Cyclones drive people to buy health insurance, more so than some government campaigns

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People whove lived through natural disasters, such as floods or cyclones, often re-assess their priorities. But for Australians whove lived through a severe cyclone, this can affect them in a way thats received little...

Most of us will leave behind a large ‘digital legacy’ when we die. Here’s how to plan what happens to it

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Imagine you are planning the funeral music for a loved one who has died. You cant remember their favourite song, so you try to login to their Spotify account. Then you realise the account login is inaccessible, and with it...

Labor women make history by overtaking men in cabinet. So is the job done?

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The Albanese government has achieved a striking gender equality milestone following its election for a second term. For the first time in Australian history, there will be more women than men in federal cabinet.This comes...

What if Hitler was assassinated and World War II ended in compromise? Catherine Chidgey imagines a parallel reality

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Catherine Chidgeys ninth novel, The Book of Guilt, has been hotly anticipated. Following the critical and commercial success of her last two novels, it was the subject of a bidding war between UK publishers. The Book of...

Fourth time lucky? ACT’s regulatory standards law may finally pass, despite Treaty and legal doubts

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ACT Party leader David Seymour. Getty Images With the ACT Partys Regulatory Standards Bill now before the Finance and Expenditure Committee, having passed its first reading in parliament last week, parallels with the now...

The drought is back – we need a new way to help farmers survive tough times

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Australia in 2025 is living up to Dorothy McKellars poetic vision of a country stricken by drought and flooding rains. The clean up is underway from the deadly floods in the Hunter and mid-north coast regions of New South...

What’s the difference between abs and core? One term focuses on aesthetics – and the other on function

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Maksim Goncharenok/Pexels Youve probably heard the terms abs and core used in social media videos, Pilates classes, or even by physiotherapists. Given they seem to refer to the same general area of your body, you might...