By Caitlin McGee, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
Gordon Noble, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
Our proposed build-to-rent-to-own model would mean residents could buy a stake in the development they live in – without a deposit or bank loan.
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By Michael Macaulay, Professor of Public Administration, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The scandal over how police handled complaints against former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming has exposed serious failings at the organisation’s highest levels.
It has also brought into sharp focus how poor judgement and processes can corrode public confidence in an institution that relies so heavily on integrity.
This week, the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) released…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A protester waving a Cameroonian flag approaches police officers as they gather in Garoua on October 26, 2025. © 2025 AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – The authorities in Cameroon responded to widespread opposition-led protests following the October 12, 2025 elections with lethal force and mass arrests of protesters and other citizens, Human Rights Watch said today.The Constitutional Council announced on October 27 that the incumbent President Paul Biya, 92, had won the election with 53.66 percent of the vote. His main challenger, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, the former transport…
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By George Williams, Vice chancellor, Western Sydney University
Thanks to the Job Ready Graduates scheme, an arts degree today will cost over $50,000. How have five decades of government policy taken us from free education to this?
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By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
Emily Burch, Accredited Practising Dietitian and Lecturer, Southern Cross University
Mackenzie Derry, Nutritionist, Dietitian & PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland
Your diet soft drink habit may not be as healthy as you think. Here are three ways to cut back.
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By Alexa Scarlata, Lecturer, Digital Communication, RMIT University
The bright blue skies of Fremantle are a delightfully incongruous setting for NITV and SBS’s new crime drama, Reckless.
Not only is this a part of Australia we rarely get to see on our screens, but the local pubs and ocean views of the port city somehow add to the tension and menace of a complicated web.
When we meet them driving home from a family wedding late one night, it’s clear siblings Charlie (Hunter Page-Lochard) and June (Tasma Walton) already have a pretty dysfunctional relationship.
But when Charlie accidentally hits and kills a man, and June insists…
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By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University
Trump’s world order: praising Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa as an ‘attractive guy’, while disparaging the first Muslim mayor of New York as a ‘lunatic communist’.
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By Tets Kimura, Adjunct Lecturer, Creative Arts, Flinders University
OzAsia 2025 once again affirmed its status as Australia’s leading multi-arts celebration of unique creativity. Despite South Australia’s comparatively small Asian population, OzAsia has grown into a significant platform that integrates music, literature, dance, comedy and visual arts.
With an additional weekend this year, the festival organisers described the program as “bigger than ever,” aiming to bring together…
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By Christian Yao, Senior Lecturer, School of Management, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Knowledge workers are racing ahead with AI, but organisations still evaluate them as if they are working alone. How we measure human value has to change.
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By Jean-Charles Pelland, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen
Most of us have little trouble working out how many millilitres are in 2.4 litres of water (it’s 2,400). But the same can’t be said when we’re asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it’s 144).
That’s because the Indo-Arabic numerals we often use to represent numbers are base-10, while the system we often use to measure time is base-60.
Expressing time in decimal notation leads to an interaction between these two bases, which can have implications at both the cognitive and cultural level.
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