By Andrew King, ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
Removing the worst-case climate future for Earth isn’t failed science, as climate sceptic Donald Trump claims. It’s a sign climate action has made a difference.
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By Donna Mazza, Associate Professor, English and Creative Writing, Edith Cowan University
The Blazing World is a testament to how far the written novel has travelled in the past 400 years. A literary time capsule, it holds within it the origins of a genre we now call speculative fiction.
Written by Margaret Cavendish, a wealthy iconoclast who advocated for women’s educational opportunities, and published in 1666, The Blazing World is a strange work. Testament to this, its full title is The Description Of A New World Called The Blazing-World, written by The Thrice Noble, Illustrious, and Excellent…
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By Asha Bowen, Team Lead, Healthy Skin and Acute Rheumatic Fever Prevention, The Kids Research Institute Australia
Lorraine Anderson, Medical Director, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services, Indigenous Knowledge
Stephanie Enkel, Postdoctoral Researcher, The Kids Research Institute Australia
The current diphtheria outbreak – which has spread across four Australian states and possibly claimed one man’s life – may seem unexpected.
But a closer look shows it is yet another example of inequitable…
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By Michelle Burgis-Kasthala, Professor of International Law, La Trobe University
Trump’s demand other countries sign the accords has been met with silence, which shows how far this is from becoming reality.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Andrew Hastie has become a special target for One Nation over his willingness to give evidence against Victoria Cross winner Ben Roberts-Smith.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image "Slave Chain with Four Yokes" from the Dexue voodoo convent in Adounko, Benin, dating from the 19th century at the Memorial ACTe, the Caribbean Centre of Expression and Memory of Slavery and the Slave Trade, in Point-a-Pitre, May 8, 2015. © 2015 Nicolas Derne/AFP via Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the need for reparations in connection with France’s role in the transatlantic slave trade on May 21.Macron said that reparations for enslavement crimes should no longer be ignored. He also warned against “false promises,” emphasizing that the legacy…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A group of deported Cubans gather outside the Juan Graham Hospital in the city of Villahermosa, Mexico, March 2026. © 2026 Josué Leal The Trump administration has deported over 4,300 Cubans to Mexico, many of whom are older people with serious health conditions who had been living in the United States for years or even decades. Many are left stranded without access to housing and health care. Those who cannot access protection as refugees are trapped in a permanent state of legal limbo.The United States should guarantee people in removal proceedings individualized…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A team from the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) clearing unexploded cluster munitions on farmland in southern Lebanon, November 10, 2020. © 2020 John Wreford/SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Photo (Beirut, May 27, 2026) – Lebanon’s recent accession to the Mine Ban Treaty amid an ongoing armed conflict underscores the treaty’s vital importance for saving lives and rebuilding communities, Human Rights Watch said today. The government’s decision should motivate other countries, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, to support the global norm against antipersonnel mines.“Lebanon’s…
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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 Redbridge MRP poll has Labor winning 76 seats. The Coalition would secure just 12 seats in the House of Representatives compared to One Nation’s 53.
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By Vik J. Squires, Casual Academic, The University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne
Tabloids are trying to frame the Beartooth frontman’s coming out as gay as a scandal. This moment says a lot about LGBTQIA+ representation in metal.
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