By Vivienne Milligan, Honorary Professor of Housing Policy and Practice, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
Megan Moskos, Associate Professor of Sociology, School of Society and Culture, Adelaide University
New national research shows unmet housing need among First Nations households is double the rate of other Australians. But there are solutions.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The anti-corruption expert says Victoria’s Labor government was willing to ‘deal with the devil’ on its Big Build projects – at the cost of ‘bad governing’.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
In a speech on Wednesday to the McKell Institute Julian Hill says progressives shouldn’t fail to acknowledge that concerns over migration are real.
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By Haiqing Yu, Professor, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
Shen Yun is one of Falun Gong’s culture outreach organisations. It markets its dance performances as a revival of ‘traditional Chinese culture’.
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By Amnesty International
A Nigerian police unit set up to tackle kidnapping and armed robbery in Imo state has instead been unlawfully killing suspects, torturing and ill-treating detainees to coerce them into confessing to bogus crimes, and arresting people for the sole purpose of extracting lucrative bribes for their release, Amnesty International said today. Based in Owerri, the […] The post Nigeria: Tiger Base police unit involved in rampant violations including extrajudicial executions, torture and extortion appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Andrew Starner, Lecturer in Drama, Australian Catholic University
Melbourne’s Red Stitch is reviving Summer and the Seventeenth Doll and its two prequels, together for the first time since 1985.
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By Sarah Diepstraten, Senior Research Officer, Blood Cells and Blood Cancer Division, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
John (Eddie) La Marca, Senior Research Officer, Blood Cells and Blood Cancer, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
An estimated 170,000 Australians were diagnosed with cancer in 2025.
Many people know the causes of cancer are partly genetic. But how do your genes, which contribute so much of what makes you you, change what they do and cause a cancer?
Where do these “cancer genes” come from? And are they ticking time bombs?
Cancer is caused by DNA mutations
DNA is called the “instructions for life”, but what does it do? Your cells can…
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By Micah Goldwater, Associate Professor, School of Psychology, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney
Do you dry your hair before going out to avoid catching a cold? That’s even if you know viruses are the real cause? Here’s what’s going on.
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By Kath Albury, Professor of Media and Communication and Associate Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology
Gay and bisexual people in Australia are being targeted in violent attacks facilitated through dating and social media apps.
A recent investigation by the ABC revealed several hate crimes involving Islamic State sympathisers bashing gay and bisexual boys in Sydney, including some they had met on Wizz, which markets itself as an app for connecting young people, including minors.
This…
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By Arup George, Research Manager, UNSW Sydney
The new agreement gives Australia and India a chance to become much needed AI chip material suppliers – and an alternative to China.
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