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Tom Phillips inquiry: one family’s tragedy now a chance to reform NZ’s child protection system

Yesterday’s announcement of a public inquiry into the handling of the Tom Phillips case was inevitable. When children go missing for years, the public has a right to understand whether the agencies responsible acted with the necessary urgency and coordination.

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Tracking with care: The ethics of using location tracking technology with people living with dementia

Imagine you’re 83 years old, living with dementia in a long-term care home. Lately, your caregivers keep asking you to wear a bracelet on your wrist 24/7. They say it’s for your safety, so they can locate you quickly when needed.

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Friday essay: how societies evolved into fear-dominated goliaths – then collapsed

We think of ancient civilisations as operating very differently from the way our economy works today. Yet the Bronze Age Assyrians living in Mesopotamia, around 4,000 to 3,000 years ago, began the basis of modern capitalism, in a region spanning most of modern-day Iraq, eastern Syria and southeastern Turkey. The…

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Electric container ships won’t work – but a fleet of auxiliary battery ships could clean up shipping

Shipping moves 90% of global trade and produces nearly 3% of global emissions. The sector has proved challenging to clean up, as cargo ships can travel for weeks between ports and typically rely on cheap, energy-dense and extremely polluting heavy fuel oil.

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China reportedly wants to do more deals in its own currency. Australia’s banks aren’t ready

In October, media reports suggested mining giant BHP had accepted a deal to settle about a third of its spot iron ore sales to Chinese customers in China’s own currency, the renminbi (RMB), rather than US dollars.

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For many people with acute mental illness, ‘hospital in the home’ means living well in the community

A regional New South Wales public hospital will soon close its mental health inpatient facility, in favour of a home-based service.

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How to respond to sexual harassment or assault at a work party

With less than a month until Christmas, end-of-year work parties are now well underway.

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Australian students spend more time learning to write on paper than computers – does this need to change?

Writing using computers is a vital life skill. We are constantly texting, posting, blogging and emailing.

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Australia’s latest metro is about to open. Here’s how we’ll know if it’s working

Melbourne’s long-awaited Metro Tunnel will open on Sunday November 30. The tunnel will only carry limited services until February 2026, when it will become fully operational.

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Ukraine: deal or no deal?

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The two-child limit failed – all it did was increase poverty

UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has taken decisive action in getting rid of the two-child limit – a policy that has held a totemic place in the UK for more than a decade. Since 2017, this policy has limited the means-tested support that families can receive from the state to the…

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To truly tackle child poverty, the UK needs to look again at migration policy

The UK government is expected to soon publish its ten-year child poverty strategy, designed to tackle the root causes of poverty for children.

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Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles: what are the implications of its US ‘terrorist’ designation?

The US escalated its dispute with Venezuela on November 24 when the state department added the Cartel de los Soles to its list of foreign terrorist organisations. It claims the network is a drug trafficking organisation led by the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro. The reality is more complicated, but either…

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A stranger’s face? The unresolved questions of face transplantation 20 years on

When he saw the newspaper headlines in 2002, James Partridge was furious. Severely burned in a fire at 18, he spent his life advocating for people with “visible difference” through charities like Changing Faces and Face Equality International. Yet he found himself used as tabloid fodder in discussions about face…

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Could a national, public ‘CanGPT’ be Canada’s answer to ChatGPT?

As generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, Google Gemini and others reshape the digital landscape, much of the conversation in Canada has focused on commercial innovation.

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How the financial markets reacted to the UK budget (and why they matter)

Rachel Reeves’s second budget landed in an unusual fashion. Before she delivered it, most of the key details had already been revealed accidentally by the Office for Budget Responsibility.

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Drones have changed warfare. Two new weapons might be about alter its course again

Like so many conflicts before it, the Russo-Ukraine war has forced both sides to innovate. Since they have been able to gain control of opposition air space, neither side has made wide use of traditional air assets such as fast fighter jets. which take much time and money to manufacture…

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The biggest climate stories often aren’t labelled ‘climate’ – so newsrooms miss them

Rachel Reeves did not deliver a climate focused budget on November 26 2025. The Chancellor’s statement was framed around growth, productivity and the cost of living. Climate change and net zero were not primary headings. The word “climate” barely featured in her speech.

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Climate action saves lives. So why do climate models ignore wellbeing?

Climate change is already shaping our wellbeing. It affects mental health, spreads infectious diseases, disrupts work, damages food supplies and forces families to leave their homes because of conflict, hunger or flooding.

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Why it’s so easy to choke on fish bones – and the other dangers they pose

Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas recently revealed that she’d “thought that was it” after a fish bone became lodged in her throat. Ballas’s terrifying ordeal lasted for 20 minutes, with the judge struggling to breathe until her hair and makeup artist managed to dislodge the bone using the Heimlich…

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Cop30 saw important developments amid huge disappointment

This roundup of The Conversation’s climate coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine.

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Beyond Zohran Mamdani: Social media amplifies the politics of feelings

Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York City mayor has spurred global celebrations and pride. Scores of social media users worldwide celebrate and claim him as one of their own.

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Will the budget save Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer? Experts give their views

Rachel Reeves’s budget was seen as a “make or break” moment for the chancellor and the government, which is suffering from low approval ratings and rapidly fading public confidence. At the same time, threats of a leadership challenge and the impending May elections mean Keir Starmer has a tricky path…

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Flu shots: how scientists around the world cooperate to choose the strains to vaccinate against each year

Twice a year, 40 scientists gather together for five days to decide what strains of influenza to vaccinate against for the next flu season. It takes around six months to prepare the vaccine – which usually includes protection against three different strains of flu. So in February, the group’s decision…

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New study finds Pacific Northwest birds are becoming more common in the mountains as the climate warms

We know that climate change is affecting animals and habitats across our world, but figuring out how isn’t always easy. In fact, for years, I told audiences we simply could not know how mountain birds in the Pacific Northwest were responding to climate change. But as my recent research proves,…

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