video News NDIS fraud is more than ‘growing pains’ – how fundamental flaws in the scheme should be addressed This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article The Conversation June 2024
video Arts & culture Friday essay: kangaroos and kindred spirits – D.H. Lawrence, Garry Shead and catching the flame of creativity In Lawrence’s letters, Shead felt he’d discovered a kindred spirit, a portrait of the artist he took himself to be – however under-realised that vision might still have been at this early stage of his career. As art critic Sasha Grishin, who... The Conversation June 2024
video Arts & culture ‘I’m looking for a man in finance’: how a sampled sound bite can turn a dance track into an earworm From this little bit of spoken audio sprang the song that’s suddenly everywhere on social media: I’m looking for a man in finance The Conversation May 2024
video News Want to be buried on your own land, at sea or in a forest? A guide to unconventional send-offs This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article The Conversation May 2024
video News Budget 2024: Chalmers fights inflation, will it be enough for a rate cut? This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article The Conversation May 2024
video Science & Nature This group rid one Australian river of its privet problem – and strengthened community along the way Like 72% of weeds in Australia, privet escaped from our gardens. Now it wreaks havoc on natural ecosystems. Across south-east Queensland and eastern New South Wales, privet thrives along waterways and rainforest areas. It spreads rapidly and... The Conversation May 2024
video Science & Nature Most bees don’t die after stinging – and other surprising bee facts A stinger, at least in most bees, wasps and ants, is actually a tube for laying eggs (ovipositor) that has also been adapted for violent defence. This group of stinging insects, the aculeate wasps (yes, bees and ants are technically a kind of wasp)... The Conversation May 2024
video Arts & culture What doesn’t kill you makes for a great story – two new memoirs examine the risky side of life Structurally and generically, the book follows a well-trodden path. It self-consciously situates itself as a cross between the substance-induced exuberance of Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson, and the provincially impassioned politics of... The Conversation May 2024
video Science & Nature Longer-lasting ozone holes over Antarctica expose seal pups and penguin chicks to much more UV Ozone could also suffer from geoengineering proposals such as spraying sulphates into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight, as well as more frequent rocket launches The Conversation April 2024
video Health & Wellness Stuck in fight-or-flight mode? 5 ways to complete the ‘stress cycle’ and avoid burnout or depression Some stress in daily life is unavoidable. But remaining stressed is unhealthy. Chronic stress increases chronic health conditions, including heart disease and stroke and diabetes. It can also lead to burnout or depression The Conversation April 2024
video News How Anzac deaths changed the way we mourn to this day His mother, Mary Drummond, had spent months in agony waiting for any news of her only child. Her initial deference to authorities gave way to an increasingly desperate and angry correspondence. She wrote The Conversation April 2024
video Health & Wellness Whooping cough is surging in Australia. Why, and how can we protect ourselves? Whooping cough is a serious and highly contagious respiratory disease. Also called pertussis, it’s caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis The Conversation April 2024
video News What are the four waves of feminism? And what comes next? The first person to use “waves” was journalist Martha Weinman Lear, in her 1968 New York Times article, The Second Feminist Wave, demonstrating that the women’s liberation movement was another “new chapter in a grand history of women... The Conversation April 2024
video Motoring & Property Australian homes are getting bigger and bigger, and it’s wiping out gains in energy efficiency For more than 20 years, Australia’s building energy regulations have focused on energy efficiency. This reflects policy trends around the world The Conversation March 2024