By Sergey Alexeev, Senior research fellow, University of Sydney; UNSW Sydney
Don Weatherburn, Professor, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has announced she plans to introduce “Australia’s toughest illicit tobacco laws”, which marks another escalation in the state’s battle against the illicit tobacco trade.
Under the proposed laws, Victoria Police and regulator Tobacco Licensing Victoria will be able to shut down tobacco shops if they are found to be selling illegal tobacco.
Whether…
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By Yvette Grant, PhD Candidate in Dance and Dance History Tutor, The University of Melbourne
In 1950 Australian writer and dancer Jean Garling argued:
Dance reflects [a people’s] reaction to environment, for it is every art, and in its quality can be read the characteristics of a nation.
She could have no idea what that would look like in 2026.
Flora, a collaboration between The Australian Ballet and Bangarra Dance Theatre, is an embodiment of our Australian environment. It optimistically and lavishly captures the characteristics and complexities of…
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
Labor’s vote has dropped since the start of the Iran war, but it is still comfortably ahead of any other party.
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By Ry Holland, Research Fellow in Microbial Ecology, Monash University
Winter in Antarctica is long and dark. Temperatures remain well below freezing. In many places, the Sun sets in April and does not rise above the horizon again until August. Without sunlight, photosynthetic life such as plants, mosses and algae cannot make energy.
But that’s not to say all life stops.
In a new study published in The ISME Journal, my colleagues and I show that Antarctic microbes make energy from the air at temperatures as low as –20°C. This finding improves our understanding of…
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By Nick Fuller, Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney
It can be tempting to feed young children early, then sit down to a separate meal once they’re in bed. But having family dinners pays off in the long term.
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By Judy Ingham, Newsletter Producer, The Conversation
On lessons from Gallipoli, a bill of rights and the cost of access to culture: an edited selection of your views.
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By Aaron Gilbert, Professor of Finance, Auckland University of Technology
The cumulative return on a typical KiwiSaver growth fund since 2007 is around 240%. That’s despite a global financial crisis, COVID, trade wars and inflation.
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By David Smith, Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
With midterm elections looming and cost of living pressures biting, Americans have little patience for being involved in a foreign war they don’t understand.
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By Clement Macintyre, Professor emeritus in politics, Adelaide University
For the past six decades, South Australian politics has been characterised by long periods of Labor domination interrupted by short-lived Liberal governments. Since a record 32 uninterrupted years in office…
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By Martin Duck, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Sydney
Martijn Konings, Professor of Political Economy and Social Theory, University of Sydney
Monique de Jong McKenzie, Senior Researcher, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
As households are squeezed by the cost-of-living crisis, central bank governors such as Jerome Powell in the United States and Michele Bullock in Australia are coming under repeated fire from politicians, pundits and households.
Before each interest rate decision, there is debate about what the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) should do and predictions as to what it will…
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