By Maha Khawaja, PhD Student, Health and Society, McMaster University
Sex toys can help people whose sex lives have been changed by illness, disease or disability, move past traditional sex scripts.
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By Kayla Morton, Assistant Professor of Blue Economy and Policy, University of Delaware
Incumbents can still reap electoral rewards when federal money reaches their districts, even if they opposed the bill that provided it.
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By Rachida Bouhid, PhD StudentDepartment of Strategy, Social Responsibility, and Environment, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
The Canadian government recently launched its Responsible Data Centre Development Principles, enabling the country to set the terms for responsible growth of artificial intelligence computing power and storage.
The promise: “Building…
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By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
Emily Burch, Accredited Practising Dietitian and Lecturer, Southern Cross University
Those carrying the greatest burden of obesity and its complications may be among the least able to afford one of the most effective treatments now available.
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By Md Akhtaruzzaman, Professor of Finance and Head of Discipline, Accounting and Finance, Australian Catholic University
Small businesses are still figuring out ways to deal with the ban on credit card surcharges that took effect on October 1 and are searching for ways to manage the costs.
While the ban is forecast to save consumers A$1.6 billion a year in surcharge fees, businesses continue to incur the card processing costs…
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By Lynnaire Sheridan, Associate Professor, Department of Management, University of Otago
As AI agents begin shopping on our behalf, there’s a real risk cheaper products could put more pressure on vulnerable workers in global supply chains.
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By Daniel Ramp, Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Compassionate Conservation, University of Technology Sydney
Erick Lundgren, Postdoctoral Fellow in Ecology, University of Alberta
Jens-Christian Svenning, Professor of Ecology, Aarhus University
Martin Schlaepfer, Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology, Université de Genève
Wild dromedary herds no longer roam the Sahara, while wild banteng are vanishingly rare in Southeast Asia. Should we protect their feral populations in Australia?
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By Tristan Kennedy, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous) and Senior Vice-President, Monash University
When I graduated from high school more than 25 years ago, I received a phone call. I hadn’t met the caller, but they knew of me. They informed me that, according to their records, I was one of only 50 Indigenous students to successfully complete secondary school in the states of South Australia and the Northern Territory combined.
When I graduated, Indigenous students completing secondary studies was cause for our communities to come together to celebrate. I was invited to an event at Adelaide Festival Centre to mark the achievement alongside my fellow graduates. For many of us, the…
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By Tim Rowse, Emeritus Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
In the second half of the 19th century, colonial agriculture and pastoralism in Queensland were hungry for labour, and people of the South Pacific supplied much of it. Ryan Butta is not the first author to write the history of their maltreatment, but Blackbirding is a readable reminder of a shameful source of Queensland’s prosperity – he calls it “slavery” – that will make it known to new audiences.
Review: Blackbirding: A Reckoning with the Australian Slave Trade –…
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By Filipe Mendonça, Associate Professor of International Relations, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)
Co-founded by U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, Rockbridge offers candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former and now jailed President Jair Bolsonaro, strategic advantages in the tight race against incumbent President Lula
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