By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The cash rate this week hit its highest point since 2011. It was the Reserve Bank’s fourth interest rate increase…
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By Ildar Farkhatdinov, Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Engineering (Robotics and Mechatronics), King's College London
This year, members of Seattle Mountain Rescue have been setting off into the wilds of the US Pacific north-west wearing an unusual piece of kit.
They’ve been hiking into the wilderness with powered assistive devices attached to their hips and legs. Designed to increase lower-body strength when climbing or carrying heavy loads, these pieces of equipment…
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By Clarissa Giebel, Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Population Health & NIHR ARC North West Coast Social Care Theme Lead, University of Liverpool
Cost keeps care out of reach for many people in England. Andy Burnham’s National Care Service could learn from how Germany, Norway and Sweden pay for it.
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By Katayoun Shahandeh, Lecturer in Museum Studies, SOAS, University of London
Sokhanvari’s work asks what remains after a life has been pushed out of history – and whether a portrait can resurrect a woman consigned to oblivion.
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By Jordan Beaumont, Senior Lecturer in Food and Nutrition, Sheffield Hallam University
Lucie Nield, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Sheffield
Delivery-only kitchens make up around 15% of outlets on major apps in England, yet only a quarter of surveyed consumers recognised the term.
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By Tony Syme, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Salford Business School, University of Salford
The Traitors has become essential viewing for millions of fans. The TV game show, in which a group of “faithfuls” try to identify a smaller number of hidden traitors, is all about truth and lies.
And it looks very easy from the sofa. For the 2026 celebrity version, contestants including singer James Blunt, mathematician Hannah Fry, broadcaster Amol Rajan and actors Bella Ramsey and Richard E. Grant, will have been working on their game plan.
But inside the castle, things are more complicated than they might look. This is because the entire…
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By Jean Sovon
In central Sahel's countries military juntas claim to restore popular sovereignty. Political parties are dissolved in all three countries, over a thousand civil society organizations have been suspended.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Shoebridge at a post-ballot news conference focused on the Greens going after Labor, arguing it had left a vacuum by ‘rushing to the right’.
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By Nicholas Wood, Professor, The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School and Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Sydney
People at the highest risk of severe COVID will still be eligible for free vaccines. Others may have to pay.
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By Nathan Fioritti, Lecturer in Politics, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
Narelle Miragliotta, Associate Professor in Politics, Murdoch University
Inspired by his UK counterpart, the new Greens leader will likely lean into left-wing populism over the pragmatism of his predecessor.
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