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The Conversation Australiaby Anthony Wiskich, Visiting Fellow in Economics, Australian National University5d ago
It’s hard to run heavy trucks without fossil fuels – especially in Australia. They’re big, heavy and cover long distances.
The Conversation Australiaby Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University5d ago
The Middle East has seen many explosions of violence in recent years. But while the US-Iran war has grabbed the headlines this year, the rapidly escalating conflict between the Houthis and Yemen’s...
The Conversation Australiaby Flavio Menezes, Professor of Economics, Director of the Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland5d ago
The Greens’ official research think tank has proposed forcing Woolworths and Coles to sell 200 supermarkets, as a first step to creating a national chain of 624 publicly owned supermarkets.
The Conversation Australiaby Joshua Cinner, Professor & ARC Laureate Fellow, Thriving Oceans Research Hub, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney5d ago
Every few years, the elders of Muluk, a tiny coastal community in Papua New Guinea, close a stretch of their reef to fishing.
The Conversation Australiaby Chari Larsson, Senior Lecturer of Art History, Griffith University5d ago
There are a number of possible theoretical entry points to Justene Williams’ new survey show, Once We Were Mudskippers. The first is the mudskipper of the exhibition’s title.
The Conversation Australiaby Timothy Graham, Associate Professor in Digital Media, Queensland University of Technology5d ago
Australia’s new Digital Duty of Care bill proposes a significant shift in online safety. Rather than simply responding to harmful content after it appears, platforms would be required to identify...
The Conversation Australiaby Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne5d ago
Four weeks before the November 3 US midterm elections, Republicans trail Democrats by 9.6 points on the generic ballot in analyst Nate Silver’s midterm forecast model.
The Conversation Australiaby Raven Cretney, Senior Lecturer, Department of Tourism, Sport and Society, Lincoln University, New Zealand5d ago
A quarter-century ago, genetic modification stood as one of the most contentious political and environmental issues in New Zealand.
The Conversation Australiaby Kat Henry, Lecturer and Researcher, Theatre Department, Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne5d ago
During talk therapy one day, my psychologist said to me, “Look, the human mind is a mystery. We may never fully work things out.” For me, it was at once shocking that a psychologist was so candid...
The Conversation Australiaby Marcus Harmes, Professor in Pathways Education, University of Southern Queensland5d ago
Eva Marie Saint, who has died aged 102, was showered in awards across her long career. Her performances spanned from her first stage appearances in 1942 to her final film appearance in 2019.
The Conversation Australiaby Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne5d ago
With a month to go to the New Zealand election on November 7, a Reid Research poll for RNZ has given the left bloc its first lead over the right in any poll since June.
The Conversation Australiaby Susan Stone, Credit Union SA Chair of Economics, Adelaide University5d ago
Renewables now contribute more than 40% of the electricity generated in Australia’s main grid. Twenty years ago, that figure was under 10%.
The Conversation Australiaby Jamie Q. Roberts, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Sydney5d ago
In my youth, somewhere in the late 1990s, when I was a goth or a punk or something, I had a t-shirt proclaiming, “Ignorance should not reproduce”.
The Conversation Australiaby Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University5d ago
Counterfeit banknotes are being detected in Australia this year at a rate not seen since June 2018, according to newly released data from the Reserve Bank of Australia.
The Conversation Australiaby Fengfei Li, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Deakin University5d ago
Since Australia’s card surcharge ban took effect on October 1, social media users have questioned new “service fees” and “daily surcharges” appearing on their bills.
The Conversation Australiaby Grant Duncan, Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau5d ago
Going by recent opinion polls, the combined votes of National and Labour in the coming election may be the lowest ever – below 60%.
The Conversation Australiaby Beth Spacey, Lecturer in Medieval History, The University of Queensland6d ago
There have been conflicting reports about the death of an employee at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute in Russia, including the claim that she contracted the pneumonic plague.
The Conversation Australiaby Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University6d ago
Conflicting information about the death of a lab worker at a Russian plague research institute has fuelled fears about the possibility of pneumonic plague spreading.
The Conversation Australiaby Andrew Norton, Professor of Higher Education Policy, Monash University6d ago
On Tuesday, the Coalition announced three migration policy proposals that directly affect international education. Two of these overlap with recent federal government changes.
The Conversation Australiaby Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra6d ago
A Coalition government would slash Net Overseas Migration (NOM) to 100,000 in each of 2028–29 and 2029–30, rising to 130,000 in the third year and flattening out at 160,000 by 2031–32.
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