By Sanjib Chaudhary
Deepa Devkota from Sindhuli District has become the first Nepali woman living with a disability to complete a wheelchair bungee jump at the Bhotekoshi River in Sindhupalchok District.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Anthony Albanese’s resistance to calling a national royal commission in the wake of Bondi is nearly impossible to comprehend.
Some would argue a benign explanation – that he misjudged the national mood and has dug himself into a hole. Others think he may fear what an inquiry might turn up, in terms of his government’s failures in combatting the spread of antisemitism.
The calls for a federal royal commission are now reaching a roar. The pressure was palpable at Sunday night’s memorial service at Bondi, where Albanese was booed. He’d offered to speak, but organisers decided…
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By Gijsbert Hoogendoorn, Professor in Tourism Geography, University of Johannesburg
Anneli Douglas, Associate Professor of Tourism Management, University of Pretoria
Greg Richards, Professor of Leisure Studies, Tilburg University
Younger South Africans who have the money to travel locally are keen on learning culturally relevant and creative skills while on holiday.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The federal government has announced its much-anticipated gas reservation scheme, to provide security for Australia’s domestic supply and put downward pressure on prices.
The scheme, working though permits, will only affect new contracts. Although it will apply to all new contracts from now, the plan will not begin operating until 2027. Consultations on details will start in the new year.
The government acknowledges the importance of gas in the energy transition, and is seeking to get on top of both availability and cost issues.
“Australian gas for Australian…
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By Cassandra Cross, Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology
Making a three-step plan with your family – including creating a secret password or phrase – can help keep you safe these holidays and throughout the year.
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By Missaka Nandalochana Hettiarachchi, Adjunct Professor in Disaster Management, James Cook University
Disasters like earthquakes and flood destroy homes and generate vast amounts of waste. Is there a better, greener way to rebuild affected communities?
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By Joanna Nicholas, Lecturer in Dance and Performance Science, Edith Cowan University
The festive season can throw our exercise routines out the window. You might be staying somewhere different, with no access to a gym. Maybe your yoga studio is closed or social sport is on a break. Or you might just be too flat out with social events to find the time.
For some people, a break from pushing their bodies will be exactly what they need.
But others will want to keep up the fitness and strength they’ve been working on throughout the year – and some will crave the mental release.
Here are some low-equipment, time-efficient strategies to keep you exercising…
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By Eric Parisot, Associate Professor in English Literature, Flinders University
It’s that time of year when our favourite Christmas stories reemerge to dominate the stage and screen. Prominent among them is The Nutcracker, a classic 19th-century tale that has been adapted in a variety of forms, but is best known as Tchaikovsky’s 1892 ballet.
Not many would know E.T.A. Hoffmann as the author of the original story, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (1816), in which a child’s Christmas present comes to life. Even fewer would know much about him.
It is fair to say he is not the kind of writer some might imagine to be behind the delightful children’s fantasy…
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By Peter Jacobson, Senior Lecturer in Condensed Matter Physics, The University of Queensland
Beck Wise, Lecturer in Professional Writing, The University of Queensland
In 1977, an American physicist named John H. Van Vleck won the Nobel prize for his work on magnetism. In his Nobel lecture, amid a discussion of rare earth elements, one sentence leaps out:
Miss Frank and I made the relevant calculations.
Who was Miss Frank? Van Vleck credits her with key work on the quantum mechanics of magnetism, but she is almost absent from the history books.
Amelia Frank published a handful of scholarly papers which are well-cited…
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By Susanna Trnka, Professor of Anthropolgy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Young people are embracing the ‘healthization’ of all aspects of their lives, from the physical to the emotional and beyond. The trick is finding the right balance.
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