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The Conversation Australiaby Sophie Goldingay, Associate Professor in Social Work, Deakin University31 Aug 2026
Major changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) are coming. This includes the launch of Thriving Kids in October.
The Conversation Australiaby Alan Gamlen, Professor and Director of the Migration Hub, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University31 Aug 2026
Australia has spent a quarter of a century selling the world a simple idea: crack down on boats at the border, and people will believe you have migration under control.
The Conversation Australiaby Farzana Adeel, Professional Teaching Fellow, Management & Intl Business, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau31 Aug 2026
Attracting entrepreneurs to New Zealand sounds like a good idea. The country needs innovation, economic growth, greater productivity and more jobs. Turns out, it’s not that simple.
The Conversation Australiaby Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra31 Aug 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) should help Australia achieve its long term productivity target, while having “profound” effects on the labour market.
The Conversation Australiaby Douglass S Rovinsky, Associate Research Scientist, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University31 Aug 2026
Some 90 years after the death of the last documented thylacine – better known as the Tasmanian tiger – the species remains a global symbol of human-made extinction.
The Conversation Australiaby Charlotte Farrell, Lecturer, Theatre and Performance Studies, UNSW31 Aug 2026
Mum Club is a much-needed narrative for our stages. Contemporary motherhood is at once hyperconnected (so many WhatsApp groups!) and isolating.
The Conversation Australiaby Kerri Anne Garrard, Senior Lecturer in Education, Deakin University31 Aug 2026
History educators around the world have expressed concerns about the decline of history enrolments in schools and universities over the past few decades.
The Conversation Australiaby Nick Kelly, Associate Professor in Interaction Design, Queensland University of Technology31 Aug 2026
The 1960s were a time of great change in technology, culture and politics. Television was radically altering the media environment, and nobody was quite sure how to think about it.
The Conversation Australiaby Diane Kraal, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Business Law and Taxation Dept, Monash Business School, Monash University31 Aug 2026
Richard Denniss is an economist and head of the Australia Institute, a Canberra-based policy think tank.
The Conversation Australiaby John Woinarski, Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University31 Aug 2026
The lethal H5N1 strain of avian influenza is rapidly spreading along the coast of southern Australia, where it has killed thousands of wild birds and infected at least two long-nosed fur seals.
The Conversation Australiaby Alex Polyakov, Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne31 Aug 2026
A Gold Coast woman has given birth to twins who aren’t genetically related to each other, after becoming pregnant with a surrogate couple’s embryo and her own biological baby at the same time.
The Conversation Australiaby Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne30 Aug 2026
Both the Newspoll and Redbridge polls were entirely conducted before Saturday’s Western Australian Secret Harbour byelection, in which One Nation had a big win over Labor.
The Conversation Australiaby Richard Keith Wright, Associate Professor in Sport Leadership & Management, Auckland University of Technology30 Aug 2026
The poet Dylan Thomas famously wrote, “old age should burn and rave at close of day” – and a high-profile cohort of professional athletes seems to be taking him literally.
The Conversation Australiaby Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University30 Aug 2026
Annie Jacobsen’s Biological War: A Scenario is a factually grounded book that reads like a thriller.
The Conversation Australiaby Timothy Piatkowski, Senior Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland30 Aug 2026
If you’ve ever ventured into the fitness corners of social media, you may have come across influencers peddling the ideal of a “Greek god” physique.
The Conversation Australiaby Will Conabere, Researcher, Murdoch Children's Research Institute30 Aug 2026
Public debate surrounding transgender and gender diverse (trans) people often centres on one fundamental question: what makes someone trans?
The Conversation Australiaby Fei Gao, Lecturer in Taxation, Discipline of Accounting, Governance & Regulation, The University of Sydney, University of Sydney30 Aug 2026
Earlier this month, the federal government passed laws to encourage tech giants to pay Australian news businesses for journalism. This is known as the News Bargaining Incentive.
The Conversation Australiaby Samuel Garrett, Senior Research Associate, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney30 Aug 2026
In 1951, Australia and the United States signed the ANZUS Treaty, declaring “publicly and formally their sense of unity, so that no potential aggressor could be under the illusion that any of them...
The Conversation Australiaby Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW30 Aug 2026
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in Palau’s capital Koror this week for the annual Pacific Islands Forum, and regional security is expected to top the agenda.
The Conversation Australiaby Michael Dezuanni, Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology30 Aug 2026
The way Australians consume news has been changing for the past 30 years, ever since internet use became widespread.
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