By Stewart Lockie, Director, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University
Nick Osbaldiston, Associate Professor in Sociology, James Cook University
Rana Dadpour, Research fellow, James Cook University
Limiting our attention to short-term workforce needs ignores a much bigger conversation about what it will take for regional Australia to thrive in the future.
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By Celeste Rodriguez Louro, Associate Professor of Linguistics and Director of Language Lab, The University of Western Australia
AI systems tend to focus on the person speaking – but the listener plays just as big a part in communication.
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By Mahima Kalla, Digital Health Transformation Research Fellow, Centre for Digital Transformation of Health, The University of Melbourne
Noushin Nazarian, PhD Candidate, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
Apps and wearables are often built on invisible assumptions that might not be relevant to you. A new study shows how we can change that.
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By Theresa Dicke, Professor, Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University
The OECD reports schools worldwide are under growing strain from teacher shortages. “It is getting harder to recruit, retain and deploy qualified teachers where they are most needed,” it has found.
Australia faces a similar picture. At least one third of Australian teachers say they intend to leave the profession…
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By Nina Hillenberg, Senior Lecturer, Design, Torrens University Australia
Scandinavian design is rooted in a philosophy that seems to make life easier. But it’s been turned into a bland colour palette.
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By Julian Novitz, Senior Lecturer, Writing, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology
Catherine Chidgey’s novel The Starving Bride is a disturbing and bleakly funny portrait of a society attempting to distract itself from mounting disasters.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The remains of fighting in the abandoned village of Bakri, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) from El Fasher, Sudan, where homes and fields were left deserted after residents fled escalating violence across the region, February 24, 2026. © 2026 Giles Clarke/Avaaz via Getty Images A record number of countries at the United Nations Human Rights Council this week voted to support a resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan. For the first time, the Gambia, Mauritius, and Malawi joined South Africa and countries from other regions voting…
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By Ephraim Percy Kenyanito
In 2024 the African Commission itself adopted a resolution on internet shutdowns during elections. The resolution treats a shutdown as a harm to expression and access to information...
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to an announcement today by France’s Interior Minister that the use of stun grenades in the policing of high school student protests will be temporarily suspended, Anne Savinel-Barras, President of Amnesty International France, said: “While the suspension of the use of these grenades in the policing of the current high school student protests is […] The post France: Permanently ban the use of all stun grenades in policing of protests appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Saudi Arabia’s authorities must urgently overturn the death sentence issued against a migrant worker on charges of “blasphemy”, said Amnesty International today. The organization is calling on Saudi authorities to release him immediately and unconditionally given his charges stem entirely from his exercise of his right to freedom of expression. Anojan Sivarasa, a 24-year-old Sri […] The post Saudi Arabia: Overturn death sentence against Sri Lankan migrant worker over social media post appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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