By Michelle Cahill, Adjunct, Department of English, School of Humanities, University of Tasmania
In Raeden Richardson’s debut novel, The Degenerates, displacement and travel feature within the lives of aspiring outcasts in the wildly disparate cities of Bombay (Mumbai’s colonial precursor), in Melbourne’s inner-city lanes and southwest suburbs, and in downtown New York.
This is not strictly a novel about identity, nor assimilation. Not all its characters are Indians of the diaspora, but they all seek refuge from forms of oppression, be it caste-based, social or family violence.
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By Jasmine Titova, PhD Candidate, CQUniversity Australia
Melanie Hayman, Head of Course Health Science (Allied Health) | Physical Activity Research Group, Appleton Institute, CQUniversity Australia
When tennis legend Serena Williams retired in 2022, she stated:
If I were a guy, I wouldn’t be writing this because I’d be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labour of expanding our family.
Many elite athletes end their sporting careers prematurely to have children, with the physical burden of pregnancy one of many barriers.
Despite…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A Rohingya girl walks past shelters in a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 9, 2025. © 2025 Abdullah Bawshore US and other foreign donor cutbacks in humanitarian aid have worsened the existing education crisis for 437,000 school-age children in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, with schools that served hundreds of thousands of children shut down.The cutbacks have closed learning centers run by aid groups. Community-based schools are still operating and are considered better but lack government recognition and are therefore ineligible for donor support,…
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Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Dozens of civilians – including children and school staff – were killed or wounded in Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian cities this week, in what UN human rights monitors described as a “foreseeable” tragedy caused by strikes on populated areas.
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By Linda J. Bilmes, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Public Finance, Harvard Kennedy School
By using reconciliation, which was originally intended to rein in deficits, Republicans can pass the bill with a simple majority vote. But analysts expect it to lead to larger deficits.
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By Olli Hellmann, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waikato
Museum exhibits only tell part of what happened in the past. Visitors need to consider what is being included – and what is being left out.
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By Spyros A. Sofos, Assistant Professor in Global Humanities, Simon Fraser University
Israel’s military actions —in Gaza, Syria, Lebanon and now Iran — reflect the melding of Benjamin Netanyahu’s domestic political survival and his revisionist aims to reshape the regional order.
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By Hsiao-chun Hung, Senior Research Fellow, School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University
Rice is difficult to grow in the Pacific, so how did it end up in a cave? Archaeologists reveal the hidden history of this ancient and well-travelled grain.
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By Lucas Walsh, Professor and Director of the Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice, Monash University
The Albanese government wants to see 80% of Australian workers have a TAFE or uni qualification by 2050, up from the current 60%.
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By Trivess Moore, Associate Professor in Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
Nicola Willand, Associate Professor in Housing, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
Sarah Robertson, Research Fellow in Human Geography, RMIT University
New plans to get Victoria off gas are less ambitious. But they will still cut energy bills and accelerate the shift away from gas.
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