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Thursday 22 May 2025
Trailblazing researchers named 2025 Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science
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Year 11 students learn from lawyers and law makers at Legal Studies Day
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Why prosecutions for welfare fraud have declined in Australia
The Department of Human Services approach to social security fraud prosecutions has become less punitive in recent years
Curious Kids: What happens in the body when we sweat?
This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome – serious, weird or wacky!
Revealed: the extent of job-swapping between public servants and fossil fuel lobbyists
Close ties between senior politicians, former political staffers, and the big end of town have had a real and lasting impact on the perception of political transparency in Australia.
Under McCormack, the Nationals need to accept they are a minority and preserve their independence
The demise of Barnaby Joyce as leader of the National Party is an event of considerable importance in the long-term trajectory of Australian politics.
A record 29,000 Mexicans were murdered last year – can soldiers stop the bloodshed?
Mexico’s war on drugs has left 234,966 people dead in the last 11 years. In 2017 alone, the country saw some 29,000 murders, the highest annual tally since such record-keeping began in 1997.
Charging ahead: how Australia is innovating in battery technology
Since sodium is abundant, battery technology that uses it side-steps many of the issues associated with lithium batteries.