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The right to disconnect is coming to Australia. What does this mean for you?

In Australia, the right to disconnect will be a right under general protection laws.

How old, inefficient housing and time-of-use electricity rates are leaving some households worse off

Heating and cooling account for up to 50% of energy use in Australian homes, varying by climate zone and heating technology.

Pitch Black 2024: Global Powers Unite in Largest-Ever Military Exercise Amid Rising Chinese Aggression

Interoperability is the key aim, as allies must know how to operate together in peacetime, in case they are ever required to fight side by side.

The role for Pacific media in charting a pragmatic global outlook

Journalism from the region is essential in shaping views of the region.

Biden’s Withdrawal from 2024 Race Revives Historic Party Convention Process

In fact, Party leaders in previous decades often knew more about the candidates than the public at large

The traditional university is on its deathbed. Should we care?

The gap between university academic staff and university management has widened as their ideas about the fundamental purpose of a university drift further apart.

Our cities’ secret gardens: we connect with nature in neglected green spaces just as much as in parks

People living in cities are increasingly disconnected from nature. This has potentially far-reaching consequences.

The CFMEU overhaul won’t do much to end the blokey culture that dominates Australian job sites

The construction sector is a valuable economic sector in the Australian economy and is highly political. It is also the most male-dominated employment sector in the country.

Conspiracy theories on the Trump assassination attempt are spreading like wildfire – on both sides of politics

Despite the shooter’s identity being released, one major conspiracy adopted by both the political left and right is that the assassination attempt was staged and/or planned.

Not quite a street, not quite a road – why ‘stroads’ are disasters of urban planning, and how to fix them

Stroads are trying to be both a thoroughfare for vehicles, and a place for people.

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Nearly half our permanent migrants are working below their skill level: former Treasury Secretary

"It is where enormous economic value is currently going to waste, largely unnoticed.”

Artemis II makes history; astronauts travel farther from Earth than anyone ever

The mission represents the first crewed deep‑space flight in more than 50 years and a key step in returning humans to lunar exploration.

India continues securing critical energy supplies as eighth gas carrier passes safely through Strait of Hormuz

It comes as no surprise that the India-flagged vessel successfully sailed through the Strait of Hormuz on National Maritime Day.
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