By Liz Giuffre, Associate Professor in Media, University of Technology Sydney
The new documentary Tina Arena: Unravel Me celebrates the groundbreaking Australian performer’s 50 year career and gives an insight into the person behind the music, awards and accolades including an Order of Australia, the French National Order of Merit and the National Portrait Gallery’s commission by Georges Antoni titled Tina, 2025.
Directed by Adrian Russell Wills and written and produced by Jessica Carrera, the documentary interweaves contemporary interviews with Arena and her friends, family, colleagues and peers, with home video, archival footage and high profile moments.
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By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
Zahra Shahhoseini, Lecturer - Disaster Resilience Infrastructure, RMIT University
A catastrophic flash flood has struck northern Nepal on the Tibetan border, killing at least 157 people and leaving hundreds missing, including at least 34 Australians. The death toll is expected to rise.
Foreign tourists are among those feared dead or missing. Nepal’s tourism ministry reported…
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By Rob Nicholls, Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
Tech giant Meta will pay up to roughly US$18 billion, plus make major design changes to Facebook and Instagram, as part of a settlement it has agreed to in its most recent lawsuit.
Filed…
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By Gareth Evans, Distinguished Honorary Professor, Australian National University
The outlook for nuclear arms control is desolate in all three of its dimensions – risk reduction, non-proliferation and outright elimination. The important agreements of the past are dead or on life support. And the recent behaviour of the actors that matter most – the United States, Russia and China – has fed concerns things can only get worse.
The nine nuclear-armed states possess between them more than 12,200 nuclear warheads, with a combined destructive capacity of more than 145,000 Hiroshima bombs. Some 9,000 of these are militarily active or deployed.
Alarmingly,…
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By Christopher Lieu, Professor of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado Anschutz
Around 97% of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer die within five years. Researchers have figured out a way to target the mechanism that makes these tumors so deadly.
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By Matteo Vergani, Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Tackling Hate Lab, Deakin University
By its final block, the commission had heard from more than 300 witnesses and received more than 20,000 submissions. The evidence paints a concerning picture.
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By Dan Wadsworth, Senior Lecturer in Applied Science, School of Health, University of the Sunshine Coast
It might be tempting to focus on your ‘good days’. But here’s what to keep in mind when an assessor asks about your health and everyday life.
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By Helen Joanne Adam, Associate Professor, School of Education, Edith Cowan University
Parents might default to books they loved when they were younger. But this means families may be missing out on some great stories published more recently.
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By Judith Ridge, PhD Candidate, Children's Literature, University of Newcastle; University of Tasmania
Seven Little Australians was a bestseller on publication. Its vibrant, social-mores-smashing heroine, Judy, has influenced generations of literary rebels since.
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By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia
Greek and Roman writers were already asking how birds became sick, what signs to look for, and what could be done when disease appeared in them.
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