By Lisa J. Whop, Associate Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Yardhura Walani, National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing Research, Australian National University
Alison Brown, Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
Raglan Maddox, Associate Professor and Senior Fellow, Yardhura Walani, National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing Research, Australian National University
Australia’s new lung cancer screen program further disadvantages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who are already at increased risk of lung cancer.
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By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia
Ready to ditch the dating apps? Try loitering outside a courthouse instead - it’s one of many tips the ancient Greeks and Romans had for finding love.
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By Kate Hunter, Senior Lecturer in Art and Performance, Deakin University
Commissioned by ACMI, Back to Back’s latest offering is a screen project that reenacts a section of Shakespeare’s Henry V.
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By Kirsten Banks, Lecturer, School of Science, Computing and Engineering Technologies, Swinburne University of Technology
An object dubbed 3I/ATLAS is only the third interloper from outside the Solar System seen in all of human history.
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By Brendan Clift, Lecturer in Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
Hong Kong is marking five years of life under China’s national security law – opposition parties have disbanded, while democracy activists remain in jail or exile.
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By Amnesty International
In a historic moment, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued its Advisory Opinion clarifying the specific obligations of states to address the climate crisis through a human rights lens. The decision sets transnational standards that could shape legal jurisprudence in courts across the world. Responding to the Advisory Opinion, Ana Piquer, Regional Director for the Americas […] The post Inter-American Court sets milestone in the global fight for climate justice appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Lisa Knight, Head of External Engagement & Professional Programmes, Liverpool John Moores University
Long waiting times, burnt-out staff and rising inequality. Could a stronger focus on prevention, rather than just treatment, help save the NHS?
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By Judith Smith, Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of Birmingham
The UK government has published its eagerly awaited ten-year health plan for England, setting out how billions of pounds in NHS funding will be used to transform healthcare delivery across the country.
As anticipated, the plan is framed around the government’s three missions for the NHS: shifting care from hospital into the community, moving from analogue to digital communication, and focusing on preventing ill health rather than treating illness.
The…
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By Nicholas Rattenbury, Associate Professor in Physics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
The satellite’s failure may have been technical, but there are questions about the government’s decision-making process before investing in the MethaneSat mission.
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By Shady Cosgrove, Associate Professor, Creative Writing, University of Wollongong
In The Sun Was Electric Light, Ruth arrives at Lake Atitlán a loner-searcher. But the people she meets are crucial to her struggles with the question of how to live.
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