By Audrey Mitchell, PhD Candidate and Sessional Tutor in Film Studies, University of Sydney
The golden age of the Hollywood remarriage comedy featured pairings such as Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant. Now, these films are back with a psychological twist.
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By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
The media have the power to make Hanson’s tyrannical attitudes and behaviour a central issue, and their failure to use this power has only emboldened her.
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By Andrew Thomas, Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University
Iran’s new supreme leader is reportedly more interested in building a bomb than his father. Where does this leave future negotiations?
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By Ammresh, PhD Candidate, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University
Snakes are seemingly simple in structure, a head attached to a long unremarkable noodle. They do have some pretty cool features at the front end, with venomous fangs and the capability to stretch their mouths and swallow large prey whole, but their bodies are not just the simple tubes we once thought.
My new research, published today in the Journal of Morphology, reveals their body structure to be surprisingly complex – far more than we once thought. In fact, it shows snakes have among the most complex spines in reptiles.
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By Robert-John Broughton, Assistant Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
New Zealand is lifting its defence spending while deepening its military ties with Australia. But what happens when it needs to say no?
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By Francesco Bailo, Senior Lecturer in Data Analytics in the Social Sciences, Deputy Director of the Centre for AI, Trust and Governance, University of Sydney
In the past ten days, two of the companies leading the artificial intelligence (AI) boom discovered their own powerful, semi-autonomous models had hacked into real-world systems during testing in four distinct incidents.
These weren’t just lab mishaps. In several cases, the models recognised signs suggesting they’d broken into real systems – and only one stopped as a result.
The incidents show testing advanced AI models is no longer a controlled exercise.…
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By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
A former NRL player yesterday alleged shocking inducements from betting companies to keep gambling, including receiving cocaine as well as free alcohol and food at race meetings.
Luke Bateman’s testimony came on the first day of a two-day Senate
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By Rachakonda Sreekar, Research Fellow, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland, The University of Queensland
Ardiantiono, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lubabun Ni'am, Doctoral Student, University of Heidelberg
Multiple pressures are acting simultaneously in threatening Tapanuli orangutan — from extractive industries to logging to agricultural expansion and, increasingly, climate-related disasters.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A Rohingya refugee feeds a child in front of the office of the UN refugee agency in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 27, 2026. © 2026 Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters (Bangkok) – The Malaysian government should reverse plans that would permit the forced return of refugees to Myanmar, where they face persecution and other rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. On July 23, 2026, Malaysia’s deputy foreign minister informed parliament that 5,000 Myanmar nationals in immigration detention would be sent back to Myanmar. On July 29, Malaysian Prime Minister…
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By Eugene Schofield-Georgeson, Senior Lecturer, UTS Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
Victoria’s new Premier Ben Carroll has announced yet another royal commission into allegations of corruption in the construction industry.
This latest inquiry will focus on the construction division of the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), the main union representing building workers.
There have been multiple…
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