LifeWater fightsMuch of the world is desperately short of fresh water. Are future water wars inevitable?
OttawaGovernment releases its innovation strategyNo, not ours. Australia ’s. I don’t want anyone to fall into a sort of reflexive jealousy here. It’s about time an Australian...
On CampusAussie universities big winners in Rudd budgetGov’t promises extra $5.3 billion, hopes to increase undergrad enrolment by 50,000
OttawaWhite paper vs. blank chequeFrom The Torch blog, a comparison of the Defence White Paper from Australia’s new Labour government, and last year’s Canada First...
OttawaHis master’s voice: a foreign policy that is actually noticedAfter a decade in power, John Howard landed himself a presidential invitation to Blair House in Washington, and left his country’s...
WorldTrial by fire, flood, and crocodileFloods have driven freshwater crocodiles into Australia’s streets
GeneralAustralia’s Forest Fires Linked to Climate Change, scientists sayAustralia may be the most fire-prone continent on earth, but scientists say the ferocity of the recent forest fires is likely...
GeneralHow they do it in OzNot content to mop the floor at the Summer Games, the Aussies appear to be getting serious about the Winters—lack of indigenous...