Is Australia in a youth crime crisis? Here’s what the numbers say

State governments across the country have brought in harsher laws to deal with youth crime in recent years. But do the stats ...

56 million years ago, the Earth suddenly heated up – and many plants stopped working properly

Around 56 million years ago, Earth suddenly got much hotter. Over about 5,000 years, the amount of carbon in the atmosphere ...

Passing on a family business isn’t easy. Here’s why – and what factors predict success

Succession planning is not just a financial or legal process. Families need to acknowledge the emotions and feelings involved ...

A global tax crackdown is coming for crypto – including NZ trades worth billions

New Zealanders trade cryptocurrency worth billions every year, largely invisible to the tax system. That will change with the ...

‘Make the platforms safer’: what young people really think about the social media ban

The responses reveal a much more nuanced picture of the relationship between young Australians and social media than the ...

Checkpoints, camps and control: how violence and the law intertwine

In 58 Facets, legal anthropologist Marika Sosnowski reflects on displacement, violence, resistance and her own family history ...

Your say: week beginning December 1

Improving communication between rural and metropolitan doctors and ‘diabolical’ transport options from Melbourne airport: an ...

The AI bubble isn’t new — Karl Marx explained the mechanisms behind it nearly 150 years ago

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s warning of an AI bubble highlights a deeper economic problem: capitalism is producing more capital ...

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights finally grapples with the Nakba

The newly announced exhibit is surprising but long overdue, and represents an act of institutional accountability.

Dependants? Why Canada should recognize migrant spouses and partners with more accuracy

The term ‘dependant’ in the immigration system misrepresents migrant family realities and reinforces outdated gendered ...

Seen but not forgotten: How citizen science helps document biodiversity in remote Borneo villages

In Borneo’s remote villages, locals earn money by recording wildlife — reshaping conservation and redefining how communities ...
Opinion

Factory farming in Africa: development banks see it as a good idea, but it’s bad for the climate

Development banks have spent over US$1 billion on factory farming in Africa, locking in high greenhouse gas emissions. Natural farming systems are a better choice.