By Katherine Harding, Professor of Allied Health and Implementation Science, La Trobe University
ABC analysis shows some patients wait six years or more for outpatient medical appointments in Australia’s public hospital system.
According to the ABC, the delays are longest in parts of South Australia, where some patients waited more than six years to see a neurologist and 5.5 years to see ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialists and gastroenterologists.
In parts of Tasmania, waits for ENT specialists, neurologists and urologists were almost five…
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By Gemma Hamilton, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, RMIT University
The legal system can be complicated and many victims of sexual violence aren’t sure what to expect from it. Here’s how it works.
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By Andres Molina, Senior Research Fellow, Mitchell Institute/Centre for International Research on Education Systems, Victoria University
Esther Doecke, Research Fellow, Centre for International Research on Education Systems, Victoria University
Melinda Hildebrandt, Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
Full-service schools combine education, health, social and wellbeing supports inside the school. They aim to remove barriers to learning and combat disadvantage.
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By David Forrest, Sessional Academic in Creative Writing, The University of Queensland
These 5 great listens investigate the labyrinthine qualities of art forgery, the peculiar celebrity of the art forger, and the modern obsession with authenticity.
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By Alice Grundy, Visiting Fellow, School of Literature, Language and Linguistics, Australian National University
Literary journals are breeding grounds of talent – including the new Splinter, rebooted Southerly, and First Nations journal Sovereign Texts, launching next year.
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By Audrey T. Lin, Research Associate in Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution
Logan Kistler, Curator of Archaeobotany and Archaeogenomics, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Today’s wolves and dogs share a common ancestor. But a deeper look at their genes reveals that interbreeding since dogs were domesticated 20,000 years ago hasn’t been as rare as scientists assumed.
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the German government’s decision to lift a suspension on the issuance of certain arms export licences to Israel for use in the occupied Gaza Strip effective today, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns said: “Germany’s decision to lift its partial suspension of weapons shipments to Israel is […] The post Germany: Resumption of arms transfers to Israel reckless, unlawful and risks complicity in Israel’s international crimes appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Honduran citizens vote during the primary elections in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on March 9, 2025. © 2025 Emilio Flores/Anadolu via Getty Images (Washington, DC) – Escalating political pressure on electoral authorities threatens Hondurans’ right to vote in free and fair elections, Human Rights Watch said today.Honduras will hold general elections on November 30, 2025, for the president, all 128 National Congress members, and 20 Central American Parliament members. In recent weeks, the Attorney General’s Office has opened criminal investigations targeting top electoral…
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By Francesco Agnellini, Lecturer in Digital and Data Studies, Binghamton University, State University of New York
The line between human and machine authorship is blurring, particularly as it’s become increasingly difficult to tell whether something was written by a person or AI.
Now, in what may seem like a tipping point, the digital marketing firm Graphite recently published a study showing that more than 50% of articles on the web are being generated by artificial intelligence.
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By Stephen M Yeager, Professor of English, Concordia University
Dungeon & Dragon’s expansion over the last 50 years was driven by digital social networks in the same way that the evolution of digital social networks was driven by D&D.
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