By Treasa Dunworth, Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
A joint statement by NZ and 27 other countries opens a door for further action against Israel over Gaza. What domestic and international steps could be taken?
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By Catherine Jane Archer, Senior Lecturer, Communication, Edith Cowan University
Catherine Page Jeffery, Lecturer in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
Faith Gordon, Associate Professor in Law, Australian National University
Joanne Orlando, Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
Tama Leaver, Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
The Austalian government has confirmed video-sharing platform YouTube will be included in the upcoming social media ban for children aged 16 and under.
In recent days, the platform – owned by Google – attempted to persuade the Australian government to remain excluded…
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By Edward C. Holmes, NHMRC Leadership Fellow and Professor of Virology, University of Sydney
Andrew Rambaut, Professor of Molecular Evolution, University of Edinburgh
Kristian Andersen, Professor; Director of Infectious Disease Genomics, The Scripps Research Institute
Robert Garry, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University
The COVID pandemic likely began when the virus jumped from animals to humans, and didn’t start in a lab. But false narratives continue to circulate.
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By Marianne Fenech, Professor, Early Childhood Governance, University of Sydney
Gabrielle Meagher, Professor Emerita, School of Society, Communication and Culture, Macquarie University
A bill that will strip funding from shonky providers is expected to pass parliament this week. But it falls short in a number of ways.
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By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
A new book, Conspiracy Nation, explains how conspiratorial thinking and misinformation spread – both online and in the real world – in contemporary Australia.
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By Prudence Flowers, Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
Jessie Murph wants you to love her ‘like its 1965’ – but 1965 was a pretty terrible time to be a woman.
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By Christoph Nedopil, Director Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University
The foundations of our economic boom are shifting. Australia needs to position itself at the centre of new green industries.
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By Heather McGinness, Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO
Luke Lloyd-Jones, Research Scientist, CSIRO
Micha V Jackson, Researcher in Applied Ecology, CSIRO
Australia’s inland waterbirds can fly long distances to find shallow wetlands to breed. But human needs and climate change could threaten them.
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By Malak Benslama-Dabdoub, Lecturer in law, Royal Holloway University of London
The UK will formally recognise the state of Palestine in September unless Israel acts to end the “appalling situation” in Gaza. After an emergency cabinet meeting, Downing Street released a statement saying the UK would recognise Palestine unless Israel committed to a long-term sustainable peace, allowed the UN to restart humanitarian support, agreed to a ceasefire, and made clear there would be no annexations in the West Bank.
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By Antonio Míguez Macho, Profesor de Historia Contemporánea, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
“When a wise man points at the moon, the imbecile examines the finger.”
This proverb – attributed to Conficius – pinpoints the human tendency to focus on a message, messenger or concept instead of the reality that it signals, especially when that reality might be uncomfortable or upsetting. Today, it is acutely relevant to the ongoing killing and starvation in Gaza.
Many scholars, lawyers,…
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