This happens when the agents that cause infections – they may be bacteria, viruses or fungi – become resistant to the drugs. Antimicrobials are a broad range of medications that act on microbes – like ...

Investigating ways in which our national productivity can be improved is at the heart of the work of the Productivity Commission, headed by Danielle Wood. Wood is an economist and former CEO of the ...

Federal parliament has split on partisan lines over the Middle East crisis, just a day after the anniversary of the Hamas atrocities against Israelis.

"Africa currently represents 2.5 percent of the global AI market. However, according to a recent GSMA report, emerging application of AI could boost the continent’s economic growth by USD 2.9 trillion ...

The Albanese government has today declared stronger protections for the waters around Heard Island and McDonald Islands, one of Australia’s wildest, most remote areas. The marine park surrounding the ...

Like its close cousin depreciation, amortisation is an important concept in accounting. How and why do we write off the cost of assets over time?

Click to expand Image Police seize a poster that reads “Journalism is Not a Crime” during a protest by journalists in front of the Azerbaijan parliament building, December 28, 2021, Baku. In November ...

In the leadup to next month’s COP29 climate summit in Baku, states must exert pressure on the Azerbaijani authorities to reverse their clampdown on civil society, release those detained solely for ...

The toppling of Cilliers Brink, mayor of South Africa’s capital city, highlights the provincial ANC’s disdain for the party’s national partnership with the Democratic Alliance.

Robbie Arnott’s fourth novel, Dusk, opens with a nod to a persistent and almost comical rumour that circulates in Australian folklore: the tale of big cats prowling the bush and forests. While there ...

One of the cornerstones of being prepared for the next pandemic is being in the best position possible to design and deploy a suitable vaccine.

Our study of nearly 2,600 tropical coral reefs around the world is the first to answer that question.