We know we've already entered the era of mass urbanisation and we often hear about the negatives. So what propels more and more of us to live in the urban jungle? Physicist Luis Bettencourt thinks he knows the answer. Also new technologies and new approaches to improve our cities.

Do we make a mistake if we think that ICT alone can solve all the developing world's problems? There are lots of examples where information and communication technologies are being used as a tool for international development. But do we make a mistake if we think that ICT alone can solve all the developing world's...

For the last week, the Labor Party has been reflecting on a major review of the state of the party. The review finds Labor dying from the inside: its membership base collapsed and decision-making centralised like never before. But it also tentatively sets a path of renewal in Australia's oldest political party.

The Cancer Council of Queensland says cancer patients living in rural or disadvantaged areas have consistently lower survival rates compared to the Queensland average.

Locking up law-breakers doesn't come cheap. In Western Australia, the Auditor General estimates that it costs the state up to $100 million dollars to deal with just 250 young offenders over the course of their lives as juveniles, from 10 to 17 years of age. That's a whopping $400 000 per child. Now, if such...