October
- Analysis
- Middle East conflict
After a year of war, Gazans wonder how to deal with tonnes of rubble
Two-thirds of Gaza’s pre-war structures – more than 163,000 buildings – have been damaged or flattened, according to UN satellite data.
- Mohammad Salem, Hatem Khaled, Emma Farge and Nidal al-Mughrabi
September
Why big pharma wants the government to pay it to make drugs
Drug companies say the government must help pay for new antibiotics people will rarely use. But without them, Australians may die.
- Michael Smith
Israel finds bodies of six more ‘brutally murdered’ hostages
Israel’s military says the hostages were executed just before soldiers arrived in a tunnel under Rafah. President Joe Biden said Hamas will “pay for these crimes”.
- Updated
- Stephanie Kelly and Ari Rabinovitch
August
Labor agrees to guarantee Rex tickets
Catherine King says travellers can continue to book on Rex; Treasurer says no government “has ever overseen more job creation”; “Basic” council stuff-up plunges NSW Liberals into chaos. Follow live updates.
- Updated
- Lucy Slade
May
Anti-vax claims flood Senate inquiry. Officials say they’re wrong
The ABS, Health Department and actuaries say there is no evidence to support claims there were more deaths from non-COVID causes due to government vaccine mandates during the pandemic.
- Tom Burton
PNG landslide death toll estimates raised to 670
Crews have given up hope of finding survivors buried deep under the soil and rubble after a landslide slammed into a village on the Pacific island.
- Rod McGuirk
September 2023
What is Nipah and why is the deadly virus flaring up again?
India is on high alert after a resurgence of the potentially lethal virus in southern Kerala state.
- Alex Millson
August 2023
What giving up that midweek glass of wine really does to your body
It’s easy to notch up too many units when drinking, just out of habit. Here’s what happened when one writer consulted an alcohol coach.
- Miranda Levy
Japan releases nuclear wastewater as China vents fury
Beijing branded the long-awaited release of the treated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant as selfish and irresponsible.
- Sakura Murakami
The $183b COVID boom is turning to bust for Pfizer and Moderna
Moderna’s share price has already declined 43 per cent since the start of this year, while Pfizer’s has fallen 30 per cent.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
‘It’s aerosol, stupid’: the professor who challenged medical chiefs
Mary-Louise McLaws, who passed away at the weekend, stood firm against Australia’s conservative medical profession, arguing the official COVID-19 pandemic response was missing the key driver of infection.
- Tom Burton
July 2023
Common sweetener in soft drinks and yoghurt ‘may cause cancer’
Aspartame is used in everything from Diet Coke and toothpaste to low-calorie fruit yoghurts and cough drops.
- Laura Reiley
June 2023
- Analysis
- Coronavirus pandemic
Why COVID-19’s origins just got murkier
A four-page declassified report by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence has muddied the waters, with the identity of patient zero still a mystery.
- Aaron Patrick
- Opinion
- AI
The poverty of AI pessimism should worry us all
Spurning AI will rob the world of its best chances to reverse productivity declines, manage an ageing population, and head off new health threats.
- Jim O'Neill
May 2023
China scientist concedes Wuhan lab leak theory for first time
The comments are the first admission by a senior official that Beijing’s took the so-called Wuhan lab leak theory seriously after years of heated denials.
- Joe Leahy and Clive Cookson
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
The pandemic is over? The virus didn’t get the memo
COVID-19 isn’t a pandemic any more. It’s just a never-ending nightmare.
- Laurie Garrett
WHO ends global health emergency designation for COVID-19
In practical terms, the decision changes little: The virus will continue to have pandemic status, much as HIV does.
- Stephanie Nolen
March 2023
South Korea proposes a 69-hour work week
Wage earners fear the plan will ruin work-life balance in a country already well known for workaholism.
- Andrew Jeong
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
There’s a bigger urgency about COVID-19 than discovering its origins
The new cold war between the US and China makes the chance of another pandemic more likely.
- Edward Luce
January 2023
Chinese head to home towns as holidays raise virus stakes
More than 2 billion trips across China are expected in the weeks around the holidays, the Transport Ministry has estimated.
- Martin Quin Pollard and Bernard Orr