By Peter Ralph, Distinguished Professor of Marine Biology and Executive Director of the Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney
Alexandra Thomson, Industry Engagement Manager, Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney
Martin Lloyd, Strategic Lead, Research Translation, University of Technology Sydney
Diesel is critical to Australia. Any supply disruption has immediate and widespread consequences, given Australia imports almost 80% of its liquid fuels. As the energy shocks of the Iran war ripple out, Australia’s leaders have scrambled to shore up supplies of fuel – especially diesel and aviation fuel.
Disruptions to fuel…
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By Tilman Ruff, Honorary Principal Fellow, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
Hundreds of diplomats from almost every country just met for four weeks at United Nations headquarters in New York to review the most comprehensive nuclear non-proliferation treaty in the world. And they agreed to absolutely nothing.
After thousands of interventions, working papers, statements, national reports, side events, preparatory conferences, closed-door meetings and consultations, the delegates couldn’t even reach consensus on the most hollowed-out…
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By Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
Brendon Hyndman, Associate Professor of Education, Charles Sturt University
Neale Daniher, the 2025 Australian of the Year who became the face of Australia’s battle against motor neurone disease (MND), has died aged 65.
The former VFL footballer and coach died on Monday, his family revealed:
“We’re heartbroken to share that our much-loved husband, Dad and Poppy, Neale Daniher, passed away at home, surrounded by his family.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A Russian passport in review in Moscow, March 25, 2025. © 2025 Pelagiya Tikhonova/Sputnik via AP Photo On May 26, Russia’s State Duma is scheduled to review a draft law that targets exiled critics for allegedly acting “against Russia’s interests overseas.”The draft law, prepared by a special parliamentary commission, “On Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs,” stipulates that Russian exiles convicted of offences typically the result of politically motivated prosecutions, will be subject to a wide range of restrictions.The offences include…
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By Barbara Allen, Associate Professor in Public Management and Policy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Jonathan Boston, Professor of Public Policy , Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Michael Macaulay, Professor of Public Administration, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The government’s sweeping overhaul assumes AI, restructuring and job cuts can deliver a leaner, more efficient state. That is far from certain.
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By Catharine Coleborne, Professor of History, School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle
Once we enter midlife, it seems everywhere we look there are signs pointing to the future. Advice about retirement strategies, property and housing, superannuation (if we’re lucky enough to have it), how to age well, be healthy, adjust to life’s “third act”.
But we less frequently reflect on the emotional and spiritual aspects of ageing, or watching our parents age and become dependent on us and on carers.
Review: How to Dress for Old Age – David Carlin and Peta Murray (Upswell Press)
How…
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By Benjamin Isakhan, Professor of International Politics, Deakin University
Eleanor Childs, Graduate Researcher, Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
As conflict continues in Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and elsewhere, the cost is being recorded not only in deaths and displacement, but also in ruined libraries, mosques, churches, museums, archives and historic neighbourhoods.
UNESCO has verified damage to 527 cultural sites in Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion; 164 sites in Gaza since October 7 2023; and damage to the World Heritage-listed Golestan…
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By Samuel Cornell, Honorary Fellow in Public Health, Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Queensland
Luke Cox, Lecturer in Sport Integrity, Swansea University
Timothy Piatkowski, Senior Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
The inaugural Enhanced Games are underway in Las Vegas and are set to be a unique spectacle that promotes drug-induced “enhancement”.
The International Olympic Committee has condemned the event as a way to “destroy any concept of fair play” and “moronic”.
Read more: The Enhanced…
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By Aung Zaw Zaw Phyo, Research Fellow in Chronic Diseases and Ageing , Monash University
Joanne Ryan, Professor, Chronic Disease and Ageing, Monash University
Growing old is a fact of life.
But thanks to improved health care and innovative technology, more of us are living longer and healthier lives.
However, ageing isn’t always easy. That’s because your body and mind decline as you get older, and become more vulnerable to various diseases such as diabetes, dementia and some cancers.
In our new…
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By Yuki Keith, Postdoctoral Researcher, Immunology, Garvan Institute
Tri Phan, Program Director – Precision Immunology / Laboratory Head, Garvan Institute
For the past 15 years or so, a class of drugs called immune checkpoint inhibitors have been used to treat melanoma – the most dangerous kind of skin cancer.
For many patients, they produce remarkable results. For others, they do nothing.
We still don’t really know why. But in new research published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, we observed immune cells called macrophages attacking melanoma cells in real time – which may offer clues about how we can make those therapies work for all patients, not…
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