Disaster strikes the nation’s massive gas project

Has Australia’s ad-hoc approach to waste management backfired?

Australia’s chief scientist talks energy alternatives and trying to elevate the narrative

What is killing off the kelp forests along Australia’s coast?

Tasmanian salmon, from farm to court

Meet Australia’s creatures of the deep

The co-founder of GetUp! might be the most influential Australian in the world

Slate Plus’s podcast on Watergate urges patience on its audience

The Sudanese community leader and sports star’s improbable rise

Social media is blurring the line between opinion and advertising

Attempts to encourage censorship and deliberate amnesia seldom work

The impact of Facebook and the tech giants

A controversial diagnosis is giving hope to sufferers of debilitating hearing issues

Our corrective services struggle to cope with the mental health requirements of inmates

Some actors intentionally suffer for their art

Dissecting the complex power structures we all inhabit

Reflections on a life lived in the shadow of mortality

When you’re a doctor, nothing is ever Too Much Information

Why is the cost of banking in remote communities so high?

Sensible economics made simple – a Richard Denniss book extract

The people of the Pilbara take on Australia’s great philanthropist

House prices, insecure work and growing debts … Who can afford a stake in today’s society?

It’s time to take the four-day work week seriously

The overworked, underpaid, cash-in-hand worker is becoming increasingly common

One man’s campaign to have Gweagal artefacts returned to Australia

This history of archaeology in Australia charts our changing relationship with the past

A local tour guide proves there is still plenty of life in the Cross

Australia is on the brink of momentous change, but only if we can face up to the past – a Quarterly Essay extract

A raw account of Aboriginal politics through the stories of ‘Tracker’ Tilmouth

Australia’s republican past and future: a Benjamin T. Jones book extract

The unexpected history of a radical technology

How transformative has the computer age really been?

What does automation mean for the future of jobs?

Adam Greenfield’s ‘Radical Technologies’ is an essential guide to the tech revolution

Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex keeps an eye on the stars

Do smart devices in classrooms help kids learn?

How and why did the Chifley Library flood?

If student assessment is automated, what might it miss?

Private, public, state, selective … the trials of choosing a high school

The Melbourne Museum’s new gallery takes small children seriously

The Rhodes Scholarship is slowly embracing diversity

Welcome to the Collingwood English Language School

The children left behind by Australian sex tourists in the Philippines

For the city-state’s academics, freedom of speech is a sensitive subject

An incurious encounter takes flight

Reflections on Japan

Reflections on Japan

A journey through West Papua

Sprout farmer Bruce Adams has created one of Australia’s more unlikely oversized highway attractions

Dissecting dietary fads and habits

Join the queue for Tasmania’s most sought-after Japanese

Australia’s food and wine industry is the next big thing in China

The language of menus

The last Aussie-themed pub in London

An unexpected stop prompts the question: Just what is the deal with the Dog on the Tuckerbox?

A ten-day camel trek through the South Australian outback. With your parents.

The prospect of 12 hours in Singapore airport gives rise to an existential crisis

On an island in Nicaragua, a rocky incline stands between Steve Hely and the Holy Grail of caffeine

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The boat cruise commentary had everything – except indigenous Tasmania

Male puberty’s difficult lessons

C’mon, kids. It’ll be fun …

One baker’s verdict on the marriage survey result

A new approach to making those experiencing family violence feel safe

Ah Gong and Ah Mah move into a culturally diverse aged-care facility

The same-sex marriage survey sets a dangerous precedent

Volunteers make visiting courtrooms less of a trial

Gillian Triggs’ culture shock

Former police officer Timothy Baker goes on trial for murder

Who is keeping an eye on our federal politicians?

A parliamentary committee’s report on the Centrelink robo-debt debacle makes for damning reading

The woman, her children and the lake: Akon Guode’s tragic story

Recognition must be at the heart of constitutional reform

The Turnbull government has burned the bridge of bipartisanship

The arguments against an Indigenous voice to parliament simply don’t stack up

Reviving a century of Indigenous music through the Mission Songs Project

The Darwin poet whose muse is a dialysis machine

Thirty years on, what should we make of Bruce Chatwin’s song to the songlines?

The risk posed by the global weapons complex is much worse than you know

The third volume in ASIO’s official history confirms infiltration by Soviet intelligence

The dispute over the South China Sea will come to affect more than just China’s near neighbours

John Blaxland’s ‘The Protest Years: The Official History of ASIO 1963–1975’

Australia blurs the lines with Timor-Leste

The US and China’s struggle for power in Asia

Feminist economics pioneer Marilyn Waring on care and the unfinished feminist revolution

How do we make sense of such a complex movement?

It’s a simple procedure, but having a vasectomy can raise questions of masculinity and equality

Jessa Crispin’s ‘Why I Am Not a Feminist’ demands a dismantling of mainstream feminism … and the system itself

The confused case for corporate gender equality

STEM is the future, and women need to be part of it

The level of inclusion on the Gold Coast has been a breakthrough

Sledging is unlikely to improve, on the field or in politics

A fundamental analysis of this year’s player lists

Five short pieces about one of tennis’s most misunderstood players

John Coates’ 27-year AOC tenure must end before real change can take place

The only player analysis you’ll need this footy season