Queensland's unemployment jumped back above 5 per cent (Photo: AAP Image/Joel Carrett)

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One in three young Aussies are unemployed or need more hours

This year was one “beyond imagining” for young people seeking work and while the country is slowing getting back to normal, employment “scarring” is likely to effect their employment for decades.

Culture

Dark times: Author reflects on backlash over controversial book

Acclaimed author Bruce Pascoe, who controversially repudiated the historical portrayal of Indigenous Australians as nomadic hunter-gatherers, has reignited his challenge to history despite revealing the personal toll of sustained attacks on his writing and identity as an Aboriginal man.

Insights

Should we be concerned about snag in Oxford vaccine trial?

Science isn’t used to this kind of attention.

News

Can humid weather help keep coronavirus under control?

Plenty of people have been speculating about how COVID-19 might be affected by the weather. Finally, we have some peer-reviewed science to sink our teeth into.

Insights

Rivers in the sky - the rare weather event delivering massive rainfall to Australia

A rare pair of atmospheric rivers have formed off Australia’s east and west coasts, channelling more water than 600 Murray Rivers from the tropics to southern states.