Another day, another Tony Abbott farce. This time the PM has used a vibrant Cape York school to praise an educational model pushed by Noel Pearson… which has never been used in the school. The real people behind the success are livid. Amy McQuire reports.
Tony Abbott’s nostalgic claims about Aboriginal people in the 'real economy' overlook inconvenient historic truths, writes Amanda Porter and Paddy Gibson.
Widespread ear disease may be the missing piece of the puzzle in why Aboriginal people are over-represented in Australia’s criminal justice system. Jacqueline Krynda reports.
Angela Mitropoulos, Sanmati Verma and Matthew Kiem
Protests by putting your money where your mouth is are more complex – and effective than they may appear, argue Angela Mitropoulos, Sanmati Verma and Matthew Kiem.
With the humanitarian crisis in Syria finally demanding international action, the best and the worst of Australia are rising to the surface, writes Max Chalmers.
The images of a tiny boy's body washed up on a beach in Europe are heartbreaking. Which begs the question, what has Australia been doing for the last decade? Lydia Shelly explains.
The Abbott government now stands almost alone in its support for what would be Australia's largest ever coal mine, after a second of the nation's 'big four' banks distanced itself from the contentious and environmentally damaging project. Thom Mitchell reports.
A new report has called on government to intervene to equip young people with the skills needed in Australia's changing jobs market or face deepening inequality. Thom Mitchell reports.
Most Australians don't know that their money is being used to fund research which sees monkeys restrained, sedated, experimented on, and then discarded once the research is done. Thom Mitchell reports.
There is a limited window when an addict has the desire and ability to get clean. Long wait times for rehab centres mean people like Jane are falling through the cracks.
The scourge of family violence is finally gaining prominence in Australia. But what about the family violence from those paid to police it, writes Alan Corbett.
Roseanne Beckett spent 10 years in prison for crimes she did not commit. Finally, this week she won her battle for compensation. The big question is - why did it take 26 years? Wendy Bacon reports.
A tinder profile, followed by public shaming, followed by Facebook fights... and then the rape threats started. And now police and parliament are involved. Max Chalmers reports. TRIGGER WARNING: This story contains threats of rape and abusive statements of an extreme nature.
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Blair Palese is the CEO of 350.org Australia, a climate change advocacy group upping the pressure on the nation's big banks to stop funding fossil fuels.
“It’s a lot better but it’s not ok." That’s how one activist has described LGBTI life on campus as a new survey reveals which universities are doing better than others.
The government has not sold its economic message, because it is a bad one. Turnbull needs to tackle climate change like he failed to as Opposition Leader, or will he have no credibility as economic manager. Thom Mitchell reports.
The Federal Environment Minister is literally pushing to make himself redundant, which at first blush seems like a good idea, but.... Thom Mitchell reports.
Just over a week after an image of a little boy drowned swept across the world, our leaders were laughing about Pacific Island nations disappearing under water. Dr Lissa Johnson comments.
A day after assuring Pacific leaders Australia was 'serious' about confronting climate change, Tony Abbott was laughing about nation's being wiped out by rising sea levels. Thom Mitchell reports.
During Monday night's candlelight vigil in Sydney, human rights campaigner Sara Saleh argued that Australia is defined by its response to the Syrian crisis matters.
Whether US power, Israeli leaders, or the bombing of Syria, the deputy opposition leader's transformation has been as startling as it has been consistent.
It was billed as a story that would unearth ‘the truth’ once and for all. So what did we really learn from last night’s Four Corners, asks Max Chalmers.
War, what is it good for? Satire and chest-beating, at the very least. Michaell Brull weighs into Joe Hildebrand’s call for more slaughter in the Middle East.
While lowbrow racism is more likely to be called out in Australia, that which is structural and embodied by elites continues to get free pass, including from the media.
A much anticipated draft of the Productivity Commission’s review of the workplace relations framework has found the system is functioning well, but political battle lines are already being drawn.
Mathew Kenneally reckons the CSIRO has itself to blame for funding cuts. It's time our scientists turned their minds to the truly great mysteries of our universe.
The Abbott Government's attempts to install a new 'tough cop on the building industry beat' have failed because it is widely seen as fundamentally unjust. Thom Mitchell reports.
The Maritime Union of Australia is supporting workers sacked by a midnight text in the Federal Court while The Greens are pushing changes to stop it happening again.
The auteur mentality in our theatres is pushing aside local playwrights. Jacqueline Elaine of the Australian Writers' Guild on why it's vital we foster new Australian work
A new online language catalogue shows how language diversity is drying up around the world. Are we obliged to save languages - and is it even possible, asks linguistics scholar Claire Bowern
We are starting to see a turn toward forms of aesthetic experience and production that can't be digitised and thrown into the maw of the freeconomy, writes Andrew Potter
Vintage is more popular than ever. Ann Deslandes takes a break from cake-baking and op-shopping to consider the politics of vintage aesthetics and the reclamation of 50s femininity
Ben Eltham examines the competing ideas behind the Government's digital economy "roadmap" and the Productivity Commission's war on publishers and authors