By Gozde Aydin, Research Fellow, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University
Yong Lin Wang, Neurologist and Phd Candidate, Monash University
Seles’ first symptoms appeared suddenly around three years ago. She began having double vision and weakness in her arms and legs.
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By Jen Webb, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Creative Practice, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
Literary journalists Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein take us inside their conversations on the mushroom trial, writing and notorious women.
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By Alexis Bergantz, Lecturer, RMIT University
After The Dismissal, Gough Whitlam called John Kerr’s wife, gifted linguist Anne Kerr, ‘the Lady Macbeth of Yarralumla’. Who was she – and what was her influence?
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By Pedro Fidelman, Associate professor in environmental policy and governance, The University of Queensland
Brazil’s Amazon COP30 climate summit will test if a resource-based nation can lead on climate action. It’s a dilemma Australia also faces.
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By Marta Yebra, Director, Bushfire Resaerch Centre of Excellence, Australian National University
As Australia faces longer, more erratic fire seasons, tools like this may prove essential for staying one step ahead of the flames.
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By Di Johnson, Senior Lecturer, Finance and Financial Planning, Griffith University
A growing number of Australians are self-managing their superannuation. A new report suggests some may be getting advice that’s not in their best interest.
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By Josephine Wright, Senior Research Fellow,, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
Susan Woods, Associate Professor, GESA Bushell Research Fellow, University of Adelaide and Principal Research Fellow, Precision Cancer Medicine, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
Bacteria are being used to target tumours, enhance chemotherapy and deliver cancer drugs. Here’s where the science is up to.
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By Jill Vaughan, Senior Lecturer, Monash University
Josef Noel Tye, Director Indigenous Innovation and Experience Programs, Monash University
Northern Irish hip hop trio Kneecap have been making waves, not just as musicians, but as language activists who rap in both English and their native Irish. In Belfast’s Gaeltacht Quarter, Irish is a living language. It is also a political statement – a form of resistance against British cultural dominance.
Kneecap’s music is having a big impact, particularly on young Irish people. While language study in Northern Ireland is declining…
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By Judy Ingham, Newsletter Producer, The Conversation
The reality of opioid therapy, kindness for fellow humans and criticism for a piece on COP30: and edited selection of your views.
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By Michelle Arrow, Professor of History, President, Australian Historical Association, Macquarie University
With a bold reform agenda and occasional administrative chaos, Whitlam’s three-year government had, and continues to have, a profound effect on Australian life.
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