By Mark A Gregory, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University
The seven million Australians who live and work in regional, rural and remote Australia are being “left behind” by telecommunications services, according to a new report released today by the industry ombudsman.
The report comes only weeks after an outage on the Telstra network crippled services across the country. It reveals people living outside…
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By Philippa Collin, Professor of Political Sociology, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
The argument that young people belong in school misses an important point: children and teenagers have political and civic rights.
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By Emily Foley, Postdoctoral research fellow, Flinders University; University of Canberra
Josh Sunman, Associate Lecturer in Public Policy, Flinders University
One Nation has staked its claim to being the working class party of choice, arguing Labor has long left the ‘battlers’ behind.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Albanese government is set to legislate a new media bargaining code to make tech companies pay for the news journalism they reuse.
This follows discussions between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Angus Taylor this week and some tweaks to the exposure draft.
The News Bargaining Incentive and the News Journalism Payments bills will be introduced to parliament on Thursday. Under the scheme, companies will be forced to pay a tax based on their Australian digital advertising revenue if they fail to strike deals with Australian publishers.
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By Sina Pinter, PhD Candidate in Ocean Dynamics, The University of Western Australia
Nicole L. Jones, Professor of Physical Oceanography, The University of Western Australia
You may have heard reports of fish die-offs or seen photos of hauntingly bleached coral.
Those are just two signs a marine heatwave has swept through the sea.
Marine heatwaves happen when the ocean remains abnormally…
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By Aaron Teo, Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of Southern Queensland
Mahjong is having a global moment. From designer tile sets and “mahjong parties” to growing numbers of clubs and classes, the centuries-old Chinese tile game is becoming trendy once again.
But its resurgence raises questions about cultural exchange, commercialisation, and what happens when a tradition rooted in Chinese history becomes a “lifestyle…
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By Amandine Bosserelle, Lecturer in Hydrogeology, The University of Western Australia
Leanne K Morgan, Associate Professor in Hydrology, University of Canterbury
Adaptation plans don’t account for groundwater in shallow coastal aquifers, which can rise with sea levels, increasing the risk of flooding and damage.
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By Gerald Roche, Lecturer in Linguistics, La Trobe University
Sophia Smith Galler’s How to Kill a Language introduces the many methods that are used to coerce people into taking up dominant languages at the expense of their own. These include massacres, dispossession, forced relocation, criminalisation and public humiliation, as well as more subtle techniques, like economic pressure and political indifference.
Each chapter of How to Kill a Language takes a close look at one of these techniques and tells the…
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By Nicola Lockhart, Lecturer and Course Coordinator - Counter Terrorism, Intelligence & Security Science, Edith Cowan University
On June 22, Western Australian police became the nation’s first law enforcement agency to use live facial recognition technology to find persons of interest.
The trial involves a clearly marked van with cameras driving around Perth and Mandurah. It scans the faces of everyone it passes, comparing them against a watchlist of about 4,000 people. It includes those…
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By Emma F. Camp, Future Reefs Team Leader, University of Technology Sydney
Ariel K. Pezner, Chancellor's Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
Dane P. G. Wattle, PhD student, Marine Biology, University of Technology Sydney
Australia is famous for its coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef on the east coast and Ningaloo Reef in the west. Both World Heritage-listed reefs attract thousands of visitors each year.
But there’s another vast network of coral reefs in Australia that few people know about. More than 1,000 uncharted northern coral reefs were recently identified using satellite imagery along the
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