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Does drinking coffee while pregnant cause ADHD? Our study shows there’s no strong link
Gunn-Helen Moen receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Research Council of Norway. Shannon D'Urso does ...
Is Australia’s trade war with China now over? The answer might be out of our hands
Last week’s lifting of tariffs on lobster brought a particularly nasty chapter in Australia-China trade relations to a close.
Lessons for the next pandemic: where did Australia go right and wrong in responding to COVID?
From the vaccine rollout, to hotel quarantine, to understanding the science of the virus, a range of experts look back at how ...
The US isn’t the only country voting on Nov 5. This small Pacific nation is also holding an election – and China is watching
Palau is one of the few remaining countries to have diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Is a switch to Beijing possible ...
Do people trust AI on financial decisions? We found it really depends on who they are
Big banks increasingly use artificial intelligence in their investment decisions and software. But new research shows many ...
The federal government has left Indigenous Treaties to the states. How are they progressing?
The referendum result left states and territories to pick up the mantle of agreement-making with First Nations people. While ...
The government spent twice what it needed to on economic support during COVID, modelling shows
If the government had spent half as much on economic support but delivered it to the right places, inflation and interest ...
No, the Liberal Party does not have a history of upholding the right to protest in Australia - just look back to the Vietnam War
Peter Dutton’s position on pro-Palestinian protestors may be particularly aggressive, but it is not out of step with his ...
The AI sexbot industry is just getting started. It brings strange new questions – and risks
As ‘digisexuality’ rises, governments should pay attention to the corporations profiting from unethical AI porn.
Albanese government has surcharges in its sights, as it pursues the votes of consumers
The Albanese government has announced a first step in what it says is a crackdown on excessive card surcharges and threatened ...
Two decades after decriminalisation, NZ’s sex workers still need protection from discrimination
New Zealand decriminalised sex work in 2003. But according to new research, it risks falling behind other countries unless ...
Why FEMA’s disaster relief gets political − especially when hurricane season and election season collide
Disaster relief requires cooperative, healthy relationships between the president, federal agencies and state, local and ...