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In December 1972, the same month the Whitlam government was first elected, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 1975 as International Women’s Year (IWY). This set in train a series of world-changing events, in which Australia was to play a significant part.

The business council is calling for new national targets to place Australia back in the top 10 in the OECD rankings across reading, maths and science.

Australia ranks well when it comes to total dental care expenditure. But a closer look at the numbers reveals that trips to the dentist are a luxury many people can’t afford

Adapting themselves to Trump’s zero-sum worldview, global leaders ditched any appeal to high-flown ideas

Achim Steiner calls for ministers to discuss reversals to overseas aid squeeze imposed by Rishi Sunak

Increasing the tax rate on superannuation balances above $3m would affect less than 1% of the population – and yet it is still unlikely to pass

In a memorandum, President Donald Trump said a global tax deal earlier agreed upon has “no force or effect” in the United States.

A team of academic researchers, lawyers and journalists from 16 European countries has exposed a huge lobbying campaign aimed at gutting a proposed EU-wide restriction on the use of “forever chemicals”. This campaign saw significant increases in the lobbying expenditure of major producers of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known…

PEOPLE living in the UK are 39 worse off than those in neighbouring countries, a think tank found this week – and campaigners argue independence…

Experts criticise Defra’s decision not to use OECD definition of PFAS, with one asking if move is ‘politically based’

Industry-funded research and exaggerated claims litter arguments made by fluoropolymer industry against stricter regulation