By Julie Shiels, Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
With bad news-overload it is easy to conclude it is time to disengage. But troubling events don’t go away just because you stop looking. Janenne Eaton’s retrospective reminds us that art can provide new perspectives and a reason to look even harder.
As a respected painter and teacher Eaton has influenced generations of Australian artists. She has exhibited extensively in museums and galleries nationally and internationally since 1978. Lines of Sight – Frame and Horizon is long overdue.
This comprehensive exhibition is aesthetically and intellectually compelling. The paintings,…
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By James Horncastle, Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
Operation Spider Web does not change the Ukraine-Russia war militarily. But the successful Ukrainian drone attacks do bring Russia’s military weaknesses and miscalculations into sharp focus.
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By Sharon Bickle, Lecturer in English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
Hannah Kent is the reason I went to Iceland. Her award-winning first novel Burial Rites (2013) is a speculative biography of the murderer Agnes Magnúsdóttir, the last woman to be executed in Iceland. The novel is often set for VCE English in Victoria and I picked it up because my son was studying it. We had already planned a trip to Europe to celebrate the end of school. After discussing Burial Rites with him across the year,…
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By Leanda Denise Mason, Vice Chancellor Research Fellow in Conservation Ecology, Edith Cowan University
Can spiders swim?
Waubra Preschool students, Victoria, Australia
What a great question!
Most spiders don’t swim by choice. But they sure can survive in water when they need to. From floating like a boat, to paddling like a rower, to carrying their own scuba bubbles, spiders have developed brilliant ways to deal with water.
Let’s dive into the science in some more detail, and look at how spiders handle getting their paws wet, with examples from our local bush.
Spiders can run across water
Water…
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By Sebastian Rosenberg, Associate Professor, Health Research Institute, University of Canberra, and Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney
On ABC’s 4 Corners this week, psychiatrists and nurses have warned New South Wales’ mental health system is in crisis. They report some patients with severe mental distress are waiting two to three days in emergency departments for care.
The program highlighted chronic failures in NSW’s mental health system, but the shortfalls are being…
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By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney
Dr Jade Hart, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Business, UNSW Sydney
Kathryn Henne, Professor and Director, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University
Vanessa McDermott, Senior lecturer, School of Business, UNSW Sydney
Should GenAI be rapidly rolled out to improve public service policymaking and delivery? Or is a more cautious approach needed to rebuild trust after Robodebt?
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By Marilyn Campbell, Professor, School of Early Childhood & Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
Shannon O'Brien, PhD Candidate, School of Education, Queensland University of Technology
The federal government has launched a “rapid review” to look at what works to prevent bullying in schools.
Led by mental health experts, the review will underpin a new national standard to respond to bullying. This follows the death of a young Sydney school student last year.
It also comes as the Queensland…
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By Andrew Thomas, Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University
As Israel’s devastating war in Gaza has ground on, the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was thought to be “dead”. Now, it is showing signs of life again.
French President Emmanuel Macron is reportedly…
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By Peter Draper, Professor, and Executive Director: Institute for International Trade, and Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Trade and Environment, University of Adelaide
Amid the chaos of Trump’s tariff wars, there is an opening for Australia to seize the moment with new trade partnerships.
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By Mark Winfield, Professor, Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada
Energy and natural resources development projects carry risks and costs that could stretch far into the future. That’s why it’s so risky to streamline or fast-track approval processes.
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