By Dennis Altman, Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
Ahead of the release of Charles Spencer’s controversial memoir, Dennis Altman picks 5 reads shedding light on the British monarchy.
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By Jessica Tout-Lyon, Lecturer and Researcher, Marine, Molecular and Microbial Ecology, Charles Sturt University
Elise Furlan, Researcher, Molecular Ecology, University of Canberra
Louise Streeting, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England
Mathew John Bell, Senior Ecologist, Art Gallery NSW
The Manning River Helmeted turtle (Myuchelys purvisi) might just be Australia’s most beautiful freshwater turtle.
With a bright yellow stripe stretching from their nose to the tip of their tail, these striking turtles are hard to miss.
The Manning River turtle is found nowhere else on earth except for the few…
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By Luke Heemsbergen, Senior Lecturer in Communication, Deakin University
Apple’s vision of constant recording that still ‘protects your privacy’ may help usher in a world where ambient surveillance is the norm.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Prime Minister of Bhutan Tshering Togay speaks to the United Nations General Assembly during Summit of the Future at the U.N. headquarters, September 22, 2024. © 2024 Frank Franklin/AP Photo When Bhutan’s Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay meets world leaders at the United Nations general assembly in New York this week, they should urge him to release the at least 28 political prisoners who are still held in dreadful conditions in his country’s jails.The small Himalayan kingdom projects itself to the world as the land that invented “gross national happiness,” but that…
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By Wayne Unger, Associate Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University
When President Trump barred three news organizations from the White House, a lawsuit followed. In it, the news outlets invoked their Fifth and First amendments rights.
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By Jonathan Baker, Senior lecturer in Strategy, Adelaide University
More than four years after the Commerce Commission issued a damning stocktake, Foodstuffs and Woolworths still dominate about 82% of New Zealand’s grocery market.
How to drive supermarket competition up, and grocery prices down,
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By Lucas Barros da Rosa, PhD Candidate in Resources, Environment and Sustainability / Research Assistant, University of British Columbia
Sustaining Brazil’s recent deforestation gains will require stronger environmental enforcement beyond the rainforest and resistance to political efforts that could weaken it.
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By Lindsay Gibson, Assistant Professor, Social Studies and History Education, Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia
James Miles, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta
When deciding whether and how to respond to residential schools denialism, teachers should consider the type of denialism, the students involved and their school and community context.
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By Stan Karanasios, Professor in Information Systems, The University of Queensland
Australian Prime minister Anthony Albanese appears to be listening to artificial intelligence (AI) firms’ warnings to the world about the dangers of the technology they are developing.
Over the weekend, he said global rules were needed to regulate the development of AI “to make sure that humans remain in control”.
This comes after Dario Amodei, the boss of AI firm Anthropic, called…
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By Allen Cheng, Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University
The weather is warming up and the hay fever season has begun, but more people are experiencing cases of influenza than expected for spring.
In the two weeks to September 6, flu cases were up 27% on the previous two weeks. And case numbers are rising.
How is this year’s flu season different?
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