Facing the consequences of our Baby Reindeer obsession
Some true crime content – like The Teacher’s Pet or Up and Vanished has helped lead detectives to suspects, even resulting in convictions on cold cases. But armchair detectives don’t always get it r...
9 Touko 202412min
Drake v Kendrick Lamar isn't just a war of words
Popular rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar are currently embroiled in a very public spat. It’s a feud that has a long history, but things have really escalated. Hip hop journo and author Simone Amelia J...
8 Touko 202421min
Confronting the instigator of the same-sex book ban
A local council in Sydney has voted to ban books about same-sex parents from its libraries. Six Cumberland City Councillors voted in favour of the ban, while five, including Mayor Lisa Lake, opposed i...
8 Touko 202412min
Why Australia’s birth rate is lower than ever
Australia’s birth rate has been in a relatively steady decline since a peak in the early 1960s. It’s rebounded a small amount after hitting a record low in 2020, but it still sits well below the total...
7 Touko 202417min
This is why Israel is about to invade Rafah
Israeli tanks have reportedly been spotted just 200 metres from the edge of Rafah, less than a day after an estimated 100,000 Palestinian civilians were ordered to evacuate. Bordering on Egypt, the s...
7 Touko 202413min
Why witch hunts are still happening in 2024
Witch hunts aren’t just the stuff of colonial America; they’re happening right now all around the world. People are still being persecuted and often murdered on suspicion of being involved in witchcra...
6 Touko 202419min
How our youth are being radicalised, and how we can stop it
Over the weekend in Perth, a sixteen-year-old boy has been shot dead by police after allegedly wounding a man who was unknown to him with a knife. WA Premier Roger Cook has said that there were indica...
6 Touko 202411min
Could Beijing be underwater in 100 years?
Cities in China are sinking and satellite imagery shows Beijing is among one of the fastest going under. According to a new study in the journal Science, development and groundwater pumping are causin...
5 Touko 202419min
