By Hamish McKenzie, Deputy Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute, Grattan Institute
Alison Reeve, Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
Australia is one of the world’s largest exporters of liquefied natural gas (LNG). But it faces domestic gas shortages by the 2030s as old gasfields run dry.
Gas exports from the east coast only began in 2015. Since then, exports have ballooned and domestic gas prices have increased dramatically. Price…
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By Intifar Chowdhury, Lecturer in Government, Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies, Flinders University
For every generation over the last century, Australian women have been more religious than men. But these charts show gen Z is different.
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By Mark Hancock, Professor of Physiotherapy, Macquarie University
Deborah Wareham, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Spinal Pain Research Centre, Macquarie University
If you’ve got low back pain, you’ve probably heard the advice to go for a swim. Now the evidence shows they were right.
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By Jae Yup Jung, Associate Professor, School of Education, UNSW
As term three rolls around, students in Years 9, 10 and 11 are starting to plan their subject pathways for their senior years.
Some students may be considering acceleration in one or more Year 12 subjects. This means placing them into classes with older peers to allow them to study above their year level. These students are likely to be among the most capable in their year group. They also tend to learn quickly and are highly motivated to learn.
The…
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By Charlotte Farrell, Lecturer, Theatre and Performance Studies, UNSW
Divine Playhouse, a queer arts venue in a deconsecrated church, was forced to close its doors in Sydney last week. It doesn’t have to be this way.
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By André Gagné, Full Professor, Department of Theological Studies, Concordia University
While such commentary can be described as semi-serious soccer banter, it speaks to the broader religious shifts taking place in Latin America.
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By Jan Nyssen, Professor of Geography, Ghent University
Alemtsehay Tsegay, Associate professor in Agronomy, Mekelle University
Emnet Negash, Researcher, Ghent University; Oregon State University
Federica Sulas, Associate Professor, University of Gothenburg
Mariano Ucchesu, Researcher, Université de Montpellier
Tesfaalem Gebreyohannes, Associate Professor at the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Mekelle University
Yemane Hailu Fissuh, Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Assistant Professor, PhD in Biostatistics
The northern highlands of Ethiopia are among Africa’s oldest agricultural landscapes. Some of the world’s most important crops originated here, particularly pulses and grains, including teff. Yet another crop has a less well-known history in Ethiopia’s Tigray region: the grapevine.
We are an interdisciplinary team of geographers, agronomists and archaeologists studying long-term…
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By Davies Tsikayi, Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africans are getting used to the term “gas cliff” as pressure ramps up for action to be taken ahead of expected gas shortages. Natural gas supplies from Mozambique’s Pande and Temane fields will begin to fall after 2028 as their production declines. The fields have supplied roughly…
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By Nhlanhla Mpofu, Associate professor, University of Notre Dame Australia
Clement Simuja, Associate Professor Educational Technologies, Rhodes University
Across Africa, millions of children grow up speaking African languages at home but are later expected to learn through English, French or Portuguese at school. This transition can make learning difficult, particularly when learners are required to understand new concepts in a language they are still developing.
For example, in Namibia, learners switch from mother-tongue instruction to English in Grade 4 at the age of 9 or 10,…
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By Amin Al-Habaibeh, Professor of Intelligent Engineering Systems, Nottingham Trent University
Encouraging people to use electricity when it’s clean and cheap may be better than temporarily disconnecting solar and wind farms.
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