After twelve years of advocating for climate policy action in Australia, the Climate Institute will close it's doors in June, blaming a lack of funds. He says that the re-emergence of the ideological divide on climate and energy policy under Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been 'one of our major disappointments' and the government's climate...

After much speculation, Fairfax Media has finally confirmed it's bidding farewell its digital rivers of gold. The publisher of The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Australian Financial Review is planning to list its lucrative real estate website Domain on the stock exchange by the end of this year. So what does this mean...

New South Wales has announced an overhaul of its Higher School Certificate syllabus with a renewed focus on writing and advanced maths. It's the first major reform in sixteen years and will come into effect from 2018. The state government says the changes will better prepare students for the job market—by improving overall literacy levels...

A new term has entered the lexicon—'alternative facts'. It was used by Donald Trump's adviser Kellyanne Conway to defend those claims by the administration that the crowds at Trump's inauguration last month were bigger than Barack Obama's in 2008. Media organisations have loudly and regularly called out US President Donald Trump for falsehoods over the...

Later today, the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will deliver the ninth Closing the Gap address to Parliament in which he'll argue his government is turning the tide on Indigenous disadvantage. He'll draw on the latest Closing the Gap report which is expected to show some improvements in health and education outcomes. But there are obvious...