The most significant national health emergency of our recent lifetime and experience officially came to an end on 20 October, 2023, when the Australian government declared that COVID-19 was no longer a communicable disease of national significance.
Opinion
Posted inNational, Something to Think About
Selling your old laptop or phone? You might be handing over your data too
You’re about to recycle your laptop or your phone, so you delete all your photos and personal files. Maybe you even reset the device to factory settings.
Posted inSocial, Something to Think About
Maybe the problem isn’t critical thinking, but how we assess it
There is a growing concern that Australia’s university students lack critical thinking, but maybe the problem is how we teach and assess it
Posted inPolitical
Could this election campaign be less inspiring?
RK Crosby asks where have all the good leaders gone?
Posted inPolitical
The new kids shaping the election block
Gen Z and other relatively young Australians who feel they owe little to major parties are an unpredictable voting force heading into the 2025 federal election.
Posted inRegional
Need for Public Transport in northern New England
Siri Gamage calls on federal election candidates to advocate for better public transport, and restoring train services north of Armidale.
Posted inEnvironmental, Political
The end of coal and the fake nuclear energy campaign
The end of coal and the case for renewables driving Australia’s energy future is irresistible and backed by facts, unlike campaigns pushing the nuclear furphy.
Posted inPolitical, Social, Solutions
Closing the Gap: A call for Indigenous-led solutions and redefining success
On another Closing the Gap Day we are once again confronted with the same disappointing reality – only four of 19 Closing the Gap (CTG) targets, some originally pledged in 2007, are on track. Despite repeated commitments from governments and institutions, the results remain stagnant.
Posted inPolitical
Budget delivers cheaper medicines and more bulk billing but leaves out long-term health reform
Less than two months from an election, the Albanese government last night presented a budget that aims to swing the voting pendulum its way.
Posted inPolitical
Is this the right budget for these economic times?
Matt Garrow and Victoria Thieberger from The Conversation asked five experts what they think of the Budget.