By Dana McKay, Associate Dean, Interaction, Technology and Information, RMIT University
George Buchanan, Deputy Dean, School of Computing Technologies, RMIT University
For as long as you have been a member of your local gym, you have used a small plastic tag to access it. But now the tag no longer works. Instead, you have to download an app to get inside for your workout – and that app requires location access and Bluetooth access, which would allow it to track your location within the gym, and potentially anywhere based on the Bluetooth signal.
This is just one example of being forced to use apps where we otherwise might not want to. It happens if we want to communicate with government, to engage with health services, to authenticate our identities,…
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By Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Winter is a time to take stock of what’s working and what’s not in the garden. Time will flash by – so don’t neglect these winter jobs.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image France's junior Minister for equality Aurore Berge during the presentation of the new national Plan to fight against racism, antisemitism and discrimination based on origin at the Bibliotheque Nationale of France (BNF) in Paris on July 6, 2026. © 2026 Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images The French government announced a new national plan last week aimed at combating racism, antisemitism, and discrimination. Unfortunately, the plan fails to tackle the systemic and institutional nature of racism in France.Adopted on July 6 and extending from 2026 through 2029, the…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Rescuers work at the site of a landslide at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, July 8, 2026. © 2026 Shamimul Islam Faisal/AP Photo (Bangkok) – The deadly risks facing Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh were evident from landslides in July 2026, that killed at least 17 people and displaced more than 3,000, Human Rights Watch said today. Bangladesh has been hosting over a million Rohingya refugees for nearly a decade, with expanding families crammed into bamboo and tarp shelters on steep, deforested hillsides that are highly vulnerable…
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By Ajai Jayathilakan, Lecturer in Aviation Management, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Fuel prices have exposed a deeper problem in NZ’s regional air network. Struggling routes may need public support if smaller communities are to stay connected.
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By Adelle Sefton-Rowston, Associate Professor, Charles Darwin University
Yvette Holt, Indigenous Knowlegde, Indigenous Knowledge
Since 2019, a number of workshops have been held in the Darwin Correctional Precinct, as part of an ongoing prison education project.
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By Ashmitaa Thiruselvam, Social Media Cadet, The Conversation
On questioning the nation’s strategic concerns about China, becoming a non-aligned nation and AI reducing total working hours: an edited selection of your views.
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By Elizabeth Ellison, Postdoctoral Reserach Fellow in Oceanography , Australian National University
Laura Cimoli, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
Thousands of metres below the ocean’s surface, there are tiny waves moving through the water.
Much like breaking waves at the beach, these small waves within the ocean must eventually break. When they do, they create turbulence and mixing, similar to what you feel from a big wave breaking on the beach.
This might seem far removed from your everyday life. In fact, for a long time scientists have assumed this deep ocean turbulence only mattered over long time scales – that is, centuries…
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By Bikesh Raj Upreti, Lecturer in Business Information Systems, The University of Queensland
Federico Iannacci, Senior Lecturer in Management, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
Stan Karanasios, Professor in Information Systems, The University of Queensland
Many of world football’s brightest names took the field over the weekend, as the quarter finals of the FIFA men’s World Cup played out. But for many fans, the heroics of the likes of Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland were overshadowed by the actions of a surprising character: the referee.
Two contentious decisions marred England’s 2–1 win over Norway: one that disallowed a Norwegian goal due to an earlier foul, and another that allowed an English goal…
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By Anam Bilgrami, Senior Research Fellow, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
One Nation thinks adding photo ID to your Medicare card will stop fraud up to $3 billion a year. Here’s why this doesn’t stack up.
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