By John Mangan, Emeritus Professor Australian Institute for Business and Economics, University of Queensland, The University of Queensland
Cricket Australia’s plan to sell off some or all of its Big Bash franchises has been put on ice – for now.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema speaks at a high-level meeting in Angola, December 4, 2024. © 2024 Ben Curtis/AP Photo (Johannesburg) – The Zambian government’s decision to postpone RightsCon 2026, effectively canceling the summit, raises concerns about the authorities’ commitment to free expression and assembly and about possible Chinese government interference, Human Rights Watch said today. The 14th edition of RightsCon was scheduled to be held in Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, from May 5 to 8, 2026.In an April 29 statement, the Zambian government said that the…
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By Rod Sims, Enterprise Professor, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
The News Media Bargaining Code was world-leading. The government’s new plan, the News Bargaining Incentive, will build on past progress to protect journalism.
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By Alberto Filgueiras, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia
Arsenal is still on the top of the English Premier League ladder, but as in previous years, the Gunners might be crumbling just when a first title since 2003–04 is within touching distance.
In early April, Arsenal had a commanding grip on the title – nine points ahead of nearest rivals Manchester City. Now it’s just three (and City has played one less game).
This isn’t the first time Arsenal has lapsed at late stages in…
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By Jen Webb, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Creative Practice, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
The title of Edwina Preston’s fourth book, Sororicidal, warns us against the presence of a happy family. After all, the word refers to the killing of a sister, or the tendency to harm a sister – and in each section of this novel we come up against a different kind of harm.
It begins in early 20th century Australia and follows a dysfunctional family, and especially their daughters – one an artist, one later a conflicted mother – over several decades. It is organised chronologically in four sections, with the…
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By Ashlynne McGhee, Head of Editorial Innovation, The Conversation
Isabella Podwinski, Social Media Producer, The Conversation
The media made Pauline Hanson and One Nation, but now the party holds all the power.
For 30 years, journalists have ridden a merry-go-round reporting on its stunts and inflammatory rhetoric, while grappling with how to interrogate its policies and hold the party to account.
In Episode…
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By Howard Wiseman, Director, Centre for Quantum Dynamics, Griffith University
A light particle can appear to leave a cloud of atoms before it enters – a new experiment, asking the atoms, confirms the light spends ‘negative time’ with them.
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By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
Kirsten Adlard, Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
Lp(a) isn’t included in routine cholesterol tests but it can affect your risk of developing heart disease or having a stroke.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Nepal’s prime minister, Balendra Shah, takes the oath of office, Kathmandu, March 27, 2026. © 2026 Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo (Geneva) – Nepal’s recently elected Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) government, led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah, which came to power on a wave of popular demands for change, should use this opportunity to bring lasting protections for human rights and the rule of law, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the International Commission of Jurists said in a letter to Shah published today.The organizations made recommendations…
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By Libby Callaway, Associate Professor, Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living Research Centre and Occupational Therapy Department, School of Primary and Allied Healthcare, Monash University
Jack Francis Kelly, Honorary Research Fellow, School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney
Phillippa Carnemolla, Professor, School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney
Sally Robinson, Professor, Disability and Community Inclusion, Flinders University
Amid major reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), unveiled last week, NDIS minister Mark Butler announced the government’s plans to commission supported independent living services for people with disability, “rather than relying on a market that isn’t working”.
Supported independent…
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