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Posted inSocial

Are ‘ghost stores’ haunting your social media feed? How to spot and avoid them

1 hour ago10 July 2025

Is that a real store or a scam? Gary Mortimer from QUT has some tips on how to spot a fake online store.

Posted inSolutions

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

2 days ago10 July 2025

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

Posted inFeatured, Social

Kumanjayi Walker inquest: racism and violence, but findings too little and too late

5 days ago10 July 2025

The almost six years since the shooting of Kumanjayi Walker have not delivered on Chief Minister Michael Gunner’s promise that “consequences would flow”.

Posted inFeatured, Opinion

I just want a government that won’t lie to me

5 July 20255 July 2025

RK Crosby is on the hunt for a government that doesn’t lie. Not a perfect government. Not even a particularly competent one. Just one that doesn’t treat the truth as optional.

Posted inOpinion

The 2024 AEDC Results Show Us It Takes a Village – Not Just ECEC – to Raise a Child

25 June 20255 July 2025

Patricia O’Donovan, CEO, Playgroup Australia says the 2024 AEDC shows preschool matters—but it’s not enough. Children in both preschool and playgroup are 1.7x more likely to thrive. Families need support, not just services.

Posted inNational, Think

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.

Posted inEnvironmental, Solutions

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.

Posted inNational, Think

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, Think

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?

Posted inEnvironmental

As Antarctic sea ice shrinks, iconic emperor penguins are in more peril than we thought

17 June 20255 July 2025

Satellite data from 2009–2024 shows a 22% decline in emperor penguin numbers across colonies south of South America, as climate change causes earlier sea ice breakup during their breeding season.

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