In the decades ahead, digital disruption could result, according to some predictions, in nearly half of all current jobs in Australia being displaced - unless we skill up. While technology will undoubtedly create new employment opportunities, will it create enough of them? Already, many qualified young Australians are unable to find employment. Is there a...

If you're a parent of a public school student who's paying for all the extras like excursions, laptops or more books for the library you might question the idea that public schools are free. But the idea of school fees for public education has proven to be politically unviable. A leaked discussion paper from the...

A whole range of scientists are looking at engineering technologies to mitigate climate change. We could for example reflect more solar radiation back into space by making more reflective clouds; or we could trap carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and bury it underground, to diminish the “greenhouse” effect. Would such technologies work, and would...

There are an estimated 100 Australians fighting in the Middle East with terror groups like Islamic State. About 50 of them are believed to be dual nationals. Within weeks, the Federal Government will present legislation to Parliament to strip dual citizens involved in terrorist activities overseas of their Australian citizenship. Although the Government has stopped...

Academic publishing is a multi-million dollar business dominated by just a few major publishing houses. Many academics and open access advocates believe that’s unfair—publishers simply take researchers’ work and sell it back to them, they say. Stan Correy takes a look at the state of play. • In 2001, I did a story for RN’s...