Viking DNA and the pitfalls of genetic ancestry tests Culture Some people with experiences of violence and abuse used their 'Viking genes' as explanation – describing Vikings as warriors and berserkers.
Even after the collapse of Greensill, there’s time to save Whyalla Tuesday April 13, 2021 By Michael O'Neil and Peter Gill Economy & Industry Unlike the larger steel cities of Newcastle, Port Kembla and Wollongong, Whyalla has been very slow to respond to the need for change.
Northern Ireland, born of strife 100 years ago, again erupts in political violence Tuesday April 13, 2021 By James Waller Editors' Picks Roiled anew by the impact of Brexit, Northern Ireland is seemingly moving in a darker and more dangerous direction.
Samoa’s stunning election result: on the verge of a new ruling party for the first time in 40 years Tuesday April 13, 2021 By Tamasailau Suaalii Sauni and Patricia A. O'Brien Editors' Picks This is a stunning and unexpected electoral rebuke of the ruling party. Samoan politics is on a knife edge.
Premium Expert briefings How the best bosses interrupt bias on their teams Tuesday April 13, 2021 By Joan C. Williams and Sky Mihaylo Career Matters Research shows that bias-prevention programs rarely deliver. And some organisations don’t invest in them at all. So how can you, as an individual leader, make…
Indigenous scholars struggle to be heard in the mainstream Monday April 12, 2021 By Apisalome Movono, Anna Carr, Emma Hughes, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Jeremy William Hapeta, Regina Scheyvens and Rochelle Stewart-Withers Australian Capital Territory Supporting Indigenous scholars and Indigenous scholarship is essential. The suggested approaches here would go some way to supporting this.
ADF will need more resources to deal with climate and regional security crises Monday April 12, 2021 By Brendan Nicholson Defence Australia urgently needs to think about political, economic and security tipping points generated by climate change.
Nikola Tesla: 5G network could realise his dream of wireless electricity, a century after experiments failed Monday April 12, 2021 By Elena Gaura and James Peter Brusey Communications & Technology If engineers can find more efficient ways to beam electricity through the air, it may well be that Nikola Tesla’s dream of wireless power could…
There’s a long and devastating history behind the proposal for a nuclear waste dump in South Australia Monday April 12, 2021 By Katherine Aigner Editors' Picks For the fourth time in 23 years South Australia is being targeted for a nuclear waste dump — this time at Napandee, a property near…
How climate change may drive one-third of doctors out of the NT Monday April 12, 2021 By Simon Quilty and Catherine Pendrey Editors' Picks A new study shows that for 34% of surveyed NT doctors, climate change is already or is likely to make them consider leaving the NT.
Premium Insights and analysis What Turnbull’s removal from a NSW board says about post-pandemic energy plans Monday April 12, 2021 By Chris Woods Editors' Picks Roughly a week after announcing the appointment, NSW Energy Minister Matt Kean removed Turnbull after the former prime minister's support for a moratorium on new…
The public sector to report on gender equality Friday April 9, 2021 By Sue Williamson and Linda Colley Editors' Picks Amidst all the fanfare accompanying the release of the Australian government’s response to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s [email protected] report, one important aspect has been…
Premium Insights and analysis Will Australia’s new defence minister play bad cop to China? Friday April 9, 2021 By Salvatore Babones Defence A wildly disproportionate share of the world’s politicians get their start as lawyers. That’s especially true in parliamentary systems like Australia’s, where politicians have to work…
Premium Columnists The 2020 APS employee census is a gift that keeps on giving Friday April 9, 2021 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks Verona Burgess compares the results between departments of the 2020 employee census — which is a gift that keeps on giving.
Crime is rife on farms, yet reporting remains stubbornly low. Here’s how new initiatives are making progress Thursday April 8, 2021 By Kyle J.D. Mulrooney and Alistair Harkness Editors' Picks New research shows that four in five farmers in NSW have been the victim of some type of crime, yet reporting of crimes to police…
