By Shane Homan, Associate Professor, English, Communications and Performance Studies, Monash University
Heather Margot Anderson, Emeritus Professor of Economics and Econometrics, Monash University
Susan Forde, Professor, Media and Journalism, Griffith University
New research suggests more investment in community radio could help recover some of this losses faced by the music industries.
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By Ashlynne McGhee, Head of Editorial Innovation, The Conversation
Isabella Podwinski, Social Media Producer, The Conversation
For 30 years, One Nation and Pauline Hanson have been ridiculed, dismissed and shut out. Now, no one is laughing. This is the story of how a party built on fear and grievance thrived, died and rose again to upend Australian politics.
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By Kai Lane, Traditional Owner Representative and Trainee Ecologist, Indigenous Knowledge
Jaana Dielenberg, University Fellow in Biodiversity, Charles Darwin University
Kaori Yokochi, Wildlife ecologist and Lecturer, Centre of Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Science, Deakin University
I’m a proud Yorta Yorta and Barapa Barapa man, an Indigenous astronomer and a trainee ecologist.
When I look at the night sky, I don’t just see stars. Instead, I see an ancient knowledge system that has guided people, culture and Country for tens of thousands of years.
But that knowledge is now at risk. In many of our towns and cities, the stars are increasingly…
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By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
Emily Burch, Accredited Practising Dietitian and Lecturer, Southern Cross University
Sometimes the ingredients we throw away are the ones we should have cooked with all along. Here are some ideas to minimise food waste and save money.
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By Cassandra Mudgway, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Canterbury
New Zealand is changing the law to make sexualised deepfakes a crime. But this alone may not be enough to counter the rise in AI-generated fake sexual material.
This week the Deepfake Digital Harm and Exploitation Bill is set to go through its first reading, with support across the political spectrum. The amendment…
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By Jason Tian, Senior Lecturer, Finance School of Business, Law and Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology
The rarest Bluey silver coins have been resold for more than 11 times their original price. But it’s worth seeing how much of a markup you’re actually paying.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Advocacy for Democracy Team (TAUD) members show solidarity with Andrie Yunus, a rights who suffered burns in an acid attack in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 16, 2026. © 2026 Willy Kurniawan/Reuters (Jakarta) – An Indonesian official announced on April 30, 2026, that the government would seek to amend the country’s 1999 Human Rights Law to allow authorities to determine who is a recognized human rights defender, Human Rights Watch said today. Adopting such revisions would violate fundamental rights to freedom of expression and association and put rights defenders…
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By Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
Bill Hanage, Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
While the hantavirus outbreak will likely be eliminated, it highlights persistent gaps in global pandemic prevention, preparedness and response measures.
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By Anna Farmery, Associate Professor, the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong
Clever rebranding and marketing could help boost demand for local sardines among Australians. But really making a difference would require policy change.
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By Klinger Soares Faico Filho, Professor da Disciplina de Clínica Médica e Medicina Laboratorial, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Tests for Ebola don’t detect this strain, so it took the WHO extra time to confirm the cause of the outbreak.
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