By Olabisi Oyelana, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, MacEwan University
There is a persistent gap between institutional commitments to equity and diversity and the realities students encounter in Canadian higher education.
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By Vincent Hurley, Lecturer in Criminology (police & policing). School of International Studies, Macquarie University
Four domestic violence-related deaths in one weekend in New South Wales have reignited questions about what more can be done to protect vulnerable people, two years after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese labelled domestic and gender-based violence a “national crisis”.
Last weekend, four…
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By Kyllie Cripps, Director of Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, Chief Investigator for the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW), School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies, School of Social Sciences (SOSS), Monash University
Heather Douglas, Professor of Law and Deputy Director of the Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW), The University of Melbourne
Samantha O'Donnell, Research Fellow, the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW), The University of Melbourne
In inquiries and reviews, governments endlessly ask Indigenous communities what should be done, but rarely act on it. It’s time that changed.
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By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW
Earlier this month, artificial intelligence (AI) researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic after just four months. In an announcement on X, he stated:
The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.
A senior member of Anthropic’s staff, Evan Hubinger, actually agreed with Coxon, adding he personally thinks the chance of this happening in the next decade is…
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By Amanda Craft, Lecturer in Accounting and Personal Financial Planning, Western Sydney University
Households might get relief on fuel they would have bought anyway, but cheaper petrol could encourage them to use more.
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By Kate Griffiths, Democracy Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute
Incoming electoral reforms will cap the amounts parties can spend on election campaigning, but it’s still far too high. Here’s what the rules should be instead.
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By Nick Garvin, Visiting Fellow, School of Economics, UNSW
Elyse Dwyer, Visiting Fellow, School of Economics, UNSW
New research suggests upcoming housing investor taxes will have a less dramatic impact than many fear. But some, especially retired investors, will be worse off.
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By Jyotsna Batra, Professor of Genetics, Bond University
Prostate cancer is common. About 200 in every 1,000 Australian men will be told they have prostate cancer by the age of 85. But the chance of dying from it is much lower: around 18 in 1,000 cases.
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood testing remains the most widely used test to detect prostate cancer – but it’s far from perfect.…
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By Robbie Eres, Lecturer in Psychology, Deakin University
Year 12 students are coming to the end of their formal schooling. Many are having graduation ceremonies at the moment ahead of their final exams.
Over the next few months, some school leavers might find their friends are travelling overseas while others are beginning new jobs. Maybe some classmates are moving to different towns or cities to study or work.
As young people begin to move into this new life stage, they might feel their school friendships and wider networks are becoming more distant or disconnected. They may feel lost or lonely.
What do we mean by loneliness?…
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By Toby Slade, Associate Professor of Fashion, University of Technology Sydney
Dijanna Mulhearn, PhD Candidate, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
For nearly 60 years, Cue dressed Australian women for changing working lives. Its troubles reveal how work, fashion and professional dress have changed.
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