Food dominates the cultural landscape yet it is also public enemy number one when it comes to public health. A growing number of consumers are concerned about where their food comes from, how it is produced and whether it is sustainable. Then there are the political debates over food labelling and whether ‘junk food’ should...

MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: Around Australia today thousands of parents are struggling with how to combine work and family life and they're doing the sums on skyrocketing childcare costs. Last month the Productivity Commission released its draft report into the childcare system and today it begins public hearings around the country. The first will be in Perth...

Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews claims the disability support pension is a 'set and forget' payment irrespective of their long-term ability to work.

The evidence does not support the idea that e-cigarettes help people stop smoking.

The Abbott government and a group of investors are pinning their environmental hopes on a clean coal technology that is still in the very early stages of development. Paddy Manning tracks the quest for the clean coal holy grail and investigates the men getting unspeakably rich from the search.