By Luke Johnson, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Wollongong
In his thoughtful new novel about people turning into trees, Rhett Davis puts postmodernism and myth through the figurative woodchipper.
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By Janet Fanslow, Professor in Violence Prevention and Mental Health Promotion, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
New Zealanders who have experienced interpersonal violence are more likely to end up in hospital for both injury and illness.
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By David Trembath, Head of Autism Research and Senior Principal Research Fellow, The Kids Research Institute Australia
Andrew Whitehouse, Deputy Director, the Kids Research Institute Australia, The University of Western Australia
Kandice Varcin, Senior Research Fellow in autism research, The Kids Research Institute Australia
Autistic kids need love, to learn through everyday activities and strong connections with family, culture and community. Here’s what’s best practice to support them.
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By Marta Khomyn, Lecturer, Finance and Data Analytics, University of Adelaide
As Trump works to undermine US economic institutions, some Wall Street traders are making money from private data sources that pre-empt official statistics.
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By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
If legislation passes, the register would be the first public one in Australia, but evidence shows they do little do protect people.
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By Samara McPhedran, Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University
There are more guns in Australia now than before the Port Arthur massacre in 1996. Why? And who is buying firearms?
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By Ana Carolina Garriga, Professor. Department of Government, University of Essex
Cristina Bodea, Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University
The fate of Lisa Cook, who is fighting attempts by President Donald Trump to remove her from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, has huge implications for a keystone of good economic policy: central bank independence.
At the heart of her firing attempt – and other moves to undermine the Fed by the Trump administration – is a power struggle. Central banks, which are…
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By Shawna Mastro Campbell, Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology, Bond University
Susan Rowe, Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology, Bond University
The government is considering new, bulk-billed health checks for three-year-olds, to pick up developmental concerns and refer kids that might need additional support.
The detail was buried in the announcement of the new “Thriving Kids” program which aims to provide foundational support for autistic children and those with developmental concerns.
The government announced it is also considering creating…
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By Liz Giuffre, Associate Professor in Media, University of Technology Sydney
Ben Platt’s viral cover of Addison Rae’s Diet Pepsi highlights the enduring power of musical covers to reinvent songs and bridge genres.
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By Janine Schloss, PhD candidate, Jewish Cultural Practice, Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University
Stella Prize shortlisted author Katia Ariel admits to a “pre-emptive regret” at not being able to include the personal details of each of the thousands of souls relayed to her by Ephraim Finch, director of Melbourne’s Chevra Kadisha – or, Jewish Burial Society. From the mid-1980s to 2015, he buried over ten thousand individuals. The book largely unfolds through a series of deep-dive conversations between Ariel, Finch and his wife, Cas.
Ariel writes that anyone living in the Melbourne Jewish community during this period would “for better or worse” have had something to do with the working-class…
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