By Rachel Ong ViforJ, John Curtin Distinguished Professor & ARC Future Fellow, Curtin University
Hal Pawson, Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
Simon Pinnegar, Professor of City Planning, School of Built Environment, UNSW Sydney
The government’s scheme will open to applications soon, promising to help thousands get onto the property ladder. How have similar schemes worked globally?
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By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
Annual inflation rose to a 16-month high of 3.8% in October, adding to pressure on the government as it seeks to make savings across the public sector.
When governments, whether Commonwealth, state or local, increase spending it adds to inflation. Opinions differ on whether Commonwealth spending makes a significant difference. Opposition finance spokesperson Jane Hume argues…
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By Andrew Cowell, Professor of Linguistics, University of Colorado Boulder
I was hired at the University of Colorado Boulder in 1995 as a language professor. I relocated from Hawaii, where I had learned the Hawaiian language.
When I arrived in Colorado, I decided I needed to learn about the Indigenous language of the Boulder and Denver area, Arapaho. The Arapaho people had occupied the area for many years until they were forced to leave in the 1860s.
I first visited…
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By Jessica Russ-Smith, Associate Professor, Social Work and Deputy Head of School, School of Allied Health, Australian Catholic University
Michelle Lazarus, Director, Centre of Human Anatomy Education, Monash University
But resisting is possible – and the long history of First Nations resistance against colonial violence demonstrates how people can resist digital colonialism.
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By Gregory A. Daddis, Professor and Melbern G. Glasscock Endowed Chair in American History, Texas A&M University
President Donald Trump and his supporters cast their domestic opponents as disloyal, traitorous or worse, rather than seeing dissent as part of democracy.
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By Sara Oscar, Senior Lecturer, Visual Communication, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
Data Dreams: Art and AI is at the Museum of Contemporary Art brings together artists who make visible the tensions of ever-present AI.
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By Amnesty International
The Cuban government must put an end to institutional gender-based violence against women human rights defenders, journalists, and activists, Amnesty International said today as it launched its new report “They Want Us Silent, But We Keep Resisting: Authoritarian Practices and State Violence Against Women in Cuba.” Amnesty International is calling on the Cuban authorities to […] The post Cuba: The State represses women human rights defenders appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Migrant workers move through the Ban Laem Immigration Checkpoint on the Thai-Cambodian border, July 28, 2025. © 2025 Ploy Phutpheng/SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Photo The Cambodian government is not supporting hundreds of thousands of migrant workers with microfinance debts who returned from Thailand because of hostilities in mid-2025.The Cambodian government has long failed to ensure an adequate standard of living, compelling many families to obtain predatory microfinance loans, making the tenuous situation of people who returned even more difficult.The government should…
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By Clare Davidson, Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
Aylin Malcolm, Assistant Professor, English Literature, University of Guelph
Modern researchers know about the cuckoo’s cross-species brood parasitism – but one Roman emperor observed this more than 700 years ago.
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By Carwyn Jones, Honorary Adjunct Professor, Te Kawa a Māui - School of Māori Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The review is a coalition promise, but is based on questionable assumptions about the tribunal’s legal status and purpose. And now the UN is looking at it.
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