By Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
Jenny Gamble, Professor of Midwifery, Monash University
A study published this week in the international obstetrics and gynaecology journal BJOG has raised concerns among women due to give birth in Australia’s public hospitals.
The study compared the outcomes of mothers and babies, as well as the costs, of standard public maternity care versus private obstetric-led care from 2016 to 2019 in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
It found…
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By Evan Stewart, Assistant Professor of Sociology, UMass Boston
Diane Beckman, PhD Candidate in Sociology, UMass Boston
New research from sociologists finds that local Catholic leaders are more likely than many other Christian clergy to speak about immigration with their congregations.
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By Miriama Young, Associate Professor Music Composition, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, The University of Melbourne
Flanked by stone colonnades, wooden roof beams, and situated, in true Venetian style, on a bed of water – the Gaggiandre is a sound artist’s dream.
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By Amelia Scott, Honorary Affiliate and Clinical Psychologist at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, and Macquarie University Research Fellow, Macquarie University
Who gets to sleep, and for how long, is a complex mix of biology, psychology and society. Here’s what we know so far.
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By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney
Riona Moodley, Lecturer, Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney
The judge found Australia had not used the best available science to set emissions targets. The finding tightens the screws on Labor as it weighs our 2035 targets.
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By Matthew Hobbs, Associate Professor and Transforming Lives Fellow, Spatial Data Science and Planetary Health, Sheffield Hallam University
Chris G. Sibley, Professor in Psychology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Elena Moltchanova, Professor of Statistics, University of Canterbury
Taciano L. Milfont, Professor in Environmental Psychology, University of Waikato
Mental health is not just connected to what’s inside our head. The environment around us can play a part – either supporting wellbeing or driving a decline.
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By Jo McDonald, Professor, Director of Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, The University of Western Australia
Amy Stevens, Heritage Research Manager, Indigenous Knowledge
Belinda Churnside, Deputy Chairperson, Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation Board, Indigenous Knowledge
Ben Mullins, Professor, School of Population Health, Curtin University
Peter Hicks, Chairperson, Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation Board, Indigenous Knowledge
Terry Bailey, Associate, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
On Friday, the Murujuga Cultural Landscape in northwest Western Australia was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. We were in Paris to see Murujuga become Australia’s 21st world heritage property, but only our second property listed exclusively for its Indigenous cultural values.
Murujuga, meaning “hip bone sticking out”, is an ancient rocky landscape rising out of the Indian Ocean in northwest Australia.
Murujuga is shaped by the Lore and the presence of Ngarda-Ngarli – the collective term for the Traditional Owner groups of the coastal Pilbara – since Ngurra Nyujunggamu,…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A Portuguese vessel in a Frontex operation in Lesbos, Greece, 2016. © 2016 Frontex Greece has suspended the ability for people coming by boat via North Africa to seek asylum –violating their rights, potentially putting their lives at risk and flouting its obligations under EU law.The measure approved by Parliament on July 11 for a period of three months, blocks people coming by boat via North Africa from lodging asylum claims. Instead, asylum seekers and migrants will be summarily returned to their countries of origin “without registration.” Authorities justify…
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By Arzu Geybullayeva
The Madımak Massacre marked a terrifying rupture between religious conservatism and secular artistic expression. Now, the LeMan incident suggests that the lines of that culture war remain intact.
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By Robin R. Murphy, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University
Thomas Manzini, Ph.D. Student in Robotics, Texas A&M University
It might seem like an obvious move to deploy drones to help look for flood victims, but floods pose unique challenges that stymie the technology.
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