By Samantha Hepburn, Professor of Law, Deakin University
As many Australians prepare for the Labour Day long weekend, you might be watching the price at the fuel bowser with more trepidation than usual.
The crisis in the Middle East has caused global disruptions to energy and liquid fuel markets. And we are feeling it in Australia.
Shipping in the crucial Strait of Hormuz, the only sea passage from the oil-rich Persian Gulf to the open ocean, has come to a virtual…
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By Nathan Fioritti, Lecturer in Politics, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
With the Liberals’ 2025 election review recently leaked, what does the Greens’ version reveal about the lessons they’ve taken from the federal poll?
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By Ayesha Jehangir, Lecturer, Journalism and Communication, UNSW Sydney
Silence would mean accepting and surrendering to the Taliban’s power, writes one of these authors. Theirs are the voices of resistance.
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By Sidney Wong, PhD Candidate in Linguistics (Canterbury) and Research Fellow, University of Otago
Andreea S. Calude, Associate Professor in Linguistics, University of Waikato
Jesin James, Senior Lecturer in Engineering, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
The proposed English Language Bill assumes a problem. In reality, English dominates public life while many heritage languages struggle to survive.
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By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
Honey is often praised for a range of health benefits, from soothing a sore throat and helping you get to sleep to healing woulds and lowering risk factors for diabetes and heart disease.
Honey’s acidity has the potential to prevent bacterial growth, while its density and stickiness generates osmotic pressure (in the same way as quicksand) which restrain bacteria.
Other compounds in honey contribute anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.
But do the claims about honey for specific health…
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By Amin Naeni, PhD Candidate in International Relations, Deakin University; Dublin City University
On February 28, hours after the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran, the Iranian regime imposed a nationwide internet shutdown.
Roughly one week into the conflict, it is estimated only around 1% of normal internet traffic remains accessible across the country.
This represents one of the rare instances in modern history in which a government has almost entirely disconnected its own population from the internet during a major military crisis.
The risks this creates…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People protest at Forsyth Park after the death of teacher Linda Davis, who was killed in a vehicle collision with a man fleeing from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Savannah, Georgia, US, February 17, 2026. © 2026 Erik S Lesser/EPA/Shutterstock On February 16, 2026, a car chase by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ended in a deadly crash in Georgia, killing beloved teacher, Dr. Linda Davis.ICE officers were pursuing Oscar Vasquez Lopez after he fled an initial stop made with the intention of arresting and deporting him. In security…
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By Étienne Sinotte, PhD Student in Political Science, McGill University
Instability has come to define Peru’s political landscape, as successive congresses and presidents have become locked in a power struggle.
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By Troy Potter, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, The University of Melbourne
Michael Kehler, Research Professor, Masculinities Studies, School of Education, University of Calgary
Canadian and Australian studies are hearing from male teachers who promote gender and social justice while challenging and disrupting patriarchal masculinities in their classrooms.
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By Sam Robinson, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland
The discovery shines a light on what has, until now, been an underappreciated feature of evolution which suggests life is not so random after all.
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