By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
For a nation obsessed with professional sport, there is a surprising dearth of Aussie sports films. There have been, of course, a handful of memorable ones: The Club (1980), The Coolangatta Gold (1984) and, more recently, The Final Winter (2007).
But apart from the low-budget 2024 film Life After Fighting – understandable if you haven’t heard of it, it made less than A$6,000 at the box office – Beast is the first Australian film to be set in the world of mixed martial arts.
Patton…
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By Amanda Turnbull-McRae, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato
As AI models become cheaper and more attractive, they will likely encourage new uses and higher volumes of use – erasing any efficiency gains.
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By Justine Nolan, Professor of Law and Justice and Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW Sydney
Using tariffs to make nations act on forced labour is questionable. Yet there is substance behind the US allegations – including that Australia hasn’t done enough.
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By Luke Nottage, Professor of Comparative and Transnational Law, University of Sydney; University of Tokyo
Can consumers be confident the products we buy online now are safe? Not really. Changing the law to catch up with other countries would help.
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By Nicola Postol, Research Fellow, Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, University of Sydney
Cerebral palsy is the most common disability that starts in childhood, affecting about 50 million people worldwide.
Cerebral palsy can impact a person’s ability to move their body. This can result in mobility problems, muscle stiffness or weakness, and abnormal movements. There are often other neurological issues as well, such as epilepsy or visual impairment.
Physiotherapy can help people…
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By Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
Paul J. Maginn, Director, UWA Public Policy Institute, The University of Western Australia
Small stores, local produce and the return of the personal shopping assistant: supermarkets are starting to look like they did in the 1800s.
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By Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
Tom Hartley, Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
For decades, basketball was dominated by super tall players crowding around the basket for easy shots. Then things changed with a stroke of paint.
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By Amnesty International
Greek police frequently use unnecessary or excessive force against peaceful protesters and journalists resulting in serious physical and psychological injuries, Amnesty International said in a report published today, as it called for a ban on the use of stun grenades in the policing of protests. Protests are not battlefields: Patterns of unlawful use of force by police and impunity in Greece finds that these deeply disturbing abuses are underpinned by protest legislation that […] The post Greece: Dangerous policing tactics have turned peaceful protests into battlefields appeared first…
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By Amnesty International
In early 2025 photojournalist Marios Lolos was covering a demonstration in Athens about the Tempi rail tragedy when a police officer threw a stun grenade in his direction. It hit the left side of his head, exploding next to him. The impact resulted in him suffering permanent hearing loss and a head injury. “Had it exploded in front of my head and not a little bit later, we wouldn’t be speaking at the moment,” Lolos tells me, […] The post We will not be stunned into silence appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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Wednesday, June 3rd 2026
Children in Ukraine have been profoundly impacted by years of war, sheltering in underground schools – or forced to study online – and living with the psychological strain of constant air raid sirens that could spell death for them and their families.
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