By Mohiuddin Ahmed, Associate Professor in Cyber Security, Adelaide University
Abu Barkat ullah (Barkat), Associate Professor of Cyber Security, University of Canberra
This week, customers of Origin Energy learned their personal details have been stolen in a data breach. They joined the customers of other major companies, including Qantas, Optus and Medicare, who have been hacked in recent years.
Origin has some 4.8 million customers, making it the nation’s largest electricity and gas retailer, but the company has not confirmed how many people were affected.
On Friday, a media outlet contacted…
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By Katherine Livingstone, Associate Professor, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University
Do you tend to sit down for breakfast? Or do you grab a muesli bar or bacon-and-egg roll on the way in to work? Here’s what to keep in mind.
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By Ben Newell, Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Director of the Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW
Omid Ghasemi, Research Associate in Behavioural Science at the Institute for Climate Risk & Response, UNSW
Reusable cups, recycling, taking public transport, eating “greener”, cycling to work – we are all familiar with the kinds of actions we can take to reduce our personal environmental impact.
Does this promotion of individual behaviours crowd out or distract from support for large-scale action on climate change? Is it a convenient distraction perpetrated by corporations…
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By Yee-Fui Ng, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University
The $100 billion suite of infrastructure projects has been infiltrated by organised crime. It can’t keep being swept under the rug.
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By Kelly Lambert, Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Richmond
Surviving in the wild is no small feat for animals, especially ones like Jimothy, with rare conditions And yet he persevered to viral celebration, thanks to an adaptable brain and a caring mother.
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By Michelle Campbell-Ward, Associate Professor, Wildlife and Avian Medicine, University of Sydney
Anne Quain, Senior Lecturer, Sydney School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney
Imagine you’re driving down a windy road when you spot an injured possum.
Your instincts might tell you to hit the brakes, check what’s wrong and bundle it into your car.
Research shows many of us want to help wild animals in distress. This may be out of empathy, obligation or simply wanting to do the right thing.
But as Australia rapidly responds to its first cases of H5N1…
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By Hunter Fujak, Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University
Joshua McLeod, Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University
The four highest profile sport franchise collapses of the past decade have occurred in Melbourne. Is the city no longer Australia’s sporting capital?
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By Tom Hercules Davies, Lecturer in Classics and Archaeology, The University of Melbourne
When the Odyssey first began to circulate in ancient Greece, no one knew its author. So how did ‘Homer’ become the name on the book’s cover?
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A pedestrian walks a dog in Chongqing, China, on December 17, 2024. © 2024 Cheng Xin/Getty Images Two incidents of videoed cruelty of stray animals in China this summer have triggered widespread outrage. Both spread rapidly online, and both showed a familiar government response: censorship, intimidation, and dispersion.In late June, videos of four boys cruelly mistreating and burning a dog and her puppies in Jieyang, Guangdong province, circulated widely online. Public outrage was swift and overwhelming: paid billboards and other advertisements appeared in over 100…
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Thursday, July 23, 2026
Independent UN human rights investigators on Thursday called for Iran to immediately halt the execution of 10 men who took part in a protest in the central city of Isfahan earlier this year, warning that some of their relatives have already been called for final visits.
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