By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
Democrats have a three in four chance of gaining control of the Senate, and remain overwhelming favourites to gain control of the House of Representatives.
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By Elspeth McLennan, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Australasian Wildlife Genomics Group, University of Sydney
Carolyn Hogg, Professor of Biodiversity & Conservation and Co-Lead, Australasian Wildlife Genomics Group, University of Sydney
Scat may be a waste product, but it holds crucial clues about an animal’s diet, disease risk and genetic health.
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By Guilherme Casarões, Associate Professor of Brazilian Studies, Florida International University
Three weeks ago, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s political obituaries had all been written.
The far-right presidential candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the jailed former President Jair Bolsonaro, had come out of the first round of the presidential election with…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva voting in the second round of the 2022 presidential election, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. © 2022 Rovena Rosa/Agência Brasil (São Paulo, October 25, 2026) – Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who has been reelected as Brazil’s president, should use his new term to tackle chronic human rights problems, Human Rights Watch said today.President Lula defeated the Liberal Party candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, in a runoff election on October 25, 2026, official results from the Superior Electoral Court show. Lula received 51.7 percent of the…
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By Karla Canuto, Professor, Indigenous Health Promotion, James Cook University
Kootsy Canuto, Associate Professor, Indigenous Men's Health Promotion, James Cook University
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men have a life expectancy of 71.9 years – 8.8 years less than non-Indigenous men.
Rates of potentially avoidable deaths in men under the age of 75 is almost three times higher for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men.
The reasons for these health…
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By Ashmitaa Thiruselvam, Social Media Cadet, 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 October 26
“Regarding your article ‘There’s a hidden bias affecting what we know – and don’t know – about nature’, as someone who has worked for many years with researchers of the natural world (including government bodies such as CSIRO), I applaud the authors and study…
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By Liz Evans, Adjunct Researcher, English and Writing, University of Tasmania
Menopause has always been a universal female experience. So why is so-called ‘meno-lit’, with midlife hormonal changes at the core of these novels, a new phenomenon?
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By Justin Hastings, Professor of International Relations and Comparative Politics, University of Sydney
Keramat Hasani, Senior Research Fellow, Centre of Maritime Studies, National University of Singapore
Puay Guan Goh, Associate Professor, Analytics And Operations, National University of Singapore
It’s the middle of the night in April 2023 in the East China Sea.
A North Korean-linked oil tanker, sailing under different country’s flag, suddenly goes dark.
It stops transmitting its location using the Automatic Identification System (AIS) machine that all larger commercial ships have on board. To the casual observer looking at a computer screen, it ceases to exist.
This is just one of hundreds of ships in the North Korean shadow fleet that keeps the pariah state’s economy afloat…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A box of Mifepristone combined with Misoprostol tablets, May 2026. © 2026 Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via AP Photo (Tokyo) – A South Korean government proposal would allow medication abortion in South Korea in 2027, but overly restrictive regulations will continue to impair the right of women and girls to safe and affordable abortion services, Human Rights Watch said today. National Assembly members have questioned government officials about the plan during a parliamentary audit. Seven years after South Korea’s Constitutional Court ruled the country’s decades-long…
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By Gabrielle Meagher, Professor Emerita, School of Society, Communication and Culture, Macquarie University
From child care to aged care and disability support, Australia’s care economy is increasingly a for-profit enterprise. But that comes at a great cost.
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