By Hazel Dalton, Senior Research Fellow, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University
Karen Hayes, Occupational health researcher and lecturer, School of Allied Health, Exercise and Sports Sciences, Charles Sturt University
One Nation is proposing to force doctors to do a regional stint before they can work in the city. But would that work in practice?
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By Rachael Mead, Fellow, J.M. Coetzee Centre, Adelaide University
Rachael Mead’s body once carried her across Antarctic ice sheets. At 55, she set out to reclaim her resilience – and what she discovered was surprising.
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By Amy Hume, Lecturer In Theatre (Voice), Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne
Michael Caine has licensed his distinctive voice to the AI company ElevenLabs. Here’s what people actually hear when he speaks.
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By James J Bell, Professor of Marine Biology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Manon Broadribb, Postdoctoral Researcher in Marine Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
A new study challenges a common assumption that deeper marine ecosystems act as refuges which could reseed damaged shallower reef systems.
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By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation
This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox.
It would be wrong to say Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, four years ago this week, came out of the blue. For months there had been worrying reports of a huge build-up of Russian troops on Ukraine’s border. Through the winter of 2021/22, Moscow scoffed at suggestions…
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By Frédéric Dimanche, Professor and former Director (2015-2025), Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
“Mountains are not fair or unfair, they are just dangerous,” said the great Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner. Once again this year, events have proven him right. Harsh weather has triggered deadly avalanches around Lake Tahoe in California, as well as across the Alps in Europe.
According to figures from France’s National Mountain Safety Observation System (SNOSM), fatal accidents…
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By Amnesty International
Responding to a landmark judgement by an Athens court which found four individuals linked to spyware maker Intellexa, guilty of unlawful access to private communication systems and data, and of violating privacy and data protection laws, Rebecca White, Amnesty International’s Security Lab Researcher said: “Almost four years since the ‘Predatorgate’ scandal hit Greece, we are finally seeing consequences for those involved in the abuse of surveillance technology. “Amnesty International and other organizations have shown time and again that Intellexa’s products have […] The post Greece: Convictions…
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By Laura
After learning her now ex-husband arranged for her to be raped by 50 men while unconscious, Gisèle Pelicot wrote a memoir, documenting her struggle and current state of mind.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Two Ukrainian soldiers work in a drone workshop in an undisclosed location near the Russian border in the Kursk region, on June 12, 2025. © 2025 Florent Vergnes/AFP via Getty Images More than a year after Ukrainian forces captured two North Korean soldiers in Russia’s Kursk region, the men’s future remains undecided. Under the Third Geneva Convention applicable to the armed conflict in Ukraine, prisoners of war (POWs) may be held until the end of active hostilities, but they can be repatriated or transferred to a third country before then.These men, among the thousands…
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By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
Demographer Stuart Gietel-Basten tells The Conversation Weekly podcast why South Korea’s birth rate is climbing, and what that means for the future.
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