By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
If the Reserve Bank raises rates again on Tuesday, Chalmers will face a barrage of questions about getting his fiscal policy in better shape.
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By Sabrina Fitzsimons, Co-Director of DCU CREATE (Centre for Collaborative Research Across Teacher Education), Lecturer in Education, Dublin City University
An event may be months away, yet psychologically it has already entered the room, casting a shadow on the present.
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By Giles Gasper, Professor in High Medieval History, Durham University
For whatever the land you possess, whether it be where sand
And gravel lie barren and dead, or where fruits grow heavy
In rich moist ground; whether high on a steep hillside,
Easy ground in the plain or rough among sloping valleys -
Whereever it is, your land cannot fail to produce
Its native plants…
These words come the Hortulus: The Little Garden written by Wahlafrid Strabo (c. 808-849), who was a Benedictine monk from the monastery of…
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By Rebecca Hutcheon, Research Fellow at the Faculty of Business and Creative Industries, University of South Wales
At a literary event at Burgh Island Hotel in south Devon recently, the novelist Catherine Newman remarked that whenever she looked down from the island’s steep cliffs while walking, she half-expected to discover a body.
It was an apt response to a place that helped inspire Agatha Christie’s crime novels, including Evil Under the Sun. In the novel, Christie makes the island’s isolation part of the mystery. When character Emily Brewster remarks, “This isn’t the sort of place you’d get a body”,…
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By Amnesty International
Russia’s increased targeted attacks on energy and heating infrastructure risks creating a new humanitarian catastrophe for civilians ahead of winter, Amnesty International warned today. The civilian death toll during Russia’s full-scale illegal invasion has increased significantly in recent months, with October 2026 expected to be one of the deadliest periods for civilians in years. Based […] The post Ukraine: Russia’s increased attacks on energy and heating infrastructure ‘creating a deadly situation for civilians’ appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
One Nation’s Pauline Hanson and party director James Ashby have both said they won’t run against Nationals leader Matt Canavan in the seat of Capricornia.
This makes it a near certainly that Canavan, who lives in Yeppoon in the central Queensland electorate, will have a smooth transition from the Senate to the lower house.
On Monday, Canavan formally confirmed he will contest Capricornia at the 2028 election, following the recent announcement by Nationals MP Michelle Landry that she will retire then.
“As leader of The Nationals, I have a duty to be on the…
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By Jean-Nicolas Bordeleau, Research Fellow, Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies, Flinders University
On Tuesday, voters across the United States will cast their votes in the 2026 midterm elections. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate are on the ballot.
Forecast models give Democrats about a 95% chance of winning a majority in the House.…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A police vehicle on the outskirts of Lusaka, Zambia, August 14, 2026. © 2026 Alfonso Nqunjana/AP Photo Zambian police and military forcibly disappeared, arbitrarily detained, beat, and threatened opposition members, lawyers, journalists, and government critics in the days before and after general elections in August. The post-election climate of intimidation, harassment, and repression has had a chilling effect on civic and political organizations, particularly on dissenting voices.The authorities should immediately halt the crackdown, allow access to lawyers…
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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
Labor’s primary vote dropped two points to 27% in Newspoll, equalling the mid-September Newspoll for their lowest this term. It’s near Labor’s record low in 2011.
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By Alisa Tian, Associate Lecturer in Translation and Interpreting, School of Humanities & Languages, UNSW
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools are more widespread than ever, and one of the functions they offer is fast, real-time translation. Some people are even questioning the need to ever learn another language, if near-instant translation is so widely available to all of us, often for free.
However, those translations are far from perfect. While AI translations are very fluent, fluency doesn’t equal accuracy. Even proficient bilinguals can
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