By Kylie Message, Professor of Public Humanities and Director of the ANU Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University
According to international assessments, Australian unis are ‘struggling’. Closer to home, some academics are questioning whether a uni degree is even worth it.
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By David Peetz, Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
Class has always mattered, and now social democratic parties that sprung from a working class — including the Australian Labor Party – are finding out why.
Over many years, and in many countries, a growing view among political actors and within political science was that class was losing its punch. The line was something like this. The working class once voted for labour parties. The middle class voted conservative. But over many years) that difference between how the classes voted got smaller…
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By Paul Griffin, Professor, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The University of Queensland
There is no approved vaccine to curb the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. But new funding offers hope.
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By Siavosh Sahebi, PhD Candidate in Philosophy, Macquarie University
Thomas Montefiore, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Philosophy, Macquarie University
Imagine you have used a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool such as ChatGPT to tidy up notes you took while in a meeting. Your colleague comments on how clear they are. You don’t disclose it was the AI that made the notes clear and not you.
Now consider a different scenario. You are at your mother’s funeral. Her best friend of many years delivers a heartfelt eulogy, wishing her well in the afterlife. But later you discover her friend did not actually write the eulogy in any way – AI did.
The undisclosed use of generative AI in these two scenarios is deceptive.…
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By Dorina Pojani, Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland
Australia largely has enough off-street parking to do away with unsightly kerbside parking – and free up space for bikes, pedestrians and scooters.
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By Bridget Mac Eochagain, PhD Candidate, Theatre and Performance, University of Sydney
For decades, TV has had a ‘rape problem’. But Off Campus proves stories about sexual violence don’t need to be graphic to be powerful.
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By Anna Goldsworthy, Dean, Elder Conservatorium of Music and School of Performing Arts, Adelaide University
We are designed to smell each other – but the custom-made soulmates of AI are frictionless, and always available. What if we fall out of love with our own kind?
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By Nicholas Ross Smith, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Waikato
Borrowed from psychiatry, the term “ontological security” describes how nations understand themselves and their place in the world – and how it can break down.
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By Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is deeply saddened by the death on June 3, 2026, of Carola Frediani at the age of 51 following a long illness. Carola was an information and security technologist at Human Rights Watch and a longtime journalist. She was regarded as an authoritative voice on the relationship between technology, security, and digital rights. Click to expand Image Carola Fredani. “Carola was a valued and beloved member of the close-knit information security team at Human Rights Watch, and her loss will be deeply felt,” said Philippe Bolopion, executive director of Human Rights Watch.…
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Thursday, June 4, 2026
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called on Thursday for greater protection for environmental and land defenders, noting that hundreds worldwide have been killed or detained in recent years.
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