By Emma Knowles, Lecturer, Western Civilisation Program, Australian Catholic University
For those needing a last-minute costume for Halloween, or wanting to try something different this year, here are three unusual medieval ideas.
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By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University
Australia’s annual inflation rate jumped to 4.3% in September, up from 4.0% in August, keeping pressure on the Reserve Bank ahead of Tuesday’s interest rate decision.
Market expectations for another rate rise next week – which would be the fifth this year – surged to 80% after the inflation report.
Petrol and holiday costs helped drive the increase. But the more important test…
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By Daryl Higgins, Professor & Director, Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University
Australia invests billions in children annually, but we still struggle to keep them safe, happy and healthy. It’s time to include the missing puzzle piece: parents.
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By Mark Ledbury, Professor of Art History and Visual Culture, University of Sydney
Bigger and Closer (not smaller and further away) is a celebratory and spectacular portrait of the artist and his oeuvre but lacks depth and complexity.
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By Amnesty International
Tanzanian authorities have failed to hold anyone accountable for the violence security forces inflicted on protesters, which left hundreds of people dead and thousands of others injured in the wake of the 2025 general election, Amnesty International said on the first anniversary of the crackdown. Instead of delivering justice and accountability, authorities have withheld a […] The post Tanzania: Authorities weaponize counterterrorism laws to restrict civic space amid pervasive impunity over violent election crackdown appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Play Video Read a text description of this video TEXT ON SCREENOctober 28, 2025Rio de Janeiro, BrazilNARRATIONOn the morning of October 28th, 2025, hundreds of police officers surrounded two low-income neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro.By nightfall, the operation would become the deadliest in Brazil's history.TEXT ON SCREENWARNING. This video contains graphic content, including blurred images of dead bodies. Viewer discretion advised.NARRATION122 people were killed, including two children and five police officers. According to the autopsy records, over eighty five percent of non-police victims…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image An aerial view of a damaged area of Damascus where the debris from collapsed buildings is being turned into sand, gravel, and bricks to reuse as construction materials to restore areas affected by Syria’s civil war, November 2, 2025. © 2025 Bakr Al Kasem/Anadolu via Getty Images Syria and the World Bank Group announced on October 18 the creation of the Syria Recovery and Reconstruction Trust Fund, known as START. Run by the World Bank, the fund will pool donor money and private investment to help restore infrastructure and public services, strengthen state institutions,…
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By Ran Porat, Affiliate Researcher, The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University
With neither major bloc looking like it will form a majority, the negotiations will begin. And it will take some time before there is a winner.
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By Dana McKay, Associate Dean, Interaction, Technology and Information, RMIT University
One of the earliest uses of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT and Claude was producing source code – computer language instructions that make up software such as word processors, your internet browser, and everything else.
Code is structured, which makes it easier for AI tools to generate.
So could they help to make fancy…
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By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
Abbas Rajabifard, Professor in Geomatics and SDI, The University of Melbourne
Iman Taheri Sarteshnizi, Research Fellow, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne
Neema Nassir, Associate Professor in Transport Engineering, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne
In the absence of evidence, authorities channel public opinion to manage e-bikes and e-scooters. Here’s what the public really thinks.
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