A Senate committee's told the Government to reverse its budget cuts to legal services because they are increasing the danger of domestic violence. The interim report was released on 19 March to pressure the Government as it prepares its next budget. Labor and Greens senators are using it to push for funding to be restored...

When researching his latest book, the organised mind, neuroscientist Daniel Levitin asked some of the world’s busiest people how they manage to keep on top of the data deluge. In this talk he discusses the brain, learning, creativity, the myth of multitasking and how to think straight in the age of information overload. Highlights of...

Dr Marilyn Waring, scholar, environmentalist, social justice activist and author no longer believes that we should put monetary values on unpaid work and the environment. She discusses this in the 2015 Pamela Denoon Lecture.

Cruise liners berthed near homes on Sydney harbour are burning a carcinogenic fuel banned in US and European ports. Residents say they’re getting sick but the cruise companies have refused to burn cleaner fuel and the government says it won’t act to stop the dirty ships for at least another year. Anne Connolly investigates.

The Abbott Government says its proposed metadata retention laws are critical to fighting crime and terrorism. But similar schemes in Europe have been wound back following legal challenges. This week the District Court of The Hague scrapped the Netherlands’ data retention law, finding that it violated fundamental European Union privacy rights. The country’s government-funded privacy...