By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The ex-champion cyclist turned commentator explains why heat is a growing risk to the annual summer event, and points to some Australian women to watch this weekend.
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
As Ben Carroll replaced Jacinta Allan as Victorian premier four months before the state election, a Newspoll had Allan at -46 net approval, but Labor only trailed the Coalition by 52–48.
Legislation that reforms the Victorian upper house by scrapping group voting tickets is set to pass parliament this week.
There have also been four federal polls released since Monday. The combined vote for One Nation and the Coalition is 47% in YouGov and Essential, 47.5% in Morgan and 49% in Spectre.
Victoria’s new premier and Newspoll
Jacinta Allan resigned as premier…
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By Tina Soliman-Hunter, Professor of Energy and Natural Resources Law, Macquarie University
The Australian government this week announced plans to construct a new large-scale oil refinery in Western Australia. If approved, it would be the first refinery to be built since the 1960s.
The federal government initially touted the idea of a government-backed oil refinery in April. In the months since, Australians have…
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By James Graham, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sydney
55% of Australian home loans have an offset account. But they can be difficult to navigate, set up and monitor – and they’re not a good deal for everyone.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Makeshift shelters for communities displaced from Nagero County to Bazia, Wau County, South Sudan, November 18, 2025. © 2025 Joe Falzetta South Sudan’s army, opposition forces, and their respective allied militias abused residents and caused much of the population to flee during fighting in 2025 in Nagero County, Western Equatoria.Civilians have returned to Nagero town and environs, but continue to live in fear, and the government has continued to limit aid access into Nagero County as in other conflict-affected areas in the country. The government should suspend…
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By Remy Veness, Lecturer in Glaciology, Sheffield Hallam University
Built from stones weighing between 2 and 25 tonnes, the structure of Stonehenge demonstrates a scale of construction hard to imagine before the invention of the wheel. The mystery deepens when you consider that the stones are not from the local bedrock. So why these stones, and how did they get there?
Recent work I carried out with geochemist Anthony Clarke from the University of Curtin, Australia, might have an answer to these two questions for the most far travelled stone of Stonehenge – the Altar Stone.
The…
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By Amnesty International
Shell must answer for decades of pollution in the Niger Delta after internal company documents revealed broken rules, failing infrastructure and unresolved clean-up costs that risk leaving affected communities to pay the price, a coalition of human rights and environmental organisations, including Amnesty International, said today in a new report. The report, Nigeria: Lifting the […] The post Nigeria: Shell documents expose ‘basket’ pipeline, ‘missing’ wells and US$10.9bn decommissioning costs as pollution scandal grows appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Carl Woods, Associate Professor of Skill Acquisition, The University of Queensland
Georgia Black, Associate Lecturer, Sport and Exercise Science, The University of Queensland
Picture this: your sports-loving 12-year-old has started showing some promise at Australian rules football.
Not only are they now pleading to stay up later on Thursday and Friday evenings to watch games, but your weekends are fast becoming filled with car trips, the packing and unpacking of footy bags and cold mornings spent supporting from the sidelines.
Then one day, a state-based talent development academy invites them to attend a pre-season training camp in summer.
What was once a winter passion may soon become a year-round sport, leaving you pondering…
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By Anthony Clarke, Research Fellow, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
Chris Kirkland, Professor of Geochronology, Curtin University
Nearly four centuries after the Batavia wrecked, a new study about its precious cargo shows that stories can indeed be written in stone.
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By Holly Seale, Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW
Md Saiful Islam, Senior Lecturer, School of Population Health, UNSW
If an older person believes dodgy health advice on social media, it’s easy to blame their age. But we’re all susceptible.
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