By Naomi Hodgens, PhD Candidate, Lab of Evolutionary Genetics, Conservation and Sociality, Flinders University
Many of the Australian animals most at risk of extinction are extremely tough to track down. That’s because they live in small pockets of disappearing nature, such as rare grasslands or ancient forests, in worryingly low numbers.
One of the most obscure is the Victorian…
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By Samuel Martin, Researcher, Sign on Screen Project, Australian National University
The Deaf-led theatrical work explores the tragic consequences of the Milan Conference of 1880, which resulted in the suppression of sign language around the world.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Tran Hiep. © Private (Bangkok) – The Vietnamese authorities should immediately release three activists associated with the overseas Viet Tan organization who went missing in Cambodia, and drop all charges against them, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should also grant Norwegian and Australian consular officials and family members immediate access to the detained men.The Vietnamese police claim that Nguyen Duc Thuan, a Norwegian citizen; Tran Hiep (also known as Ho Pham Hiep Huy), an Australian citizen; and Thai Cong Truong Son are members…
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By Robin Gauld, Executive Dean, Bond Business School, Bond University
Voters should look for long-term health policies that address workforce shortages, improve access to primary and specialist care, and include early intervention.
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By Donald Heflin, Executive Director of the Edward R. Murrow Center and Senior Fellow of Diplomatic Practice, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
The United States is down one more ambassador. On Oct. 13, 2026, it emerged that President Donald Trump had asked Kimberly Guilfoyle, a MAGA loyalist and ex-fiancée of Trump’s son Donald Jr., to resign her position as U.S. ambassador to Greece, a NATO ally. It follows allegations that the Trump adviser turned diplomat pushed for a Republican donor to pay off her six-figure American Express…
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By Philippe Le Billon, Professor, Geography Department and School of Public Policy & Global Affairs, University of British Columbia
Rashid Sumaila, Director & Professor, Fisheries Economics Research Unit, University of British Columbia
Orbital space management organizations could help ensure that future generations live with stars above their heads, rather than constellations of debris.
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By Ruipeng Liu, Senior Lecturer in finance, Deakin University
Sagarika Mishra, Associate professor, Deakin University
What’s not clear is how much of this AI boom is being driven by real, end-user demand — and how much might be a bubble.
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By Megan Willis, Associate Professor, School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University
Open a newspaper on any given day and you’re likely to read about yet another case of intimate partner violence – a form of domestic violence between current or former partners.
Less visible is what happens to the victims who survive it. For them, the mental health consequences can persist long after the relationship ends.
Our new research, published in the Journal of Family Violence, found mental disorders were twice as common…
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By Nancy Cushing, Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle
Pigs, camels, rabbits and many others were brought to Australia deliberately as valuable species. But we see them very differently once they become free-roaming.
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By Trevor Mazzucchelli, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Curtin University
When parents have different approaches to raising children, who’s right? Research suggests the answer matters less than how they handle their disagreements.
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