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While the bushfire crisis might provoke a sense of urgency to rebuild, we need to stop and properly plan where and how we construct buildings and open spaces.

This is not the first time Australia's major cities have been shrouded in bushfire smoke. But this time, the culprits must held to account.

Les incendies hors normes qui ravagent la côte Est de l’Australie menacent tout particulièrement les koalas. Comment sauver cette espèce emblématique ?

The Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association, founded in 1924, made several demands to protect Indigenous rights, including installing an Aboriginal board to sit beneath the federal government.

Most of us wake up with a hangover after a big night. But some people also wake up with awful anxiety ('hangxiety') and can't remember much of the night before because of memory blackouts. Here's why.

Young people should pay less for private health insurance. So should people who are healthy, as they're less likely to access private health care.

Unprecedented fires are devastating koalas along Australia's east coast. These sudden drops in population put the survivors at risk of inbreeding.

The World Trade Organization will lose its teeth from midnight. We are entering a world with unenforceable rules.

From a young age, Neaera was trained for the life of a hetaira, or courtesan. Her tragic story comes to us only through court documents, but she deserves to be remembered.

Taking risks helps children test new ideas and find personal capabilities and limits. Here are five lessons from early childhood educators to help parents encourage their kids to take risks, safely.

Land-use planning should give more weight to the increasing risks of natural hazards like bushfires as the first step in reducing the impacts.

New research shows Australians are working non-standard hours, and the job of scheduling a social life around them falls disproportionately to women.

A recent study reported a high consumption of dairy products was associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer. But breaking down the results shows there's no reason for men to give up dairy.

A particular brand of climate denial among coastal property owners presents a conundrum for councils and governments trying to plan for sea-level rise.

We asked five experts if coconut water is good for you. Four out of five experts said no.

Care facilities are often considered a last resort in South Africa. Personal care is assumed to be provided by family and household members.

When a manufacturer lists a serving size on their food label, it's based on their expectations of what you'll eat, not what the dietary guidelines recommend.

Dirty Dancing's dance sequences are stand-alone properties, famous in their own right. But when they're considered in isolation, the film's messy class, race and gender politics are sidelined.

Extradition laws are based on the idea that offenders, or alleged offenders, should not be able to evade justice by fleeing to another country. But the case of Malka Leifer shows just how difficult that can be.

The advice is still to limit your red meat intake to a maximum of 500g a week. So why did some headlines tell us otherwise this week?