Sunday, June 1st 2025
Speech given by Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, United Nations Security Council Arria Formula Meeting Protecting Water in Armed Conflict – Protecting Civilian Lives, 23 May 2025
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By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney
The NRL has signed a new deal to play games in the NT, so will the AFL look to defend its territory?
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By Charlotte Chalklen, Course Coordinator, Media Law and Ethics, University of South Australia
Megan Clement asks: why do some get to travel their chosen paths, while those most in need, like asylum seekers, are imprisoned for following them?
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By Graeme Orr, Professor of Law, The University of Queensland
The 2025 election has produced some extremely close seat results. Here’s what happens when there’s just a handful of votes in play.
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By Jane Herbert, Associate Professor in Developmental Psychology, University of Wollongong
Is it better to chat to babies in the tone and pace we’d use when talking to other adults, or is it OK to talk in a slower, higher pitched, sing-song voice?
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By Rachael L. Brown, Director of the Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences and Associate Professor of Philosophy, Australian National University
Rob Brooks, Scientia Professor of Evolution, UNSW Sydney
Head lice, fleas and tapeworms have been humanity’s companions throughout our evolutionary history. Yet, the greatest parasite of the modern age is no blood-sucking invertebrate. It is sleek, glass-fronted and addictive by design. Its host? Every human on Earth with a wifi signal.
Far from being benign tools, smartphones parasitise our time, our attention and our personal information, all in the interests of technology companies and their advertisers.
In a new article in the Australasian Journal of…
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By Anna-Karina Hermkens, Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Anthropology, Macquarie University
The Panguna mine has been the cause of immense social and environmental suffering, but it’s also seen as Bougainville’s main resource to achieve independence.
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By Benjamin Moffitt, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Monash University
Some suggest populism has come out of nowhere, and is causing a major and unexpected shock to the system. But that’s simply not the case.
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By Kevin John Brophy, Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
The revered nature writer asks ambitious questions in his latest work, written at a tipping point for the world’s climate.
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By Claudia Sandberg, Senior Lecturer, Technology in Culture and Society, The University of Melbourne
Edith Jennifer Hill, Associate Lecturer, Learning & Teaching Innovation, Flinders University
Erin Harrington, Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies, University of Canterbury
Gemma King, ARC DECRA Fellow in Screen Studies, Senior Lecturer in French Studies, Australian National University
Grace Russell, Lecturer, Arts and Humanities, Monash University
Jessica Gildersleeve, Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
Rachel Williamson, Senior Tutor in English, University of Canterbury
Samuel Martin, Researcher, Sign on Screen Project, Australian National University
Sofya Gollan, PhD Candidate, Sign On Screen Project, Australian National University
Our experts review seven new streaming offerings, including a true crime series on the horrifying British serial killers Fred and Rose West.
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