By Marc Trabsky, Associate Professor of Law, Monash University
Coroners are in charge of finding out the who, what, when, where, why and how in the case of an unnatural death. Here’s how this part of the legal system works.
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By Pii-Tuulia Nikula, Associate Professor, School of Business, Eastern Institute of Technology
A global initiative to encourage businesses to commit to science-backed climate targets may merely be giving the impression of progress.
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By Tanya M. Smith, Professor in the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution & Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University
Ian Stuart Williams, Emeritus Professor, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
The balance of different varieties of atoms inside a person’s teeth can reveal a week-by-week record of rainfall and protein consumption during their infancy.
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By Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
The offer pops up in your social media feed. The website is professional and the imagery illustrates an Australian coastal region, or chic inner-CBD scene.
The brand name indicates this exclusive fashion retailer is based in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, or an exclusive enclave such as Double Bay or Byron Bay.
The businesses have history, having apparently been “established” 30–40 years ago, and a story. The owners have reluctantly decided to close or relocate, resulting in significant discounts.
However, behind the illusion of prestige and luxury, is cheap, poorly…
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By Carmen Lim, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, The University of Queensland
The latest announcement doesn’t tighten existing prescribing or marketing rules for medicinal cannabis. It just reminds health professionals what the rules are.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A “recruitment bulletin board” at a job fair for older people in Suwon, near Seoul, South Korea, October 2019. © 2019 YONHAP/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock South Korea’s age-based employment laws and policies discriminate against older workers, forcing them to retire from main jobs and into low-paid, precarious work.Inadequate social security compounds this loss of income, creating a system that punishes workers for getting older.The government should abolish the mandatory retirement age of 60 or older and the “peak wage” system and review re-employment and social security…
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
At the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, survivors of the Srebrenica genocide joined top officials in marking 30 years since thousands of Bosnian Muslims were systematically killed in the worst atrocity on European soil since World War II. The affirmed the need to counter denial, support survivors and promote lasting peace.
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By Francis Ryan, Associate Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University
An expert on Philadelphia’s municipal workers union talks about how social media has helped the workers on strike get their message out.
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By Pooria Pasbakhsh, Research Fellow in Polymer Upcycling, The University of Melbourne
Research shows most Australians believe they are good recyclers – but they’re often wrong. Here’s how to avoid common recycling mistakes.
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By Kitty Smith, PhD Candidate in Classical Greek and Roman History, University of Sydney
Nymphs offer us more than just stories of sexy nature spirits. They can reveal how ancient people thought about their world and connected with their landscape.
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