In 2015, soon after he had rolled Tony Abbott to become prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull was heckled when, with a straight face, he told New South Wales Liberals, “We are not run by factions”. Once, there had been a contrast, at least in degree, between the factionally-organised Labor party
When the Amyl and the Sniffers’ free show at Federation Square was cancelled on Friday night due to safety concerns, the band worked quickly to turn this disappointment around. Using their performance fee, they placed A$35,000 across the bars of seven prominent grassroots music venues around Melbourne. Many
Schools have been shut in the Australian Capital Territory after children’s play sand was recalled due to asbestos fears. Almost all Canberra primary schools were closed on Monday, with Education Minister Yvette Berry conceding it could take “days” for schools to be declared safe to open again. The
kevin laminto/UnsplashOn Friday, thousands packed into Melbourne’s Federation Square for a free Amyl and the Sniffers show. Within minutes, fences buckled, the perimeter was breached, and the gig was cancelled over crowd crush fears. It was gutting for fans – but it’s also the latest episode in a much
Indigenous peoples are on the vanguard of climate action. Longstanding relationships with land means they endure the direct consequences of climate change. And their unique knowledge offers effective solutions to climate problems. But despite this, international climate policies have fallen short of encouraging Indigenous leadership. With the UN climate
Lone Thomasky & Bits&Bäume / Better Images of AI, CC BYOver the past weekend, the US AI lab Anthropic published a report about its discovery of the “first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign”. The company says a Chinese government–sponsored hacking group used Anthropic’s own Claude AI tool to automate
The UN Security Council is set to vote on a US-proposed draft resolution in New York on Monday that sets the groundwork for the next stage of President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza to be put into force. Over the last few weeks, Russia, China and various
To the best of my knowledge, Pope Leo XIV has never visited the town of Yass in New South Wales. Yet efforts by the Yass community to restore the town’s 1930s art deco Liberty Theatre are very much aligned with the Holy Father’s latest pronouncement. The theatre – once
Cottonbro/PexelsWhen I began reading Elaine Castillo’s Moderation, a new American novel about the psychological damage of online moderation, I had to pause. I’d read novels that confronted difficult material before, but this one blurred the line between bearing witness and re-enacting pain. The book follows Girlie, a content moderator for
It’s a common misconception that religion and gender and sexuality diversity are at odds with one another. There’s good reason for this. Some LGBTQIA+ people have had very difficult experiences in religious settings. But in reality, many LGBTQIA+ people hold religious and spiritual beliefs. Our new research has interviewed
Karl Baron/Flickr/Wikimedia Commons, CC BYThe next time you board a commercial flight and are told how to sit in the brace position for an emergency landing, consider this: did you know that international plane safety testing only requires adult male crash test dummies? Even with car crashes, male dummies are
MomentoJpeg/Getty ImagesFor most women, menopause occurs naturally around the age of 49. In the lead up to menopause, the quality and quantity of eggs declines over time. Then the ovaries stop releasing eggs completely. At this time, the ovaries also stop producing the sex hormones oestrogen and progesterone. This causes
In 2015, soon after he had rolled Tony Abbott to become prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull was heckled when, with a straight face, he told New South Wales Liberals, “We are not run by factions”. Once, there had been a contrast, at least in degree, between the factionally-organised Labor party
When the Amyl and the Sniffers’ free show at Federation Square was cancelled on Friday night due to safety concerns, the band worked quickly to turn this disappointment around. Using their performance fee, they placed A$35,000 across the bars of seven prominent grassroots music venues around Melbourne. Many
Schools have been shut in the Australian Capital Territory after children’s play sand was recalled due to asbestos fears. Almost all Canberra primary schools were closed on Monday, with Education Minister Yvette Berry conceding it could take “days” for schools to be declared safe to open again. The
kevin laminto/UnsplashOn Friday, thousands packed into Melbourne’s Federation Square for a free Amyl and the Sniffers show. Within minutes, fences buckled, the perimeter was breached, and the gig was cancelled over crowd crush fears. It was gutting for fans – but it’s also the latest episode in a much
Indigenous peoples are on the vanguard of climate action. Longstanding relationships with land means they endure the direct consequences of climate change. And their unique knowledge offers effective solutions to climate problems. But despite this, international climate policies have fallen short of encouraging Indigenous leadership. With the UN climate
Lone Thomasky & Bits&Bäume / Better Images of AI, CC BYOver the past weekend, the US AI lab Anthropic published a report about its discovery of the “first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign”. The company says a Chinese government–sponsored hacking group used Anthropic’s own Claude AI tool to automate
The UN Security Council is set to vote on a US-proposed draft resolution in New York on Monday that sets the groundwork for the next stage of President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza to be put into force. Over the last few weeks, Russia, China and various
To the best of my knowledge, Pope Leo XIV has never visited the town of Yass in New South Wales. Yet efforts by the Yass community to restore the town’s 1930s art deco Liberty Theatre are very much aligned with the Holy Father’s latest pronouncement. The theatre – once
Cottonbro/PexelsWhen I began reading Elaine Castillo’s Moderation, a new American novel about the psychological damage of online moderation, I had to pause. I’d read novels that confronted difficult material before, but this one blurred the line between bearing witness and re-enacting pain. The book follows Girlie, a content moderator for
It’s a common misconception that religion and gender and sexuality diversity are at odds with one another. There’s good reason for this. Some LGBTQIA+ people have had very difficult experiences in religious settings. But in reality, many LGBTQIA+ people hold religious and spiritual beliefs. Our new research has interviewed
Karl Baron/Flickr/Wikimedia Commons, CC BYThe next time you board a commercial flight and are told how to sit in the brace position for an emergency landing, consider this: did you know that international plane safety testing only requires adult male crash test dummies? Even with car crashes, male dummies are
MomentoJpeg/Getty ImagesFor most women, menopause occurs naturally around the age of 49. In the lead up to menopause, the quality and quantity of eggs declines over time. Then the ovaries stop releasing eggs completely. At this time, the ovaries also stop producing the sex hormones oestrogen and progesterone. This causes
