How many zombies must live? It's not a question for movie night, but rather one that will be keeping Treasurer Scott Morrison up late in coming weeks ahead of the May budget.
The European Champions League now represents the highest-quality football on the planet, and a bloated 48-team World Cup will only fall further behind.
Many older Australians are wary about the transition to a cashless economy — and to understand why you have to look at issues of trust, wealth and education, writes David Taylor.
Every footy fan has blown up at the umpire from time to time, but as the complaints continue to veer into the realms of conspiracy theories, it's time to bust some myths.
Suddenly everyone is in furious agreement about the state of the Australian housing market: it's a bubble. The problem is, it has all come a little too late and the regulators now appear to be at panic stations, writes Ian Verrender.
Chongyi Feng's detention in China was designed to intimidate Chinese Australians who are critical of the Chinese Government's interference in Australian domestic affairs.
All schools in south-east Queensland and many in northern New South Wales have been closed following Cyclone Debbie, which hit the area this week causing large-scale destruction.
We naturally overestimate the risk of rare events, like shark attacks or terrorism. But there are things we can do to think more rationally about the real risk.
An article published earlier this week about God and "the problem of sincere disbelief" must have touched a nerve. But there isn't actually a problem at all, writes Michael Jensen.
The tropical forests and mountains of New Guinea have a dynamic past and rich biodiversity that is likely to shrink as global temperatures soar, a new study reveals.
There was an all-too-rare moment of bipartisanship and a former opposition leader was sacked from his day job. Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas pick their winners and losers.
It's a cliche, really. The beginning of the end for my Christian faith was getting an unbelieving girlfriend in my late teens. But it's not exactly as you might think.
Aboriginal stand-up comedy is thriving and no topic, it seems, is off limits. As the Melbourne International Comedy Festival opens, here's the lowdown on Indigenous humour.
The key to saving and improving lives is changing how we talk, think and act on mental health issues, says former prime minister and newly appointed Beyond Blue chair, Julia Gillard.
Victoria will be able to import more electricity to make up for any shortfalls from Hazelwood power station's closure, writes Dylan McConnell from the Australian-German Climate & Energy College.
Talks begin today at the United Nations to negotiate a total ban of nuclear weapons. Over 3,600 scientists have signed an open letter supporting the ban.
A hundred years ago people with an intellectual disability were locked up in "lunatic asylums". Today they're still locked away, but it's just behind the walls of suburbia,writes Alison Branley.
The major banks are all raising their mortgage interest rates, and analysts warn there is more to come as the big four discover a pain-free way to boost profit margins.
Cyber abuse between intimate partners is common and devastating, and there needs to be a greater focus on holding perpetrators to account, writes Hadeel Al-Alosi from Western Sydney University.