By Grace McQuilten, Associate professor, RMIT University
Chloë Powell, Research Assistant, RMIT University
Jenny Lye, Associate Professor/Reader in Economics, The University of Melbourne
Kate MacNeill, Professorial Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne
Marnie Badham, Associate Professor, School of Art, RMIT University
Artists and arts workers are facing financial stress, gender pay gaps, long hours and unstable work – with many leaving the sector as a result.
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By Brigid O'Connell, PhD candidate funded by the Australian Research Council (DP240103362) and former journalist, Deakin University
Kristy Hess, Professor (Communication), Deakin University
Securing the future of local journalism is attracting attention from industry, policymakers and academics across the globe, at a time when the landscape is radically shifting. “News deserts” are emerging and, to fill them, community Facebook pages, local government newsletters and digital startups are springing up.
But in this post-truth and fake news era, more new sources of local news may not necessarily be better.
The United…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A member of the Italian Army stands in front of an immigration detention camp built by Italy in Gjader, Albania, October 11, 2024. © 2024 Florion Goga/Reuters After building immigration facilities in Albania that now stand empty, the Italian government has decided to turn one of them into an offshore detention center. But this will only replicate the problems already seen in detention centers within Italy.The facility in Gjader, Albania, was built to accommodate and process adult male asylum seekers that Italian ships interdicted or rescued at sea. Under the 2023…
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By Guest Contributor
Through Dagbani Wikimedians User Group Wikimedia projects, Dagbani is gaining a stronger digital footprint, making it easier for future generations to access and learn their native language.
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By Martina Calçada Kohatsu, PhD Candidate in Educational Psychology, McGill University
Dialogue can offer a way out of the polarization created between parents and their children by the internet and long online hours.
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By Lesley Russell, Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, University of Sydney
Trump’s war on science is threatening even Australian research projects. So why does a growing pot of medical research funds remain unallocated?
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By Gregory Camp, Senior Lecturer, School of Music, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
With their new show Happiness, Kip Chapman and Luke Di Somma have created a welcome New Zealand answer to the backstage musical TV show.
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By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney
US senators engage in lengthy speeches when they are losing. This is clearly what motivated Cory Booker’s 25-hour speech: a sense the Democrats are losing to Trump.
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By T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University
You wouldn’t usually associate Pikachu with protest.
But a figure dressed as the iconic yellow Pokémon joined a protest last week in Turkey to demonstrate against the country’s authoritarian leader.
And then a virtual doppelgänger made…
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By Éléonore Paré, Doctoral candidate and lecturer, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
There has been a succession of spectacular acts of public violence and terrorism over the last few months, including the murder of the CEO of the insurance company United Healthcare, Brian Thompson, in New…
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