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What Are The Most Expensive Australian Cities To Buy A House In? Find Out Here
Whether you’re thinking of moving to Australia or locating within the country itself, you’ve probably looked at house…
The Brazilian Amazon Was In Flames, And Now Australia. But What Do Their Governments Have To Do With It?
Australia is witnessing the worst forest fires of its modern history, provoked by months of droughts and record…
Koalas Are The Face Of Australian Tourism. What Now After The Fires?
In 1936, The Evening News in Rockhampton wrote: The time has arrived when Australians must decide whether or…
Australian Bushfires: In Fact, There’s Plenty We Can Do To Make Future Fires Less Likely
One of the dominant ideas buzzing around the internet is that there’s little we can do to escape…
Australia’s Bushfires Are A Wake-Up Call: We Must Build A More Humane Economy Before It’s Too Late
Economists used to admire scientists. Now they ignore them at our peril. Back in the 1800s, scholars in…
Why Australian Cities Are Crying Out For Better Planning
Although 90% of our population lives in cities, Australia lacks a national urban policy and our government provides insufficient funding…
Why Isn’t Australia An Active Travel Mecca?
Australian city planners are seeking ways to make cities better for walking and cycling. “Walkability and cyclability are attractive and “green”…
Artsy Aussie : 98% of Young Australians Into The Arts
The arts play a role in the lives of 98% of the Australian population, according to a new…
Bungle Bungle: A Geologist’s Playground In Western Australia
The Bungle Bungle Range, in Purnululu National Park, is one of the most fascinating geological landmarks in Western…
Can Australia’s Climate Change Mission Be Saved With Farming?
Australia’s agricultural lands help to feed about 60 million people worldwide, and also support tens of thousands of farmers…
How The Storied Australian Dollar & Banking System Got To Now
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Changeover day: when Australia swapped from pounds to the new decimal…
Grow Your Own : Making Australian Cities More Food-Secure
Food security has typically been framed as an issue of global concern, concentrated within developing countries. The UN…
Australia’s Queensland Set To Become Sunnier With Largest Solar Farm
A sea of glass panels may soon be sprawling across a paddock in Queensland’s Darling Downs cranking out…
Australia Could Become A Leader In Cybersecurity Research
Alex Zelinsky Chief Defence Scientist, Defence Science and Technology The national science and research priorities have been developed…
How Australia Is Using Brilliant Research For Transport Problems
This article is part of the series on the Science and Research Priorities recently announced by the Federal…
From Ads To Oscar Winners Of Australian Animation
“Australia has a rich history of animation production ranging from award-winning animated shorts and animated television series to…
How To Survive A Heatwave
On colour-coded temperature charts, the Indian subcontinent is currently a sickly mauve. With summer still months away, an…
Which Cities Have the Highest & Lowest Purchasing Power?
According to website Numbeo, salaries go furthest in U.S. cities. Towards the top of the list is East Coast tech hub San…
War in Ukraine is pushing global acute hunger to the highest level in this century
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has produced a terrible humanitarian crisis in eastern Europe. It also is worsening conditions…
Where It’s Hardest to Afford a Home
Big cities like Hong Kong or San Francisco are well-known for their expensive real estate markets. But there…
These 5 global cities are leading the charge to a renewable future
A billion people live in a city with renewable energy targets or policies. Cities contribute three-quarters of CO2…
Ukraine as a ‘borderland’: A brief history of Ukraine’s place between Europe and Russia
One interpretation of the name “Ukraine” is borderland. This needs to be taken seriously. Borderlands are all about…
These are the world’s top cities. Which one ranked highest for the 10th year running?
London has been named the world’s most “magnetic” city for the 10th year in a row. It held…
Is international law powerless against Russian aggression in Ukraine? No, but it’s complicated
The world was treated to a grotesque spectacle this week. Russia, the current president of the UN Security…
How Long Will The Supply Chain Crunch Last?
It’s common knowledge that holiday shopping is going to be challenging this year due to the broken supply…
Hiring Mobile App Developers To Build Mobile Apps? Know the Cost
A number of questions come to mind when you think about building a mobile app, especially in 2021.…
The Places Most Prone to Disaster
When it comes to the potentially devastating results of natural disasters, Oceania is the most susceptible. Not only does…
How to Compare Electricity Providers in New South Wales
No one wants to pay more for electricity than they have to, which is why it’s in your…
The Main Benefits Of Doing Water Sports
Everyone loves the water. Spending time in it is not only refreshing but also provides many different benefits…
Where Afghan Refugees Are Located
According to the UNHCR, there were around 2.6 million Afghan refugees abroad at the end of 2020 that hadn’t…
As Afghanistan falls, what does it mean for the Middle East?
In the 19th century, the phrase “The Great Game” was used to describe competition for power and influence…
How Climate Change Is Affecting World Regions
The first release from the Sixth Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has been making waves…
IPCC report: How to make global emissions peak and fall – and what’s stopping us
Every few years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the United Nation’s climate science body –…
This is the most sobering report card yet on climate change and Earth’s future. Here’s what you need to know
Earth has warmed 1.09℃ since pre-industrial times and many changes such as sea-level rise and glacier melt are…
Not everyone cheered the ancient Olympic games, but the sacred games brought together rival societies
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics started on July 23, 2021, amid a few different controversies. Beyond the question…
The Best Places to Survive Societal Collapse
Conventional wisdom might identify a lonely island as the best place to survive the apocalypse. A new scientific…
The Countries Banning Plastic Bags
According to a United Nations paper and several media reports, 77 countries in the world have passed some sort of…
G7 Showed That Post-Trump, The World Has Shifted
What a difference a year makes in international diplomacy. A year ago, then-US President Donald Trump was obliged…
Countries Leading Global Digital Remittance
Global digital remittance is the electronic transfer of money between individuals or companies. Most of the funds are…
G7 Is More United But Not Effective Enough To Tackle The World’s Biggest Problems
When the UK hosts the G7 summit in Cornwall between June 10 and 12, it will be the…
Fastly Global Internet Outage: Why Did So Many Sites Go Down — And What Is A CDN, Anyway?
If you were having difficulty accessing your favourite website on Tuesday evening Australian time, you’re not alone. A…
What’s a Doodle Dog?
Dogs are man’s best friends. These bundles of joy are not only loyal to you, but they are…
Who Will Be Next To Crack Men’s Tennis Big Three?
Society loves to tout the next big thing. In men’s tennis circles, the experts have been weighing in…
What is thrombocytopenia, the rare blood condition possibly linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine?
Anthony Zulli, Victoria University; Maja Husaric, Victoria University; Maximilian de Courten, Victoria University, and Vasso Apostolopoulos, Victoria University…
The Top Best Poodle Mix
Poodles are amongst the most intelligent, fashionable, and trendiest dogs on the planet. Their less shed attribute as…
These Countries Have Yet To Start Covid-19 Vaccinations
As the United States pledges $4 billion to support COVAX and the equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines worldwide,…
Pros And Cons Of Non VoIP Telephony
One of the most popular and inexpensive form of telephony of all times has been provided by some…
Coronavirus New Variant – Genomics Researcher Answers Key Questions
A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, is thought to be driving increased transmission of…
We Modelled How A COVID Vaccine Roll-Out Would Work. Here’s What We Found
How well we distribute and administer a COVID-19 vaccine will have massive health, social and economic ramifications. So…
15 Countries Sign World’s Biggest Free Trade Deal
15 countries signed the world’s largest free trade deal over a video link on Sunday which was the…