OPINION

A billion dreams land on the Moon as India joins elite space club

India has become the first country to land on the moon's south pole.

OPINION

Higher prices have hit most people but homeowners have felt it harder than renters

First homebuyers who bought within the past three years faced the biggest living cost increase, of 20.5%.

OPINION

Do languages become less complex with more new adult speakers?

Grammar is very complicated, especially if you are learning a new language.

OPINION

Could National Cabinet’s new housing plan fix our rental crisis?

The National Planning Reform Blueprint adds 200,000 homes to the previous target of 1 million extra homes over five years.

OPINION

Is rise of AI contributing to decline of Human Intelligence?

Experts raise question has AI learned well how to modify the user’s mind and inclinations

HEALTH

Beware! Not all mental health apps are helpful

Although some mental health apps connect users with a registered therapist, most provide a fully automated service that bypasses the human element.

OPINION

‘Jai Sia Ram’: Why projecting Hindu beliefs on public platform puts target on your back?

How do we see the colonialists’ coercing their religion in different parts of the world under the garb of civilising mission politics?

OPINION

Too many school students are falling behind: how do we help those most at risk?

NAPLAN results show 16.2% of Year 3 students are at or below the national minimum standards in numeracy and 12.9% are at or below the minimum standards in reading.

OPINION

We need more than police checks: how parents and educators can keep childcare services safe from abuse

Each state and territory requires people who work with children to have a working with children clearance.

OPINION

Freedom for Life or Life for Freedom: Celebrating India’s 77th Independence Day

The freedom is to choose between life and death, and the freedom also lies, in demanding through democratic institutions, denied spaces of empowerment.

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IMMIGRATION

Do you speak Hindi or Punjabi? Victoria Police wants you for a specialised program

Victoria is home to people who speak 290 languages and have 314 different ancestries?

NEWS

‘Burn in hell’: Will Albanese and Wong sanction Pakistan’s foreign minister after outrageous antisemitic remarks, Jewish group asks

"I hope and pray people who created this cancerous state on Palestinian land to get rid of European jews burn in hell."

IMMIGRATION

Petition urges Australian government to review parental leave for temporary resident visa holders

At the centre of the petition is the case of an allied health worker who has lived in Australia since 2018 and worked as a physiotherapist since 2019, including in regional areas with workforce shortages.