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The costs of energy have dramatically jumped across Australia as war and shortages make themselves felt globally but WA has been spared the shock

The chance of extreme events is increasing because emissions aren’t slowing down. The hard work to transform the economy has barely begun.

After two-plus years of Covid and seven secretaries of state in the past six years, teachers and students deserve more support, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

This is an edited extract from Danielle Wood’s keynote address to the jobs summit. Read other articles in The Conversation’s series about the summit here.

Support amid huge industry profits is a ‘roadblock’ to tackling climate crisis, says International Energy Agency

Investing in women’s education and health may have limited impact if it is a society trapped in gender norms

Taxation has turned out to be the main issue dividing the two candidates in the current Conservative Party leadership contest. While Rishi Sunak wants to hold off making tax cuts until after the cost of living crisis has been tackled, Liz Truss wants immediate reductions. She believes cutting taxes will…

Is Australia an English-speaking country? The answer seems obvious.

Last Friday, Australia’s state and federal education ministers met with emotional teachers, who spoke of working on weekends and Mothers’ Day to cope with unsustainable workloads – and how they were thinking about leaving the profession.

However you look at it, the National Party has selected someone who once committed an act of criminal violence to represent the Tauranga electorate in parliament.

The brutalising Europe experience highlights New Zealand farmers' even greater exposure to a global consumer critique of the agriculture climate response.