By Melvin Barrientos Marzan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne
Lisa Hui, Professorial Fellow, Maternal Fetal Medicine Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health, The University of Melbourne
Suzanne Mavoa, Senior Research Fellow in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
New research shows fast-food outlets and with few healthy food options was strongly linked to indicators of poorer health for both mother and baby.
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By Elianor Gerrard, Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
Kimberley Crofts, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Energy Transitions, Deakin University
Getting to net zero relies on the bush. Rapid change can create tensions – but media framing and vested interests have inflamed the situation.
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By Daryl Sparkes, Senior Lecturer, Media Studies and Production, University of Southern Queensland
Hollywood is the place where having a great face will get you far. Think Errol Flynn, James Dean, George Clooney, Brad Pitt – a handsome appearance opens acting doors.
Those good looks, the magical smile, the natural charm all became synonymous with Robert Redford, who has died aged 89.
But good looks can only get you so far. You still need the acting chops as well as the strength of character to make a real impression in the world of cinema, and in the world itself.
Redford had this all in spades.
The young actor
After a rough start in…
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By Justin Mallia, PhD Candidate in Art History and Theory, Monash University
Bella Ciao is a traditional Italian folk song known for its association with the anti-fascist resistance in Italy during the second world war.
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By Matt Nichol, Lecturer in Law, CQUniversity Australia
John McLaren, Lecturer business law, CQUniversity Australia
In recent years, private equity has changed the global sports landscape, with clubs from Major League Baseball (MLB) and the National Football League (NFL), rugby union in New Zealand and
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Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Amid reports of intensifying bombardment in Gaza City overnight, the Middle East crisis took centre stage at the UN on Tuesday, starting at the global body's Geneva headquarters, where Israel rejected allegations of genocide by an international panel of independent human rights investigators. The development came ahead of an urgent debate at the Human Rights Council prompted by Israeli strikes on Hamas political leadership last week in Doha. UN News app users can follow live here.
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By Becky Freeman, Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
Coral Gartner, Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame, The University of Queensland
Fei Gao, Lecturer in Taxation, Discipline of Accounting, Governance & Regulation, The University of Sydney, University of Sydney
Roger Magnusson, Professor of Law and Governance, University of Sydney
Ron Borland, Professor of Health Behaviour, School of Psychology, Deakin University
Critics of the tobacco excise argue the tax has stopped working to further reduce smoking rates and should be lowered.
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By Steve Hatfield-Dodds, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University
The clock is ticking on the federal government’s big climate reveal: Australia’s 2035 emissions targets. The declaration is expected later this week, and will signal to the world how hard Australia will go to help avoid the worst effects of climate change.
Draft advice by the Climate Change Authority, which is advising the government on the target, flagged it may recommend a range of emissions cuts between…
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By Jon Richardson, Visiting Fellow, Centre for European Studies, Australian National University
Territorial concessions used to be common after wars. The formation of the UN after WWII was meant to put an end to this.
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By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University
When news broke last week that US political influencer Charlie Kirk had been shot at an event at Utah Valley University, millions of people around the world were first alerted to it by social media before journalists had written a word.
Rather than first seeing the news on a mainstream news website, footage of the bloody and public assassination was pushed directly onto audiences’ social media feeds. There weren’t any editors deciding whether the raw footage was too distressing, nor…
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