By Justin Bergman, International Affairs Editor, The Conversation
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called Iran’s involvement in at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia last year “extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression”. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said it “crossed a line”.
We asked Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a Middle East scholar who was imprisoned by Iran for more…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Two men near a wooden boat known as a pirogue, traditionally used for fishing in Mauritania and West Africa, on a beach in Nouakchott, Mauritania, June 28, 2022. Pirogues have been frequently used by migrants seeking to cross the Atlantic Ocean to reach Spain’s Canary Islands. © 2022 Lauren Seibert/Human Rights Watch Mauritanian security forces committed serious human rights violations between 2020 and early 2025 against migrants and asylum seekers.The European Union and Spain, bilaterally, have continued to outsource migration management to Mauritania, despite its…
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By Sarah Scales, PhD Candidate, School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education, Swinburne University of Technology
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have announced their engagement to an outpouring of love. What is it about Swift that encourages such emotional reactions?
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By Jimena de Mello Heredia, PhD candidate, Faculty of Education, Monash University
Imagine a student working on an assignment and they are stuck. Their lecturer or tutor is not available. Or maybe they feel worried about looking silly if they ask for help. So they turn to ChatGPT for feedback instead.
In mere moments they will have an answer, which they can prompt for further clarification if they need.
They are not alone. Our research shows nearly half of surveyed Australian university students use generative artificial intelligence (AI) for feedback.
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By Emma Shakespeare, PhD Candidate, Griffith University
Keiran Hardy, Associate Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
Kristina Murphy, Professor and former ARC Future Fellow, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
The alleged shooter in the Porepunkah police killings was reportedly a sovereign citizen - a group with often deep antagonism towards authority figures.
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By Jo Coghlan, Associate Professor, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University of New England
A new exhibition at the National Museum of Australia pays tribute to one of Australia’s most beloved children’s television icons.
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By Ehsan Noroozinejad, Senior Researcher and Sustainable Future Lead, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University
The California approach promises to keep home insurance prices stable, ensure coverage in high-risk areas, and make homes safer as climate change worsens.
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By Troy Miller, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space, The University of Western Australia
Farley Kwok van der Giezen, Research Associate, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space, The University of Western Australia
Ryan Coates, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space, The University of Western Australia
Space inventions we all take for granted include everything from smartphone cameras to car sun shades. Plants are the next frontier.
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By Luke Johnson, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Wollongong
In his thoughtful new novel about people turning into trees, Rhett Davis puts postmodernism and myth through the figurative woodchipper.
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By Janet Fanslow, Professor in Violence Prevention and Mental Health Promotion, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
New Zealanders who have experienced interpersonal violence are more likely to end up in hospital for both injury and illness.
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