By Ben White, Distinguished Professor, Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology Eliana Close, Senior Lecturer, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Faculty of Business and Law, Queensland University of Technology Katrine Del Villar, Senior Lecturer in Law, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
Some aspects of the voluntary assisted dying process, such as eligibility assessments, can’t be discussed by phone or video conference.
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By Joel Gilmore, Associate Professor, Griffith University
Last summer, Australia’s electricity grid underwent a quiet but consequential shift. Across the east coast, gas-fired power stations – long viewed as the only way to keep the grid functioning on our hottest or coldest days – barely ran. The amount of energy generated by fossil gas this year dropped to its lowest point…
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By Kathleen Mikkelsen, Lecturer in Biomedicine, Victoria University
Singing does something measurable to your body and brain, whether you are alone, harmonising in a choir, or singing with your friends at a karaoke bar.
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By Eloise Stevens, Host, The Conversation's Curious Kids podcast, The Conversation Gemma Ware, Head of Audio, The Conversation UK, The Conversation
Listen to palaeobiologist Neil Gostling on The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast talk about how scientists work out what dinosaurs looked like.
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By Amit Nigam, Professor of Management, City St George's, University of London Danielle Logue, Professor in Innovation and Impact, UNSW John Amis, Professor of Strategic Management and Organisation, University of Edinburgh
Taylor Swift getting married to Travis Kelce in New York this summer could easily be described as the ultimate celebrity event. There was hype, intrigue, tight media control and plenty of global attention. Some described it as being the US’s version of a royal wedding. But there is a key difference. A royal wedding is a celebration of a monarchy, a long-established institution in many countries. By contrast, the marriage of Swift and Kelce in Madison Square Gardens on July 3 2026 was the…
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By Fae Heaselgrave, Senior Lecturer in Strategic Communication, CQUniversity Australia Ashlee Borgkvist, Research Fellow, Social Relationships and Communities Research Group, Adelaide University
A new study finds gaming supports mothers’ stress relief, skill development, and wellbeing, but parental duties and domestic labour still limit their play.
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By Yee-Fui Ng, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has resigned this morning, just before a caucus vote challenging her leadership. A major factor for her resignation is revelations from the Big Build corruption. Most recently, Nine media reporting revealed Allan was briefed on the Big Build corruption by senior public servants in June 2023, when she was transport minister. The briefing showed…
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By Lauri Parr, Research Associate, School of Population Health, Curtin University
Parents, schools and clubs can regularly post images of children to social media. But doing so deserves more thought than it gets.
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By Juan Zahir Naranjo Cáceres, PhD Candidate, Political Science, International Relations and Constitutional Law, University of the Sunshine Coast
The links between Cuba and espionage and terror operations in the US are spurious. Yet, they give Trump the pretext to take action against his enemies.
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By Amnesty International
The UK Supreme Court today dismissed an appeal by Bahrain, which has been claiming state immunity against a long running lawsuit filed by two political activists, Saeed Shehabi and Moosa Mohammed for allegedly suffering psychological harm after their laptops were infected with FinSpy spyware while they were in the UK, in an operation they believe was authorized and directed by the Bahraini government. In response Stanley Kwenda, Strategic Communications Advisor at Amnesty International said: “In establishing that the remote infection of devices from abroad constitutes an ‘act in the UK’, this ruling opens…
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