By Dennis Altman, Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
We live in an era that increasingly seeks to cancel authors for their political views, even when these views are not reflected in their creative works.
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By Tracy Comans, Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland; The University of Melbourne
No older person wants to pay to have a shower at home. But one key issue is how Australia pays for aged care without shifting the cost to future generations.
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By Anita Manfreda, Associate Professor - Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School, Torrens University Australia
Antoine Bisson, Course Coordinator, Torrens University Australia
Catheryn Khoo, Professor of Tourism and Hospitality, Torrens University Australia
Cindy Lee, Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Hospitality, Torrens University Australia
Trying to book a flight right now can feel absurd. Qantas and Virgin Australia are warning that higher fuel costs and disruption linked to the Middle East conflict are putting pressure on fares and forcing capacity cuts.
Yet both airlines are running…
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By Jessica Gildersleeve, Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
As early as the poetry of AB “Banjo” Paterson, urban Australians have been drawn to the pastoral fantasy of the outback, in which, as Paterson famously puts it, “the drover’s life has pleasures that the townsfolk never know”.
The danger of this fantasy is what lies at the centre of James Litchfield’s Alphabet Lane, a haunting new film in which the isolation of rural life sends a young couple down a dark and desperate…
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By Phil Brewer, Professor in Plant Biology, La Trobe University
Wheat is one of the most popular grains globally. But climate change is making it harder to grow, harvest and distribute this crucial crop.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Climate activists hold a rally to protest the use of fossil fuels on Earth Day in front of the White House on April 22, 2023, in Washington, DC. © 2023 AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File People living near a coal plant in Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria breathe air so toxic they describe themselves as prisoners in their own homes. In Louisiana, communities along the petrochemical corridor known as Cancer Alley face some of the highest cancer rates in the United States. In Uganda and Tanzania, activists opposing the East African Crude Oil Pipeline have faced arrest…
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By Laura
Africa has become one of the global creative economy’s most dynamic environments for growth. However, there is an economic gap between the value of what creators create and their income.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Social media apps on a mobile phone. © 2018 AP Photo (London) – The arrest of at least four people in Bangladesh for posting social media content supposedly critical of the new government is an alarming continuation of the previous government’s repressive practices, Human Rights Watch said today. Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government should live up to its promises on freedom of expression, end the misuse of existing laws to silence dissent, and amend or replace legislation to remove provisions that are open to abuse. Prime Minister Rahman…
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By Anne Quain, Senior Lecturer, Sydney School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney
Rimini Quinn, PhD Candidate, School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney
Overweight and obesity are among the most common conditions veterinarians see in both dogs and cats.
Yet weight-loss plans for pets are frequently unsuccessful, with a high drop-out rate. In one study, over half of participating dogs actually gained weight.
In a new study published in the journal Animals,…
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By Emily Foley, Postdoctoral research fellow, Flinders University; University of Canberra
Over the years, WorkChoices has become shorthand for policy disaster. It forever changed the political landscape on industrial relations reform.
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