I don’t want to live but I don’t want to die.’ ‘I wish I could fall asleep and not wake up.’ When people talk like this, how should we respond?

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Anthony Albanese’s net approval improved one point to -10, while Sussan Ley’s net approval slumped 11 points to a new low of -39, the worst for a major party leader in Newspoll since Labor’s Simon ...

Australian sports may need to follow the NFL when it comes to capturing fan interest, with new research showing the US league ...

On the risks of AI afterlives, ditching good character references and the survival of mountain ash forests: an edited selection of your views.

Australia’s definition of terrorism was created in 2002. Since then, the threat landscape has changed dramatically, and it’s ...

The head of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, has warned young people will suffer the most as an AI “tsunami” wipes out many entry-level roles in coming years. Tasks that are ...

The violence we’re witnessing on our phones impacts us on both on an individual and societal scale. This grief needs to be processed.

Sometimes criticism of vets is unfair – and harmful. But a new book urges us to reflect deeply on ethics in veterinary services.

Preventing disease is clearly worthwhile. So why is the future of a key Australian health promotion agency, VicHealth, in the balance?

In 1999 the Howard government, informed by the Ralph Inquiry, changed the way capital gains tax was calculated. A flat “discount” of 50% was applied to capital gains, rather than adjusting the price ...