By Alan Duncan, Director, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC) and John Curtin Distinguished Professor at Curtin University, Curtin University
Steven Rowley, John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin Business School, Curtin University
After years of rapid growth, Australia’s housing market is beginning to cool. Auction clearance rates have softened, prices in Sydney and Melbourne are easing, and economists expect further modest declines over coming months.
And whenever housing slows, the same question quickly follows: will the…
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By Jason Bosland, Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
There’s no doubt open justice is at crisis point in Victoria following sustained negative media reporting. But it can be improved.
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By Hussein Dia, Professor of Transport Technology and Sustainability, Swinburne University of Technology
Australia’s EV transition is gathering pace – but fixing gaps in the public charger network will be essential for the shift to continue.
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By Tim Rowse, Emeritus Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
Musquito’s life and death can be read through the lens of a history of invasion and resistance. Or of the difficulties of being placed between two worlds.
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By Garritt C. Van Dyk, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Waikato
Throughout the history of cinema, popcorn has been both scorned as a messy lowbrow distraction and hailed as a profit-making saviour.
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By Helen Milroy, Professor & Director, Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health (CAMDH), The University of Western Australia
Hayley Jackson, Research Fellow in Youth Mental Health, The Kids Research Institute
Indigenous Australians are less likely to use health services than non-Indigenous people – even when needed. So health services need to change.
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By Andrew Barron, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
A new study builds on a wave of new work that is daring to suggest insects might have a form of consciousness.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A doctor examines a pregnant woman at a hospital in the province of Fayoum, southwest of Cairo, Egypt, February 19, 2019. © 2019 Hayam Adel/Reuters An Egyptian court sentenced doctor and filmmaker Omnia Suwydan on July 4 to a six-months suspended prison sentence and a fine of 20,000 Egyptian pounds (US$408) for alleging obstetric violence at an Alexandria public hospital.Obstetric violence, which includes physical and emotional abuse of pregnant people seeking sexual and reproductive health services, is a widespread but broadly ignored form of gender-based…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Folarin Balogun shoots on goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32 match between USA and Bosnia and Herzegovina in Santa Clara, California, July 1, 2026. © 2026 Cal Sport Media via AP Photo Immigration is helping the US soccer team get the job done at the World Cup.Many of the players on the US squad, which faces Belgium in a World Cup elimination game on July 6, have roots to immigrant parents or grandparents.Another player, star striker Folarin Balogun—whose availability for today’s game is the subject of a soccer and diplomatic crisis—is only eligible…
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By Nick Turner, Professor and Croft Chair in Management, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary
Justin Weinhardt, Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources, University of Calgary
In June, TD Bank told staff that it would begin running software called WorkiQ on their work computers, tracking time spent in browsers, internal chat and meeting apps. The rollout has revived public debate about workplace surveillance. But the issue extends well beyond one bank.
Many jobs have become more digital, hybrid and dispersed. Managers…
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