By Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
Nicholas Hookway, Senior Lecturer, Sociology, University of Tasmania
This week, a group of Australian primary school principals called for more male primary school teachers, saying boys needed more “male role models”.
The Australian Government Primary Principals Association told a parliamentary inquiry male students were struggling with their…
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By Shane Pill, Professor in Education, Flinders University
The World Cup captures the attention of passionate supporters all around the world, as well as casual fans who get swept up in the excitement every four years.
Hardcore fans follow as many games as closely as they can, assessing not just the wins, draws and losses, but also more technical aspects such as possession percentages, expected goals, duels won, corners…
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By Na'ama Carlin, Lecturer, UNSW Sydney
Too many Australians affected by cancer are being financially ruined or receiving sub-optimal (or no) care, due to cost or distance – and it’s everyone’s problem.
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By Emma Whatman, Senior Tutor in Media and Communications, The University of Melbourne
Eloise Faichney, Lecturer in Media and Communications, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
Although she initially borrowed his name and cultural capital, these days when people think of Tim McGraw, they almost certainly think of Taylor Swift.
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By Kliti Grice, John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Organic and Isotope Geochemistry, Curtin University
More than 100 million years ago, a flying reptile called a pterosaur flew over the oceans hunting squid and fish.
Much more recently, one of its wing bones was discovered in Brazil, transformed over the aeons into a fossil made of a complex assemblage of different chemicals and minerals.
And in new research published in iScience, my colleagues and I found that the fossil bone still holds secrets of the creature’s life, including microscopic inner structures of its bones and molecular traces of its…
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By Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
A coronial inquest is this week examining the death of Melbourne wellness influencer Stacey Warnecke after a freebirth at her home in September.
About 25 minutes after her son…
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By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation
After dining lavishly on lobster, caviar and truffles in the opulent surrounds of the Palace of Versailles last night, Donald Trump affixed his signature to the much-anticipated memorandum of understanding that will, all being well, begin a 60-day ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran.
The document was subsequently signed in Tehran by the Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian.
“This was not easy,” the US president reportedly remarked as he wielded his trademark Sharpie marker pen – a statement that may go down as a huge understatement. The text of the deal reveals the…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image In this file image from undated video footage run by China's CCTV via AP Video, Muslim trainees work in a garment factory at the Hotan Vocational Education and Training Center in Hotan, Xinjiang, northwest China. © CCTV via AP Video, File The Canadian government’s elimination of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE), announced on June 11, marks a significant step backwards in the fight for accountability for human rights abuses by Canadian companies.The CORE, established in 2019, investigates rights abuses by Canadian companies operating…
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By Pamela Ephraim
Despite comprising 50 percent of the population, women hold just 4.5 percent of seats in the National Assembly. Nigeria consistently ranks near the bottom globally and in Africa on women’s parliamentary representation.
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By Behrouz Bakhtiari, Assistant Professor, Operations Management, McMaster University
A peace deal has reopened the Strait of Hormuz, but insurance premiums, mine clearance and a container shortage across two continents suggest the disruption is far from over.
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