The Victorian government introduced 24-hour public transport on Friday and Saturday nights in Melbourne from January 1 2016. Ashlee Curtis and Peter Miller researched the…

When so much of a resident’s waking hours is spent either at a meal, or thinking of a meal, the meal can either make or…

As with any large infrastructure project, the quest for bigger and taller turbines comes with its fair share of challenges. But wind turbines are one…

Peter Kamstra and Dr Sarah McSweeney highlight an important mismatch between the way scientists, government messaging and the media understand dangers of drowning while rock…

Many of us can recall team-building exercises that seemed like a waste of time. One problem is overcoming the natural human tendency to hang out…

Debates about constitutional change in Australia inevitably raise the poor success rate of referendums. So why was the referendum chosen as the means of amending…

Australia and the West still struggle to acknowledge the contributions of Islamic cultures (whether Arabic speaking, Persian, Ottoman or others) to civilisation. Civilisation is always…

There is still a lot to learn about how quickly Antarctica will respond to climate change. But there are very clear signs that the icy…

In 14 premodern states, the royal women of eight societies exerted power in at least four ways: they influenced policy; they influenced the behaviour of…

The Treaty of Waitangi obliges the state to ensure that public policy is as effective for Māori as it is for everybody else. But the…

Melbourne and Canberra provide some useful examples of the green cities movement, but to make it mainstream, these techniques need to be adopted widely through…