By Rachel Daniels, Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology
A merger would also have consequences for the New Zealand screen industry if it reduces the number of big-spending foreign productions.
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By Luke Beck, Professor of Constitutional Law, Monash University
Reddit is asking Australia’s High Court to rule that it’s not a social media platform and therefore should not have to comply with the under-16s social media account ban.
The US-based web forum’s High Court case raises two issues. First, it raises the same constitutional implied freedom of political communication issue raised in a case commenced last month by two…
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By Yanyan Hong, PhD in Media and Film Studies, University of Adelaide
Released in the Year of The Snake, and with clear nods to East Asian culture, Disney’s latest animated feature has smashed box office records in China.
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By Hamish Clarke, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Sarah McColl-Gausden, Research fellow, The University of Melbourne
Tori Reynolds, Environmental Fire Risk Analyst, School of Agriculture, The University of Melbourne
Trent Penman, Professor, The University of Melbourne
Christmas holidays are peak time for bushfires. Here’s how you can understand the predicted fire conditions, develop a fire plan and have a safe break.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Migrant workers in Qatar, October 7, 2022. © 2022 ANL/Shutterstock (Beirut) – Qatari government clients and other major businesses are failing to pay contractors on time for projects, leaving migrant workers unpaid, Human Rights Watch said today. Subcontractors and others in the supply chain are also affected and themselves shortchange workers. “Clients at the top of the Qatari contracting supply chain, including government bodies, often have impunity, leaving subcontracting businesses that employ migrant workers bearing the cost,” said Michael Page,…
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By Alexandra Hansen, Deputy Editor and Chief of Staff, The Conversation
Amanda Dunn, Politics + Society Editor, The Conversation
Judith Ireland, Education Editor, The Conversation
Matt Garrow, Editorial Web Developer, The Conversation
Twenty-nine people were injured and taken to hospital in the deadliest mass shooting in Australia since the Port Arthur massacre in 1996.
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By Arvid O. I. Hoffmann, Professor of Marketing, University of Adelaide
David Matthews, Lecturer in Marketing, University of Adelaide
Sally Rao Hill, Associate Professor in Marketing, University of Adelaide
Ying Zou, PhD Researcher in Marketing, University of Adelaide
“Would you like to donate $2 to charity today?”
If you have been Christmas shopping this season, you probably heard this question — and potentially felt pressured to donate money in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis.
More and more stores now ask customers to donate money at the checkout. This is a practice called “checkout…
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By Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
Unlike other comparable nations, specialists in Australia can charge what they like. But higher fees don’t necessarily mean better care.
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By Lee Morgenbesser, Associate Professor, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University
The ‘No Kings’ protests have been important, but smaller, more sustained acts of resistance have proven successful in other countries around the world.
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By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
In the 1930s, many foreign correspondents refused to cover Germany. Instead, George Ward Price got close to Hitler – and was rebuked by Churchill.
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