By David Eager, Emeritus Professor, University of Technology Sydney
On Saturday, five children were hospitalised after two separate incidents in which jumping castles were lifted into the air by high winds.
In one incident, two children were tossed out of a jumping castle and received upper body injuries at a birthday party near Geelong in Victoria. In the second incident, in Sydney, two children and an infant were injured.
So should we be worried about letting kids on jumping castles? As an expert in…
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By Matt Fitzpatrick, Professor in International History, Flinders University
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has sent shock waves across Germany – and the world – by trouncing the opposition in a state election over the weekend. But will the party actually be able to govern?
In an election that saw record-high levels of voter turnout, the AfD captured more than 44% of the vote in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. This is more than double the party’s result…
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By Anne Twomey, Professor Emerita in Constitutional Law, University of Sydney
Should the federal government be constitutionally able to ban a group, resulting in stiff criminal penalties for its continuing members, even though the group has not committed any crime?
This is the dilemma the High Court is facing with the constitutional challenge by the White Australia Party to the validity of the recently enacted Part…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Pauline Hanson’s attention-grabbing policy to give mortgage holders and renters is high populism while being – according to its many critics – low economics.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk holds a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 26, 2025. © 2025 Krishan Kariyawasam/NurPhoto via AP Photo Seventeen years after the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, the latest report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, updates the current human rights situation in the country.The government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office in September 2024, promising justice for past rights violations. Yet, as the high commissioner’s September 3 report concludes, beyond…
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By Lyndall Bryant, Senior lecturer, QUT Centre for Justice, School of Econmics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology
Amanda Bull, Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Law, Queensland University of Technology
Until we do more to tackle the causes of high construction company insolvencies, we’ll keep seeing more headlines about builders going bust.
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By Delyse Ryan, National Course Coordinator of Creative Arts, Senior Lecturer in Drama, Australian Catholic University
Kicking off the Brisbane Festival, Suzie Miller’s new play Strong is the New Pretty celebrates the blood, sweat and tears that helped create the Australian Football League Women’s (AFLW) competition.
The world premiere at Brisbane’s Playhouse theatre captivated the audience with incisive observations about the difficulties faced by the players, coaches and advocates who worked to secure that first professional season of the AFLW.
The play is loosely based on the extraordinary…
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By Penny Van Bergen, Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Wollongong
Elena Vasseleu, Lecturer in Early Childhood Education and Development, University of Wollongong
Parents and teachers might think telling kids “they’re smart” is a helpful way to build self-confidence and support positive development.
But according to new research, these kinds of statements might shape how kids approach academic tasks in ways we did not intend or expect.
In some cases, it might even courage a child to cheat.
What adults say matters
When children experience success or failure, parents and teachers will often provide feedback about why the success…
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By Syrus Islam, Associate Professor of Accounting, Auckland University of Technology
Australia and New Zealand should introduce a mandatory impact-risk statement for funds making explicit claims about their environmental or social impacts.
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By Lily O'Neill, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne
Gas is now flowing from the Beetaloo Basin, a vast fossil fuel project roughly 500 kilometres southeast of Darwin in the Northern Territory.
The basin is one of Australia’s largest onshore gas…
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