Catherine Marciniak/StanLast week, Erin Patterson was sentenced to life in prison, with a non-parole period of 33 years, for three counts of murder and one of attempted murder. Justice Christopher Beale acknowledged the media maelstrom surrounding the case, and how this would likely necessitate Patterson’s placement in solitary confinement.
Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old Utah man suspected of having fatally shot right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, is reportedly not cooperating with authorities. Robinson was apprehended after a more than two-day manhunt and is being held without bail at the Utah County Jail. While a motive for the shooting has yet to
Charlie Kirk: white nationalist, conservative Christian, right-wing social media personality, shooting victim, and now, a “martyr”. That is, according to his supporters. Since Kirk’s death last week, a number of his followers from the Christian right have ascribed him the title of “martyr”. President Donald Trump himself called Kirk
Only a few months into her leadership, Sussan Ley is facing an extraordinary insurgency from Liberal frontbenchers. Last week she had to sack Jacinta Price for refusing to endorse her leadership. Now she is being warned, bluntly, that if the Liberals don’t drop the commitment to net zero by 2050
SimpleImages/Getty ImagesAustralians are living longer than ever before. While this is broadly good news, ageing well comes with a range of challenges. As people grow older, they’re more likely to develop multiple chronic conditions, including heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and cognitive problems such as dementia. These
GettyDespite the fear of Artificial Intelligence (AI) taking our jobs, we actually don’t have enough workers. The Baby Boomer generation is retiring and Australia’s workforce is ageing. The challenge of finding the workers we need will grow over the coming years. Meanwhile, more workers will be needed to support the
Richard Baker / Getty ImagesThe Australian government today released regulatory guidance on the social media minimum age law, which comes into effect on December 10. The law will restrict individuals under 16 from holding accounts on many social media platforms. Reasonable steps for tech companies This guidance follows a self-assessment
Climate risks are hitting where Australians feel it most: at home. One of the headline-grabbing figures in a new climate risk assessment was that Australian property values could take a A$611 billion hit by 2050, under a 3°C warming scenario. That level of warming is something Australia needs plan
Homicide cases where the victim’s remains are hidden are particularly harmful to the victim’s families and the community. For investigators, these cases can also be particularly complex. They not only have to solve the case, they also have to coordinate a search for the victim and manage the victim’s
Getty ImagesRight now in the United States, there are dozens of pending lawsuits involving copyright claims against artificial intelligence (AI) platforms. The judge in one case summed up what’s on the line when he said: These products are expected to generate billions, even trillions, of dollars for the companies
Angelo Carniato/Unsplash, The ConversationA few years ago, I was called a “bitch” in a workplace meeting simply for speaking up. The word stung, not just as a personal insult, but as part of a long tradition of policing women’s behaviour. Bitch is one of the most charged gendered slurs in
Gravitycut/Pexels“The night I was awarded my doctorate, I had sex with a stranger on the beach.” So opens Mariam Rahmani’s debut novel, Liquid – a provocative and irreverent appraisal of academia, marriage and the structures of power. At once a rom-com and a literary novel (threaded with theory), Liquid
Catherine Marciniak/StanLast week, Erin Patterson was sentenced to life in prison, with a non-parole period of 33 years, for three counts of murder and one of attempted murder. Justice Christopher Beale acknowledged the media maelstrom surrounding the case, and how this would likely necessitate Patterson’s placement in solitary confinement.
Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old Utah man suspected of having fatally shot right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, is reportedly not cooperating with authorities. Robinson was apprehended after a more than two-day manhunt and is being held without bail at the Utah County Jail. While a motive for the shooting has yet to
Charlie Kirk: white nationalist, conservative Christian, right-wing social media personality, shooting victim, and now, a “martyr”. That is, according to his supporters. Since Kirk’s death last week, a number of his followers from the Christian right have ascribed him the title of “martyr”. President Donald Trump himself called Kirk
Only a few months into her leadership, Sussan Ley is facing an extraordinary insurgency from Liberal frontbenchers. Last week she had to sack Jacinta Price for refusing to endorse her leadership. Now she is being warned, bluntly, that if the Liberals don’t drop the commitment to net zero by 2050
SimpleImages/Getty ImagesAustralians are living longer than ever before. While this is broadly good news, ageing well comes with a range of challenges. As people grow older, they’re more likely to develop multiple chronic conditions, including heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and cognitive problems such as dementia. These
GettyDespite the fear of Artificial Intelligence (AI) taking our jobs, we actually don’t have enough workers. The Baby Boomer generation is retiring and Australia’s workforce is ageing. The challenge of finding the workers we need will grow over the coming years. Meanwhile, more workers will be needed to support the
Richard Baker / Getty ImagesThe Australian government today released regulatory guidance on the social media minimum age law, which comes into effect on December 10. The law will restrict individuals under 16 from holding accounts on many social media platforms. Reasonable steps for tech companies This guidance follows a self-assessment
Climate risks are hitting where Australians feel it most: at home. One of the headline-grabbing figures in a new climate risk assessment was that Australian property values could take a A$611 billion hit by 2050, under a 3°C warming scenario. That level of warming is something Australia needs plan
Homicide cases where the victim’s remains are hidden are particularly harmful to the victim’s families and the community. For investigators, these cases can also be particularly complex. They not only have to solve the case, they also have to coordinate a search for the victim and manage the victim’s
Getty ImagesRight now in the United States, there are dozens of pending lawsuits involving copyright claims against artificial intelligence (AI) platforms. The judge in one case summed up what’s on the line when he said: These products are expected to generate billions, even trillions, of dollars for the companies
Angelo Carniato/Unsplash, The ConversationA few years ago, I was called a “bitch” in a workplace meeting simply for speaking up. The word stung, not just as a personal insult, but as part of a long tradition of policing women’s behaviour. Bitch is one of the most charged gendered slurs in
Gravitycut/Pexels“The night I was awarded my doctorate, I had sex with a stranger on the beach.” So opens Mariam Rahmani’s debut novel, Liquid – a provocative and irreverent appraisal of academia, marriage and the structures of power. At once a rom-com and a literary novel (threaded with theory), Liquid
