By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Comparison with American politics has continued with Peter Dutton flagging intervention into school curriculum’s to combat ‘woke’ in a move Labor has called DOGE-Y.
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By Mong Palatino
"A generation already scarred by war is now buried in rubble. Without help, many more will be lost — not just to the earthquake, but to the silence that follows."
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By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia
The worst flooding in 50 years has turned parts of western Queensland into an inland sea, stranding communities and livestock. It’s so vast, it’s set to completely fill Lake Eyre.
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By Kai Riemer, Professor of Information Technology and Organisation, University of Sydney
Sandra Peter, Director of Sydney Executive Plus, University of Sydney
Studio Ghibli’s founder Hayao Miyazaki has been critical of AI previously. Now, ChatGPT is generating images in his world-famous animation style.
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By Hunter Bennett, Lecturer in Exercise Science, University of South Australia
Do you get a throbbing pain on both sides of your head after strenuous exercise? Here’s what might be happening.
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By Timothy Neal, Senior lecturer in Economics / Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney
The damage climate change will inflict on the world’s economy is likely to have been massively underestimated, according to new research by my colleagues and I which accounts for the full global reach of extreme weather and its aftermath.
To date, projections of how climate change will affect global gross domestic product (GDP) have broadly suggested mild to moderate harm. This in part has led to a lack of urgency in national efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
However, these…
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By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
The Reserve Bank of Australia left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.1% today, stressing the uncertainty in the economic outlook.
As the Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock told a media conference, “since February there has been a lot more uncertainty introduced in the international context”.
The on-hold decision was widely expected…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A demining team from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine is clearing a large forest contaminated with landmines, booby traps, and unexploded ordnance in the Lyman Raion of Donetsk Oblast on February 12, 2025 in Donetsk Region, Ukraine. © 2025 Pierre Crom/Getty Images The International Day for Mine Action on April 4 is a moment to highlight the work of the thousands of deminers around the world who clear and destroy landmines and explosive remnants of war. They risk their lives to help communities recover from armed conflict and its intergenerational impacts.But…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Medical workers transport an earthquake casualty at a hospital in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on March 28, 2025. © 2025 SAI AUNG MAIN/AFP via Getty Images (Bangkok) – Myanmar’s military junta should allow immediate unfettered access to humanitarian aid for earthquake survivors and lift restrictions that impede the emergency response, Human Rights Watch said today. Since the earthquake struck at 12:50 p.m. on March 28, 2025, the military has carried out airstrikes and limited internet access in severely affected areas, further complicating the humanitarian response.The…
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By Tim Rowse, Emeritus Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
Kate Grenville’s book successfully intertwines national and personal history to evoke Australia’s past – but multiculturalism challenges her idea of collective memory.
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