By Lester Munson, Non-Resident Fellow, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney
Donald Trump’s scored a major political win, after his mega tax and spending bill cleared its biggest hurdle. It could be signed into law as soon as July 4.
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By Abhimanyu Bandyopadhyay
“During the uprising, the women of Bangladesh stood at the forefront of the revolution. ... It is deeply shameful to witness how their presence and voices have been gradually pushed back into the shadows.”
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By Teodora C. Hasegan
Wilmer Aram Ajú facilitates workshops on the ancient Mayan writing system to generate greater curiosity about the language and its relationship to Mayan art.
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By Simon Coghlan, Senior Lecturer in Digital Ethics, Deputy Director Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
Lucy Sparrow, Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction, The University of Melbourne
Even if you suspect a fake, here’s what to consider before accusing someone of using AI to create art, music or writing.
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By Belinda Wheaton, Professor, School of Psychological and Social Sciences, University of Waikato
Byron Rangiwai, Associate Professor, Māori & Indigenous Research, UNITEC Institute of Technology
Nicholas Bowden, Research fellow, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Otago
Stephanie D'Souza, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Education, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Increasing access to ADHD diagnosis and medication is a good move. But it shouldn’t be the whole plan to address a condition effecting thousands in New Zealand.
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By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia
A second low forming off the NSW coast may have given anxious residents a reprieve by pulling energy away from the huge storm lashing the coast.
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By Rosemary Sheehan, Professor of Social Work, Monash University
Disturbing allegations have emerged about a Melbourne childcare worker, who has been charged with more than 70 offences, including sexual assault and producing child abuse material.
Health authorities have urged about 1,200 children to get…
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By Adrian Dyer, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Monash University
On the Australian one dollar coin, you will often find the famous representation of a mob of five kangaroos. But when did the kangaroo first appear on money?
My new research, published in the Australian Coin Review, tracks through history the iconic representation of kangaroos on numismatic items: coins, tokens, paper notes and other objects that can act as money to enable the effective trade of goods.
It turns out that the first…
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By Danielle Arlanda Harris, Associate Professor in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University
Parents have been left reeling by news a male Melbourne childcare worker has been charged with alleged sexual abuse of young children in his care.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Supporters of LGBTQ rights demonstrate outside the US Supreme Court, as the court hears oral arguments in the Mahmoud v. Taylor case, in Washington, DC, April 22, 2025. © 2025 Oliver Contreras/AFP via Getty Images On the last day of its term, the United States Supreme Court issued a sweeping decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, finding that parents are entitled to opt their children out of school curricula that expose children to LGBT-inclusive books.Allowing parents to block their children from accessing curricula that convey affirming, inclusive messages about lesbian,…
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