructure
The Albanese government has rewritten the mandate of the Future Fund – the nation’s sovereign wealth fund – to urge it to ...
Dedicated Roman gladiator superfans were the football hooligans of their day
Much like modern-day football hooliganism, gladiator fandom could be weaponised in intercommunal violence. In a 59BC ...
Women are still being paid almost $30,000 a year less than men and the gap widens with age
Many employers are appointing more women to management and paying fairer salaries, but there is a long way to go before the ...
What is methanol? How does it get into drinks and cause harm?
Two Australian teenagers have become severely ill after a suspected methanol poisoning in Laos. A pharmacologist explains ...
Why people would rather clean the toilet than check their bank balance – and the spending problems this leads to
Avoiding bad financial news is a common human trait – but it can have serious consequences for money management.
Parents lie to children all the time – but they should think twice about it
Parents frequently lie to their children. “No, you can’t have any chocolate – it’s all gone,” when there’s a jumbo bar of ...
It’s 100 years since we learned the Milky Way is not the only galaxy
These objects were actually the Andromeda and Messier 33 galaxies, the closest large galaxies to our Milky Way. Today, up to ...
Italy’s ban on international surrogacy is part of a drive towards an ultra-conservative idea of family
It was already illegal to ask others to carry a child for you in Italy. It is now also illegal to travel abroad to do so.
What are the lessons from America’s great cannabis liberalisation experiment?
The science around the harms of cannabis is relatively well-established. Frequent use of high-potency cannabis and starting ...
Air pollution linked to eczema – new research
Previous studies have also found that people with eczema have an impaired skin barrier, making them more susceptible to ...
Budget update will revise down company tax receipts but treasurer Chalmers welcomes economy’s ‘soft landing’
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has admitted that economic growth is sluggish, but says many other nations have gone backwards.