By Kevin John Brophy, Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
At the centre of this novel is a lonely man, the son of a Greek migrant cafe-owning family, who finds a home in a newsroom at a time of turbulence.
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By John Tibby, Associate Professor in Environmental Change, University of Adelaide
Conway Burns, Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation, Indigenous Knowledge
Harald Hofmann, Principal Hydrogeologist, CSIRO
K'gari island is renowned for its natural beauty and unique lakes. But new research reveals there was a time when some evaporated. Could this happen again?
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By Brooke Nickel, NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow, University of Sydney
Nehmat Houssami, Professor of Public Health, University of Sydney
Imagine a 57-year-old woman, let’s call her Maria, who’s just opened a letter about her mammography results. She’s had several mammograms before, but this time reads new information: “Your breasts are dense”.
While the letter assures her that dense breasts are common, it also indicates it could make it harder to see breast cancer on the mammogram.
Maria is confused about what to do next and wonders if she should be worried. Does she need to see her GP?
Maria may be fictional but she reflects the findings from the first trial of its kind we…
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By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney
It is now (almost) official: Tasmania will finally take its place in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Tasmania, a foundation state of the nation’s homegrown game of Australian rules football, has trod a tortuous route, with great drama, over its plan for a 23,000-seat indoor stadium precinct at Macquarie Point on Hobart’s picturesque waterfront.
The state is now on the cusp of realising a dream many footy-loving Tasmanians had long hoped for.
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By Misha Ketchell, Editor-in-chief, The Conversation
In September this year, the Nobel prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa gave a powerful speech to the National Press Club about the ways in which authoritarians manipulate social media. She called for the Australian government to bolster the regulation of technology platforms and issued a stark warning.
“The greatest threat we face today isn’t any individual leader or one government,” she said. “It’s the technology that’s amplifying authoritarian tactics worldwide, enabled by democratic governments that abdicated…
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By Inge Gnatt, Psychologist, Lecturer in Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology
Kathleen de Boer, Clinical Psychologist, Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology
If you’ve ever been on the sidelines at an under-12’s team sport, you will know that some children are fiercely competitive, while others are there simply to socialise.
In the workplace, two colleagues might respond differently to the same piece of feedback, where one will go into overdrive to prove themselves, while the other will easily move on.
And we all know what happens on family Monopoly nights. It’s the ultimate reminder that competitiveness can test even the closest relationships.
Being more or less competitive has advantages and disadvantages, and these…
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Wednesday, December 3rd 2025
The deadly legacy of conflicts old and new – from Gaza to Sudan and beyond – continues to kill and maim civilians on a near-daily basis, mine action workers said on Wednesday, as they appealed for greater support for their lifesaving work in the face of deep funding cuts.
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Wednesday, December 3rd 2025
The number of people facing acute food insecurity has tripled since 2016 to nearly 300 million, even as food-sector funding has fallen back to 2016 levels, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said on Wednesday, launching its first-ever Global Emergency and Resilience Appeal:
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By Leocadia Bongben
The marine protected area faces several challenges — ones that the local communities are working hard to mitigate through participatory monitoring. Yet the protected area continues to face threats.
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By Emma Humphries, Research Fellow, School of Arts, English and Languages, Queen's University Belfast
Elphaba’s insistence on correctness speaks to a broader challenge facing anyone positioned as an outsider: having to work that much harder to be accepted.
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