Discriminatory practices dating back to Australia's colonial history are at least partly to blame for a comparatively high smoking rate among Indigenous populations, according to a team of academic researchers at the Australian National University.
Legal experts are warning a recent decision by the Privacy Commissioner sets a worrying precedent allowing the Government to reveal people’s private information without their consent.
Some Australian sex workers cannot afford to pay rent or buy food as US laws banning online advertising slash their business and drives down their wages.
Social media is abuzz with photos of bees drinking sugar water from teaspoons, after a post on a fan page dedicated to the British naturalist Sir David Attenborough draws attention to the dwindling population of bees worldwide.
"Break rooms" are popping up around Australia, where people pay as little as $35 to don protective gear and destroy bottles, plates and white goods with a baseball bat. But their customers aren't necessarily who you think.
This week The Daily Show host Trevor Noah learned the internet never forgets, but it's a lesson many Australians, particularly millennials, are paying the price for — with both their reputation and their wallet.
As Julian Assange's seven-year stay in the Ecuadorian embassy in London is drawing to a close, the ABC's daily news podcast The Signal has been investigating what will happen when his time in the embassy runs out.
Swedish "disruptor" and self-described biohacker Hannes Sjöblad says growing movement towards "bio-implants" could soon render loyalty cards, keys, bus tickets and even bank cards obsolete.
The latest IPCC report warns the world has just 12 years to avoid a climate change catastrophe. Scientists are telling us that by quitting coal quickly, we could stave it off, but is that even possible?