By Nicola Willand, Associate Professor in Housing, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
Alan Pears, Senior Industry Fellow, Environment and Planning, RMIT University
Mike Roberts, Senior Research Fellow, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW Sydney
Xiufang (Leah) Li, Lecturer, Communication and Media Studies, RMIT University
Australia is a world leader when it comes to adopting rooftop solar systems. But our solar transition is leaving renters and apartment dwellers behind.
According to the latest census, almost one-third of Australians rent their homes, live in apartments or are connected to private energy networks. These households are largely unable to benefit from rooftop solar.
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By Samuel Garrett, Senior Research Associate, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
The controversial bill has passed the House of Representatives and now heads to the Senate, where it will face stiff opposition.
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By Rita Matulionyte, Associate Professor in Law, Macquarie University
Hours before Albanese delivered a major speech on AI in Sydney, the US state of New York imposed a one-year pause on building new data centres.
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By Shannon Brincat, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of the Sunshine Coast
The US State Department calls the ICC an ‘intolerable threat to US sovereignty’. And it can significantly disrupt the court’s work.
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By Alice Grundy, Visiting Fellow, School of Literature, Language and Linguistics, Australian National University
Anthony Albanese has made a spirited defence of artists’ rights in the AI age. But while data centres are getting concrete support, creators are not.
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By Matteo Vergani, Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Tackling Hate Lab, Deakin University
This week, the royal commission into antisemitism has heard repeated accounts from Jewish university staff and students about antisemitic incidents on Australian campuses. Many have described feeling let down by their institution’s…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The outgoing Labor president explains why no votes can be taken for granted in a time of ‘anxiety and insecurity’.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Protesters opposing mass deportations by ICE hold signs during a demonstration held outside of Fort Bliss, the US Army base where a large new ICE detention facility is being built, in El Paso, Texas, August 17, 2025. © 2025 REUTERS/Paul Ratje (Washington, DC) – People held in the immigration detention camp at the US Army’s Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas have experienced serious abuse, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said in a joint report released today. People detained at Camp East Montana have experienced indiscriminate beatings,…
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By Jon C. Day, Adjunct Principal Research Fellow, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University
Rob Coles, Principal Research Scientist at TropWATER, James Cook University
When you think about threats to the Great Barrier Reef, coral bleaching due to climate change would likely be first.
But the world’s largest reef system faces many threats. One surprisingly large threat is poor water quality. When sediment is washed off farms, cities and bushland into rivers, it can be transported kilometres offshore. If there’s too much, it can smother corals and seagrass meadows. Fertiliser and pesticide residue can make things worse.
Unlike the global problem of climate change, water quality is a threat Australia can directly address. The issue has…
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By Elissa Elvidge, Research Fellow, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
Yin Paradies, Professor of Race Relations, Deakin University
We know First Nations people encounter frequent and pervasive racism in every facet of their daily lives. But since the 2023 Voice referendum, these experiences have increased significantly – including in health care.
When First Nations people face racism at the doctor’s office or in a hospital or pharmacy, it can profoundly impact both their mental and physical health.
Evidence shows it can lead…
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