By Harry Hobbs, Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
The signing of Australia’s first treaty may be a turning point not just for Victoria but the beginning of a new chapter in Australia’s history.
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By Fadzai Chipato, Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Great Zimbabwe University
Carbon offsets in Zimbabwe pay for new garden projects and clean energy stoves, but prevent local communities from fully using communal land.
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By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney
Scott Hamilton, Adjunct Associate Professor in Engineering, Monash University
Pacific nations spend billions each year importing fossil fuels for electricity. Now the region’s leaders are aiming for energy independence.
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By Heather Handley, Senior Curator, Geosciences, Museums Victoria Research Institute; Monash University
Dermot Henry, Head of Sciences, Museums Victoria Research Institute
Oskar Lindenmayer, Collection Manager, Geosciences, Museums Victoria Research Institute
On Sunday November 2, people in eastern Victoria witnessed a bright streak across the sky followed by a loud sonic boom that felt like an earthquake. The event was captured by security cameras and mobile phones.
Last month, in South Australia, the SA Museum investigated whether a meteorite had struck a moving car, cracking and scorching its windscreen.
Two months earlier, in August, another…
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By Sarah Kendall, Adjunct Research Fellow, The University of Queensland; Griffith University
The head of ASIO says authoritarian regimes are more willing to disrupt critical infrastructure to damage the economy and sow social discord.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
With only one sitting week of Parliament left this year, the environment minister reveals the compromises he’s willing to make and the hard lines he won’t cross to get the deal done.
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By Jessica Gildersleeve, Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
Tara East, Associate Lecturer, Creative Writing and Editing and Publishing, University of Southern Queensland
Jane Harper’s novels do not include any significant First Nations characters or perspectives. Nor do they acknowledge the deeper meaning and consequence of their Gothic conventions.
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By Danielle Le Lagadec, Senior Lecturer and Head of Course, Graduate Certificate in Nursing, CQUniversity Australia
Catherine Hungerford, Associate Professor and Head of College, Nursing and Midwifery, CQUniversity Australia
Line dancing exercises your mind and memory as well as your body. But the benefits aren’t just for older people.
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By John Sibanda, Research Assistant in Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
At the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, Pacific Island states are making a familiar plea to keep warming at 1.5°C. But now they have the backing of a legal opinion that has transformed climate action from a moral and political aspiration into an obligation under international law.
Earlier this year, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory…
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By Kristian Ramsden, PhD Candidate in English, Creative Writing and Film, University of Adelaide
The great Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai has died, aged 92. Alongside fellow actor Toshiro Mifune (1920–97), Nakadai was, for many, the face of Japanese cinema across the globe.
Starring in more than 100 films, his filmography features numerous outstanding collaborations with many of the most significant directors of Japanese cinema, such as Akira Kurosawa, Masaki Kobayashi, Kon Ichikawa, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita and Kinuya Tanaka.
With his passing, the world loses one of the supreme titans of world cinema.
In tribute, I have chosen five performances…
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