By Cameron Parsell, Professor, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
Karyn Walsh, Honorary Professor, Social Work and Housing, The University of Queensland
More than 120,000 people are homeless in Australia. The problem can be solved, but it will take more than just building more homes
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By Andy Ward, Senior Lecturer in Music, School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the Sunshine Coast
Hip-hop is a cultural powerhouse that has infiltrated every facet of popular culture, across a global market. That said, one place you usually don’t see it is on the election campaign trail.
That’s right, I’m talking about the track “Leaving Labor” – the Liberal-National Coalition’s…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Joining us from Washington DC is Warwick McKibbin, an internationally renowned economic modeller from the ANU whose services are now in high demand.
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By Bridget Devaney, Head of Hyperbaric Medicine, Alfred Health, Monash University
Four people have been charged over the death of a 5-year-old boy in a hyperbaric chamber at an ‘alternative medicine clinic’ in the United States.
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By Rebecca Bodeker, Teaching Assistant in Behavioural Psychology, University of Canterbury
Randolph Grace, Professor of Psychology, University of Canterbury
Meth use impairs decision making and can increase reckless behaviour. This effect can last beyond acute drug use into periods of abstinence.
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By Fan Yang, Research fellow at Melbourne Law School, the University of Melbourne and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society., The University of Melbourne
Luke Heemsbergen, Senior Lecturer, Digital, Political, Media, Deakin University
Robbie Fordyce, Senior Lecturer, Communications and Media Studies, Monash University
Since 2024, the RECapture research team has been monitoring political disinformation and advertising in Australia.
Our focus is on WeChat, the primary news and information platform for Chinese speakers in Australia, and RedNote…
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By Ranjodh B. Singh, Senior Economics and Finance Lecturer, Curtin University
Chris Leishman, Professor of Property and Housing Economics, University of South Australia
Jack Hewton, Research Associate, Curtin University
Rachel Ong ViforJ, John Curtin Distinguished Professor & ARC Future Fellow, Curtin University
A new study reveals landlord behaviour can affect housing supply. Its release comes as the housing crisis dominates the federal election agenda.
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
As well as the election for the full House of Representatives, there will be an election on May 3 for 40 of the 76 senators. The 72 state senators have six-year terms, with half of them up for election every three years. The four territory senators are all up for election with each House election.
In a double dissolution election, all senators are up for election, but this election won’t be a double dissolution. State senators elected at this election will begin their six-year term on July 1.
The six states are entitled to equal representation in the Senate, so each state…
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By Matthew Sussex, Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
Moscow and Jakarta have sought to deepen their military ties in recent years, which should give Australia some reason for concern.
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By Kate E. Williams, Professor of Education, University of the Sunshine Coast
Understanding how the brain functions is important for teachers. We surveyed more than 500 early childhood educators about their neuroscience knowledge.
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