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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By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
If there’s one area of New Zealand foreign policy that demands delicate diplomatic language from elected officials, it is the country’s nuclear-free status.
So when Defence Minister Chris Penk suggested it “would be helpful” to have a conversation about the difference between nuclear weapons and nuclear propulsion, the response was swift.
Opposition parties questioned whether the government was planning a review of the relevant legislation, forcing Prime Minister Christopher…
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By Michelle Burgis-Kasthala, Professor of International Law, La Trobe University
Two million Palestinians are being squeezed into a smaller pocket of Gaza, while Israel is preparing the ground for a longer-term occupation.
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By Pandanus Petter, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University
It’s certainly not impossible for the One Nation leader to take the country’s top job – but there are several hurdles she’d have to jump to get there.
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By Laura Jobson, Professor in Clinical Psychology, Monash University
Xin Kie Lee, Research Associate in Psychology, Monash University
Western PTSD treatments typically focus on talking to a therapist about your feelings and emotions. But this doesn’t actually help everyone.
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