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The splendid life of Jimmy Carter – 5 essential reads

In Mark 8:34-38 a question is asked: “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”

The Conversation · Oct 5, 2023

The Voice: why Australia is holding a referendum on First Nations representation to government – podcast

Australia goes to the polls on October 14 in a referendum on whether to enshrine an Indigenous advisory body, known as the Voice to Parliament, into the country’s constitution.

The Conversation · Oct 5, 2023

Made in America: how Biden's climate package is fuelling the global drive to net zero

This article is part of a series by The Conversation, Getting to Zero, examining Australia’s energy transition.

The Conversation · Oct 4, 2023

The long road to a new malaria vaccine, told by the scientists behind the breakthrough – podcast

The world has waited decades for a malaria vaccine, and now two have come along in quick succession. On October 2, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that a new malaria vaccine, R21, developed by the University of Oxford be rolled out for the prevention of malaria in children, just…

The Conversation · Oct 3, 2023

Introducing The Conversation's new climate series, Getting to Zero

Australia, like many other countries, has committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 – just 27 years from now. The Albanese government has also committed to sourcing 82% of all electricity from renewables by 2030 – just seven years from now.

The Conversation · Oct 2, 2023

The road is long and time is short, but Australia's pace towards net zero is quickening

This article is part of a series by The Conversation, Getting to Zero, examining Australia’s energy transition.

The Conversation · Oct 1, 2023

Too hard basket: why climate change is defeating our political system

This article is part of a series by The Conversation, Getting to Zero, examining Australia’s energy transition.

The Conversation · Oct 1, 2023

South Africa has one of the strongest navies in Africa: its strengths and weaknesses

The deaths of three members of the South African Navy (SA Navy) on 20 September 2023, when a freak wave swept them off the deck of the submarine SAS Manthatisi, has put the spotlight on the organisation and its work. André Wessels is a military historian; his latest book is…

The Conversation · Sep 29, 2023

Ukraine recap: Ukraine and allies maintain optimism despite slow progress on the battlefield

At a press conference after talks with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, this afternoon, Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg sounded like a man determined to take a “glass half full” attitude when he said that “every metre that Ukrainian forces regain is a metre that Russia loses”.

The Conversation · Sep 28, 2023

Inside the search for the unmarked graves of children lost to Indian Residential Schools — Podcast

More than 150,000 Indigenous children from across Canada were forced to attend Indian Residential Schools. And as we know, many never made it home.

The Conversation · Sep 28, 2023