The extraordinary Brittany Higgins saga, probably one of the biggest political scandal of our time and devastating for multiple people, returned this week to the margin of public attention when one of the legal cases was in the Federal Court. The alleged 2019 rape of Higgins, a staffer of
Daniel J GrantFollowing a year in the life of an “ordinary” woman, Carol, Andrea Gibbs’ second play for Black Swan State Theatre Company is a real original. Moving between moments in front of the curtain and scenes behind the proscenium, the play works as a series of vignettes. Interspersed
CC BYThese days, new technology is presented as inevitable, and resistance is futile. Smartphones and social media for kids? It’s just how it is. Cynical about crypto? You must be a crackpot. Worried about AI slop? Get on board or get left behind. At The Conversation, we have always
For the first time ever, the Australian banking regulator has announced it will impose new debt-to-income limits on housing loans made by banks. Such limits are a common tool used by regulators in other nations – including the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and Canada – to cool housing market
“We must have a drink before the end of the year!” December is a perfect storm for anyone trying to cut back on drinking. Between end-of-year deadlines, work parties, family gatherings and school events, alcohol is suddenly everywhere. It can make drinking feel not just normal, but expected. But if
The Trump administration is extending its anti-immigration agenda beyond US borders. This week, US embassies in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom and several Western European nations were instructed to collect and transmit migrant-related crime data in these countries to Washington. The administration’s stated purpose is to assist US
Recent calls by Opposition Leader Sussan Ley to cut Australia’s intake of migrants have been accompanied by a promised revision — if the coalition is elected — of not only the immigration system, but the “integrity” of Australia’s citizenship test and its “character test”. Ley’s comments came in the wake
Author providedAbout 170 years ago, a bundle of stone tools was deliberately buried, or “cached”, near a waterhole in far-west Queensland and never recovered. Why? Our team’s investigation of this extremely rare site has revealed a long story of Indigenous trade and innovation in the Australian outback. The bundle We
Police at the location of one of the campsites where Tom Phillips and his children had been hiding for the past four years. Dean Purcell/New Zealand Herald via Getty ImagesYesterday’s announcement of a public inquiry into the handling of the Tom Phillips case was inevitable. When children go missing
We think of ancient civilisations as operating very differently from the way our economy works today. Yet the Bronze Age Assyrians living in Mesopotamia, around 4,000 to 3,000 years ago, began the basis of modern capitalism, in a region spanning most of modern-day Iraq, eastern Syria and southeastern Turkey. The
Martin Damboldt/Pexels, CC BY-NC-NDShipping moves 90% of global trade and produces nearly 3% of global emissions. The sector has proved challenging to clean up, as cargo ships can travel for weeks between ports and typically rely on cheap, energy-dense and extremely polluting heavy fuel oil. Earlier this year, international
In October, media reports suggested mining giant BHP had accepted a deal to settle about a third of its spot iron ore sales to Chinese customers in China’s own currency, the renminbi (RMB), rather than US dollars. Those reports still haven’t been officially confirmed, amid ongoing closed-door negotiations between the
The extraordinary Brittany Higgins saga, probably one of the biggest political scandal of our time and devastating for multiple people, returned this week to the margin of public attention when one of the legal cases was in the Federal Court. The alleged 2019 rape of Higgins, a staffer of
Daniel J GrantFollowing a year in the life of an “ordinary” woman, Carol, Andrea Gibbs’ second play for Black Swan State Theatre Company is a real original. Moving between moments in front of the curtain and scenes behind the proscenium, the play works as a series of vignettes. Interspersed
CC BYThese days, new technology is presented as inevitable, and resistance is futile. Smartphones and social media for kids? It’s just how it is. Cynical about crypto? You must be a crackpot. Worried about AI slop? Get on board or get left behind. At The Conversation, we have always
For the first time ever, the Australian banking regulator has announced it will impose new debt-to-income limits on housing loans made by banks. Such limits are a common tool used by regulators in other nations – including the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and Canada – to cool housing market
“We must have a drink before the end of the year!” December is a perfect storm for anyone trying to cut back on drinking. Between end-of-year deadlines, work parties, family gatherings and school events, alcohol is suddenly everywhere. It can make drinking feel not just normal, but expected. But if
The Trump administration is extending its anti-immigration agenda beyond US borders. This week, US embassies in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom and several Western European nations were instructed to collect and transmit migrant-related crime data in these countries to Washington. The administration’s stated purpose is to assist US
Recent calls by Opposition Leader Sussan Ley to cut Australia’s intake of migrants have been accompanied by a promised revision — if the coalition is elected — of not only the immigration system, but the “integrity” of Australia’s citizenship test and its “character test”. Ley’s comments came in the wake
Author providedAbout 170 years ago, a bundle of stone tools was deliberately buried, or “cached”, near a waterhole in far-west Queensland and never recovered. Why? Our team’s investigation of this extremely rare site has revealed a long story of Indigenous trade and innovation in the Australian outback. The bundle We
Police at the location of one of the campsites where Tom Phillips and his children had been hiding for the past four years. Dean Purcell/New Zealand Herald via Getty ImagesYesterday’s announcement of a public inquiry into the handling of the Tom Phillips case was inevitable. When children go missing
We think of ancient civilisations as operating very differently from the way our economy works today. Yet the Bronze Age Assyrians living in Mesopotamia, around 4,000 to 3,000 years ago, began the basis of modern capitalism, in a region spanning most of modern-day Iraq, eastern Syria and southeastern Turkey. The
Martin Damboldt/Pexels, CC BY-NC-NDShipping moves 90% of global trade and produces nearly 3% of global emissions. The sector has proved challenging to clean up, as cargo ships can travel for weeks between ports and typically rely on cheap, energy-dense and extremely polluting heavy fuel oil. Earlier this year, international
In October, media reports suggested mining giant BHP had accepted a deal to settle about a third of its spot iron ore sales to Chinese customers in China’s own currency, the renminbi (RMB), rather than US dollars. Those reports still haven’t been officially confirmed, amid ongoing closed-door negotiations between the
