Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Statement delivered by Elyse Mosquini, Permanent Observer and Head of Delegation, UN Security Council open debate on conflict-related food insecurity, 25 August 2026, New York
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By Ben Mullins, Professor, School of Population Health, Curtin University
Belinda Churnside, Director, Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation Board, Indigenous Knowledge
Katy Evans, Professor, Curtin Frontier Institute for Geoscience Solutions, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
Nicola Armstrong, Professor of Statistics and Data Science, Curtin University
Murujuga has been cared for by Ngarda-Ngarli for more than 50,000 years. We’re studying how the extraordinary rock art it contains can be protected in the future.
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
A DemosAU poll has the Coalition up and One Nation down, while two other polls show Pauline Hanson’s party is still on the rise.
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By Samantha Heath, Senior Lecturer in Nursing , University of Waikato
Nursing students often opt out of aged care after their work placement. No amount of downstream reform will undo that first impression of an under-resourced sector.
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By Wayne Hall, Emeritus Professor, National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, The University of Queensland
If you’ve ever been a smoker, you’ll know how hard it is to quit. It can take as many as 30 attempts to finally break the habit.
An updated Cochrane review assessed the evidence of which common tools are most effective to help people quit smoking for six months.
It found e-cigarettes (or vapes) containing nicotine are more effective…
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By Wendy Hargreaves, Academic in the School of Education and Creative Arts, University of Southern Queensland
The world has lost a music legend in Dolly Parton, who has died at 80 after a “brief battle” with cancer. She’s remembered for her twanging country vocals, decades of hit recordings, Grammys, Emmys and a liberal splash of acting.
But the biggest legacy Parton leaves is her songwriting, and three songs define her more than any others.
Jolene, I Will Always Love You and 9 to 5 are not just memorable Parton songs – they are…
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By Alexa Scarlata, Lecturer, Digital Communication, RMIT University
The new drama starring Hugo Weaving and Shabana Azeez finds humour and humanity in one of the most chaotic places.
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By John Hawkins, Senior lecturer, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
The Reserve Bank has warned that if we don’t see inflation coming down, it will have to raise interest rates again.
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By Eric Van Rythoven, Instructor in Political Science, Carleton University
Canada cannot match the U.S. economically, but it can make Donald Trump’s trade war politically costly as the U.S. heads toward midterm elections.
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By Rosemary Overell, Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies, University of Otago
Dolly Parton’s first hit was titled ‘Dumb Blonde’. The country music legend, who has died at 80, was anything but that.
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