By David A. Fleming-Muñoz, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, La Trobe University
David Ubilava, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Sydney
Australia isn’t likely to face food shortages anytime soon. But hotter, drier weather could still take a toll on many local economies and communities.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People pray for the victims of a drone strike in El Obeid, North Kordofan State, Sudan, January 12, 2026. © 2026 El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters The United Nations Security Council on June 20 warned of the “imminent risk of mass atrocities” in El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan region in western Sudan, which for months now has been the epicenter of fierce fighting between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).The conflict, which broke out in April 2023, has claimed tens of thousands of lives, caused millions to flee their homes, and…
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By Kylie A. Steel, Senior Lecturer in Motor Learning and Skill Acquisition, Western Sydney University
Selectors look not just for fitness, movement and cognitive skills, but also for left-footedness – this trait has enormous strategic value on the pitch.
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By Dominic Tran, Research Fellow, University of Sydney
Reuben Rideaux, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Sydney
Ziyue Hu, PhD Candidate, University of Sydney
We act fast on the basis of our predictions but learn most when we get it wrong, according to a new brain-scan study.
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By Peter McIntyre, Professor in Women's and Children's Health, University of Otago
Joan Ingram, Medical adviser immunisation, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Nikki Turner, Professor, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Well after the COVID pandemic, NZ’s respiratory virus landscape remains unsettled. if you’re over 65, COVID and flu vaccines remain a priority.
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By Peter Hobbins, Honorary Affiliate, Department of History, University of Sydney
Her name was Mary Quarantine Chapman.
Seriously.
To the best of my knowledge, Mary is the only Australian named after the experience of being detained to limit the spread of infectious disease.
Today, five Australians and a New Zealander were released from hantavirus quarantine in Western Australia. They had spent the past six weeks at the purpose-built Perth…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People on a prison truck arrive at the Municipal Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 17, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Heng Sinith Cambodia’s government is systematically coercing and publicizing confessions from detained political opposition members and activists to undermine their political standing.By compelling the activists to join the ruling party, the authorities seek to discredit them and further cement effective one-party rule.The Cambodian government should drop politically motivated charges, quash unjust convictions, and immediately and unconditionally release…
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By Murat Ungor, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Otago
Olena Onishchenko, Senior Lecturer in Finance, University of Otago
A recent ruling has clarified how one NZ dollar-backed crypto token fits within financial law. Just what does this mean for investors?
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By Frank Bongiorno, Director, Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas (CoPI) and Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas, University of Canberra
Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club address last week reminded us she doesn’t like multiculturalism, she sees immigration as responsible for most of the country’s problems, and she regards the values of some immigrants as inimical to a predominantly “Judeo-Christian society”. She called for “monoculturalism” to replace “multiculturalism”.
These kinds of views are not new for Hanson, nor for Australia. Billy Snedden, who served as Liberal immigration minister (and later Leader), called for a “monoculture” in 1969. The political right’s critique of multiculturalism took off in the 1980s…
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By Alex Polyakov, Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Sarah Lensen, Research Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne
A new study found each extra hour of bending forward at work raised a woman’s miscarriage risk by 36%. But there are reasons to be cautious of this finding.
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