By Kateryna Kasianenko, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
Ashwin Nagappa, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, Queensland University of Technology
Caroline Gardam, Researcher, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
A new study shows stronger guardrails on search engines are needed to prevent the spread and legitimisation of conspiratorial beliefs.
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By David Rowe, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
Netflix’s new documentary Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly tries to show the human behind the memes – but lacks thorough interrogation.
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By Audrey Storm, Ph.D. Candidate in Art History, University of Southern California
Retrospectives on Yayoi Kusama often point to mental illness as the source of her inspiration. But before she made it big, she was a young girl inspired by traveling the world for the first time.
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By Sarah Wayland, Professor of Social Work, CQUniversity Australia
As a supporter or friend, you don’t need to have the answers, and you shouldn’t speculate. Here’s how to just be there and offer practical support.
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By Dennis Altman, Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
How did our politics become so personal? Performance Politics considers 70 years of books and documentaries, from the Whitlam era to now.
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By Mark Crosby, Professor of Economics, Monash University
With no clear plan to curb government spending in the US or in Australia, investors are pushing up interest rates to decade highs.
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By Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Critical Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
The ABC wants to dismantle the department behind some of its best television – and the best Australian television ever.
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By Emily Simpson, Doctoral Candidate in Ecology, University of Sydney
Aaron Greenville, Senior Lecturer in Spatial Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
Chris Dickman, Professor Emeritus in Terrestrial Ecology, University of Sydney
Glenda Wardle, Professor of Ecology and Evolution, University of Sydney
Heavy rains after the Black Summer megafires drove rapid regrowth of plants. But these signs of recovery can hide the true story.
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By The Conversation Canada, The Conversation
In his new book, Cree behavioural scientist Louis Busch walks readers through teachings from several prominent Indigenous Knowledge Holders to reveal how suffering can provide both personal insight and communal strength.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People march in Minneapolis, Minnesota march to protest the actions of federal agents with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency during their immigration crackdown, Operation Metro Surge, in the state, January 30, 2026. © 2026 Dave Decker/ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters The first public meeting of the Minnesota Truth Council, a transitional justice mechanism established to create a historical record of the federal government’s abusive immigration enforcement operations in the state earlier this year, took place on August 26. An independent body comprised…
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