By Graham Wild, Aviation Coordinator, Australian Defence Force Academy; UNSW
Four close calls on Sydney Airport runways in as many weeks have put air traffic management in the spotlight.
It’s too early to determine the exact cause of each one. But four ground-safety occurrences at Australia’s busiest airport in a little over three weeks raise an obvious question: how common are occurrences like these, and are they becoming more frequent?
To examine the broader pattern, I analysed Australian Transport Safety Bureau data from 2003 to 2025 for Australian commercial air transport, focusing on runway incursions (the incorrect presence of an aircraft,…
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By Martin Kear, Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
With the world’s attention focused on the ongoing US-Iran conflict and the delicate negotiations over the fate of Gaza, it’s easy to overlook what’s happening in the other occupied Palestinian territories.
In recent days, the Israeli government has given final approval to a plan to build a new settlement in an area of the West…
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By Carolyn Wade, Lecturer, School of Education, Griffith University
Paul Kidson, Associate Professor in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University
Some private schools have introduced behaviour contracts for parents. Meanwhile, some states let principals ban abusive parents from public school grounds.
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By Wellett Potter, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of New England
It’s a familiar experience for many Australians. Shopping at discount supermarket chain Aldi, you see an off-brand product that looks similar to a major brand’s product you know and love. You decide to buy it, because not only does it look familiar, it also costs much less than you would pay elsewhere.
Aldi has successfully used this dupe or “lookalike” strategy for decades. However, the approach is not without risk, particularly in the eyes of Australian copyright law.
Last week, Aldi lost…
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By Zoe Bainbridge, Senior Research Fellow, TropWATER, James Cook University
Rebecca Bartley, Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
Sediment and nitrogen runoff carried by rivers is a major challenge to the Great Barrier Reef. Science confirms efforts to improve water quality are paying off.
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By Mathew Leonardi, Associate Professor, Gynaecological Surgeon and Sonologist, McMaster University; Adelaide University
Narges Kalani, Clinical Research Assistant, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Oncology, McMaster University
Could new tests shorten the long road to an endometriosis diagnosis? The promise is compelling, but the evidence is not there yet.
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By Penni Russon, Senior Lecturer, Literary Studies and Creative Writing, Monash University
Shaun Tan’s groundbreaking graphic story, The Arrival, counters the dangerous fantasy of a homogeneous (white) Australia – and invites us to inhabit the other.
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By Boram Lee, Senior Lecturer, Adelaide University
OzAsia is more than a festival, and its loss will be felt at a time when Asian-Australians need inclusion more than ever.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Members of the minority ethnic Rohingya Muslim group in Myanmar are “suffering, misery, and cruelty on multiple levels and across the country that is heartbreaking,” according to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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By Liam Anderson
Women in Nampula turned the capulana into a symbol of resistance, while social media amplified protests, digital activism, and debates regarding state control and civic rights in Mozambique.
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