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Worried AI means you won’t get a job when you graduate? Here’s what the research says

A 2025 report from US think tank the Brookings Institution suggests, in general, AI adoption has led to employment and firm growth.

School breaks make up more than an hour of the day. Should they be considered part of learning?

Recess and lunch are generally regarded as “breaks” from learning – where children can play or have free time.

Bunnings’ backyard pods won’t fix the housing crisis, but they signal a shift

As Bunnings, Australia’s biggest hardware retailer starts selling tiny homes, it feels like a turning point.

With a shortage of aged-care beds, discharging patients stranded in hospital is harder than it sounds

A key part of the negotiation was $2 billion designed to help hospitals move more than 3,000 patients stranded in hospital waiting for discharge to a more appropriate aged-care facility.

Fiji’s fragile politics, erosion of trust after 2025 and the road ahead

Few anticipated that two of Fiji’s three deputy prime ministers, elected with much fanfare in December 2022, would be forced to resign over allegations of failure of ministerial integrity.

The Atlantic umbrella is folding, and Europe is relearning power

A Europe that wants to survive Trump-proofing will have to spend more, produce more, and de-risk more. An India that seeks lasting global standing will have to convert demographic and economic scale into defence-industrial outcomes that allies can bank on.

NSW is ditching good character references in sentencing. Will the rest of the country follow?

References attesting to the convicted criminal’s prospects for rehabilitation and their likelihood of reoffending will still be permitted.

Did the kids stay up late in the holidays? 3 ways to get sleep routines back

With a little planning and patience, you can bring sleep back into your routine without turning bedtime into a nightmare.

How India Stack built a cashless, paperless digital state

Conceptualised early this century, the Stack was first implemented in 2009 through the Aadhaar unique identity programme.

How India is reshaping its partnership with the Global South

India’s partnership with the Global South was propelled to a new level by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he organised the first Voice of the Global South Summit (VOGSS) on 12–13 January 2023, within a few weeks of India taking over the Presidency of the G20.

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Worried AI means you won’t get a job when you graduate? Here’s what the research says

A 2025 report from US think tank the Brookings Institution suggests, in general, AI adoption has led to employment and firm growth.
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