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Your Winter Power Bill Just Hit a Record – Here’s How to Beat the Big Providers and Cut It in 10 Minutes

29 July 202529 July 2025

Sophie Ryan from iSelect has some tips for saving on the heating bill this winter.

Posted inColumns, Something to Think About

Begin Rant: We need fewer councils

26 July 202526 July 2025

RK Crosby argues that half the New England councils are too small to exist. Cue outrage… now.

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Childcare: When profit is the motivator, we should be worried

23 July 202510 September 2025

Erin Harper and Rachel Wilson argue a coordinated and cohesive approach to system design is needed deal with the issues in childcare.

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Being on the right side of now

22 July 202510 September 2025

New England Greens member Elizabeth O’Hara argues that on Jillian Segal, antisemitism, and the Palestinian cause, it’s not a matter of being on the right side of history; it’s a matter of being on the right side of NOW.

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What happens when student feedback is racist

19 July 202510 September 2025

Two indigenous academics say nothing prepares you for seeing anonymous comments regarding Indigenous peoples, our knowledges, and histories, dragged through a system that was never built for or by us.

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Can’t fill your ADHD script? Here’s why, and what to do while the shortage persists

10 July 202510 July 2025

Australia is facing a nation-wide shortage of ADHD medications like Ritalin.

Posted inNational, Something to Think About

What do you think: Will Labor fix higher education?

21 June 20255 July 2025

The recent federal election victory of the Albanese Labor government, which secured a larger majority in parliament, presents a unique opportunity to implement meaningful reforms in Australian higher education.

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Endangered Greater Gliders Face Threats in Brother State Forest Logging

20 June 20255 July 2025

Siara Turner writes Logging in Brother State Forest is threatening habitat for endangered Greater Gliders, raising concerns among conservationists about protections and the future of this unique marsupial.

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Social media takes over news sites as main source of news as trust falls

19 June 202519 June 2025

A major global survey reveals that social media has overtaken news sites as Australians’ main source of news amid falling trust in news, growing concern over misinformation, and rising news avoidance.

Posted inSolutions, Something to Think About

Dopamine can make it hard to put down our phone or abandon the online shopping cart. Here’s why

18 June 20255 July 2025

Ever find yourself unable to stop scrolling through your phone, chasing that next funny video or interesting post?

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