By Graeme Orr, Professor of Law, The University of Queensland
The deliberately misleading “Free Palestine” party was established by a pro-Israeli YouTuber to swing votes from left to right. And it’s perfectly legal.
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By Tan Yigitcanlar, Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, Queensland University of Technology
Anne Jeevana David, PhD Researcher, Queensland University of Technology
Ke Liu, PhD Researcher, Queensland University of Technology
Marasinghe Pelige Raveena Lakmini, PhD Researcher, Queensland University of Technology
Sajani Senadheera, PhD Researcher, School of Architecture and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology
AI systems can already monitor traffic lights, scan for potholes and answer residents’ questions – the hard part is making sure people can trust them.
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By Ruby Grant, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
Adam Bourne, Director of the Australian Centre in Sex Health and Society, La Trobe University
Maybe you live with your parents. Maybe you’re unsure. Here’s what to keep in mind if sharing your sexuality in a census question feels tricky.
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By Zoe Doubleday, Associate Professor and Marine Ecologist, Adelaide University
Bethany Jackel, PhD student, Flinders University
By late June, the animals should be well and truly aggregating. In short, the cuttlefish have simply failed to turn up.
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By Hai Thiem Bui, Researcher, Stockholm Centre for Global Asia, Stockholm University; Malmö University
As Vietnam’s top leader visits Australia this week, he may struggle to convince a distrustful diaspora to engage deeply with the communist government in Hanoi.
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By Birri O'Dea, First Nations Program Manager One Basin CRC, The University of Queensland
Chesley Cutler, Lecturer, Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University
Troy Meston, Professor of First Nations Research, First Nations Program Lead, Charles Sturt University
Australia’s Census has a complicated history with Indigenous peoples. One major issue is an ongoing undercount of First Nations people.
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By Patrick Dodd, Professional Teaching Fellow, Business School, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Hanoku Bathula, Professional Teaching Fellow in Management and International Business, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
As AI transforms graduate careers, universities should rethink when students specialise and how they combine disciplinary expertise with broader skills.
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By Emma Kohen, PhD Candidate, Western Sydney University
Read together, these very different books ask a question: do we have to choose between hope for the future and accepting life in all its bizarre banality?
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By Judy Ingham, Newsletter Producer, The Conversation
Every day, we publish a selection of your emails in our newsletter. We’d love to hear from you, you can email us at yoursay@theconversation.edu.au.
Monday August 10
“After reading the article about student disengagement, I was struck by the absence of relevance being questioned by the research. With so much emphasis on academic achievement has anyone asked students what they want to learn? There used to be…
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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
The latest federal Newspoll has the combined vote for One Nation and the Coalition down two points to 47%. This is in line with most other recent polls, the exception being last week’s Redbridge poll that had the combined right at 53%.
The improved position for the left comes despite Anthony Albanese’s net approval slumping four points to -22, just above his record low in early June.
In Victorian polling ahead of the state election in…
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