18+ hour, 30+ min ago   (753+ words) Western Australian author Hamish Kelly has struggled with reading for almost two decades. In his first of two books, he describes his experience of learning to read: What Hamish is describing is reading anxiety. This involves excessive worries and apprehensions…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (451+ words) Humans appear to have started using mind-altering substances tens of thousands of years ago, according to new research. Griffith University archaeologists say that the latest findings put drug use much earlier than previously thought. Their work revealed evidence that the…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1071+ words) The controversy surrounding the Federal Government’s plan to scrap extra private health insurance rebates for the over-65s continues. Not everyone agrees on the impact of the higher premiums, whether that’s the number of people set to cancel their cover or…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (802+ words) Pauline Hanson’s attention-grabbing policy to give mortgage holders and renters greater access to their super is high populism while being – according to its many critics – low economics and bad for people’s retirement. That said, one “teal” independent, Kate Chaney, says…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (235+ words) Australia and New Zealand’s largest indigenous investment institutions have partnered to invest in major indigenous-led projects in Australia. The organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to investigate opportunities to expand investment in Australian mining and critical minerals, and in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (959+ words) Australia has spent a quarter of a century selling the world a simple idea: crack down on boats at the border, and people will believe you have migration under control. As Australian politicians and advisers have promoted this model abroad,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (418+ words) As a registered nurse now overseeing clinical teams in the aged care sector, I know exactly how emotionally challenging it can be for families who have to make critical healthcare decisions on behalf of their loved ones. It’s made even…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (806+ words) In 1951, Australia and the United States signed the ANZUS Treaty, declaring “publicly and formally their sense of unity, so that no potential aggressor could be under the illusion that any of them stand alone”. Seventy-five years later, polling suggests Australians…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (423+ words) The Australian snow industry is being hit with a “severe lack of snow” that has led to early season shutdowns and a crisis for resort businesses. In a statement released today, Protect Our Winters Australia (POW), which comprises winter sport…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (967+ words) Neither Labor nor the Liberals needed the bruising Secret Harbour byelection to tell them One Nation had become a major player. But Saturday’s result in the Western Australian state seat will raise a couple of notches in the major parties…...