By Stella Huangfu, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney
Inflation was 1.3% in the September quarter, prompting major banks to revise their expected timeline for the next round of interest rate relief.
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By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia
The backlash was swift and intense. Now the Bureau of Meteorology will have to make changes to its new website.
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By LaShawn Harris, Associate Professor of History, Michigan State University
The 1984 murder of a Black grandmother in her Bronx apartment sparked an ongoing movement against police brutality and neglect of the mentally ill.
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By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
Beyond ghoulish costumes and mountains of lollies, Halloween is rooted in celebrating nature. It originated in the Celtic pagan tradition of Samhain, marking the bounty of the autumnal harvest and transition to the dark depths of winter.
Fast forward to 2025, and Halloween is a commercial juggernaut expected to exceed…
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By Silvia Mantovanini, PhD Candidate, Astronomy, Curtin University
Natasha Hurley-Walker, Radio Astronomer, Curtin University
The Milky Way is a rich and complex environment. We see it as a luminous line stretching across the night sky, composed of innumerable stars.
But that’s just the visible light. Observing the sky in other ways, such as through radio waves, provides a much more nuanced scene – full of charged particles and magnetic fields.
For decades, astronomers have used radio telescopes to explore our galaxy. By studying the properties of the objects residing in the Milky Way, we can better understand its evolution and composition.
Our study, published…
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Russia’s abuse of national security and public safety laws to silence opposition to the war in Ukraine has reached “alarming levels”, the UN independent expert who monitors human rights in Russia has warned.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
The chair of an independent commission investigating alleged human rights abuses in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, told a General Assembly committee on Tuesday that Israel has committed “four genocidal acts” in Gaza, while leaders had “incited the commission of genocide.”
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By Human Rights Watch
Mali’s military junta has temporarily shut down all schools and universities after an Islamist armed group laid siege to the nation’s capital, Bamako, and cut off fuel supplies, deepening the suffering of children and youth whose education has been disrupted by years of conflict. Click to expand Image A shuttered school in Bamako, Mali, October 27, 2025. © 2025 Private Mali’s education minister announced on October 26 that classes would be suspended nationwide “due to disruptions in [the] fuel supply,” affecting transportation for students and education staff.Since early September,…
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By Madeline-Sophie Abbas, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Lancaster University
The home secretary has the power to remove a person’s British citizenship if they consider it ‘conducive to the public good’.
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By Richard Hargy, Visiting Research Fellow in International Studies, Queen's University Belfast
The states are high, so the Trump administration is trying to change voting laws, while both sides gerrymandering to give them an advantage.
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