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The Conversation Australiaby Beth Webster, Director, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne8 Sept 2026
Can you imagine Australia without Medicare, the age pension, or with 50% tariffs on imported goods such as cars, clothes and shoes?
The Conversation Australiaby Rob Nicholls, Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney8 Sept 2026
The federal government has released an exposure draft of its long-promised digital duty of care. The headline feature is an “off switch”.
The Conversation Australiaby Zhongtian Li, Senior Lecturer, Business School, University of Newcastle8 Sept 2026
New Zealand is poised to pass laws requiring large companies to publicly report on the risk of modern slavery in their operations and supply chains.
The Conversation Australiaby Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra8 Sept 2026
Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Wednesday will release projections from the government’s Intergenerational Report to bolster Labor’s argument against One Nation’s proposal to allow homebuyers and renters...
The Conversation Australiaby Luke Beck, Professor of Constitutional Law, Monash University8 Sept 2026
Australia’s top bureaucrats want parliament to curtail politicians posting clips to social media of senior public servants answering questions before parliamentary inquiries.
The Conversation Australiaby Mary Hanson, Aerobiologist and Work Integrated Learning Academic Coordinator (Science), Edith Cowan University8 Sept 2026
The 2026 Australian pollen season has started, with some people in the eastern states reporting their hay fever symptoms have begun earlier than normal.
The Conversation Australiaby Wes Hill, Associate Professor, Art History and Visual Culture, Southern Cross University8 Sept 2026
Jon Rafman is a master of turning the internet’s trash, excess and alienation into strangely seductive art.
The Conversation Australiaby Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University8 Sept 2026
The National Gallery of Victoria’s Margaret Preston is a breathtaking exhibition. It is Preston as we have never seen her before, and challenges many earlier preconceptions.
The Conversation Australiaby Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University8 Sept 2026
The federal government has today introduced draft digital duty of care legislation, designed to protect Australians from online harms. The legislation was first planned – but shelved – in 2024.
The Conversation Australiaby Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra8 Sept 2026
Former head of the Grattan Institute John Daley has backed “the core” of One Nation’s controversial superannuation plan to allow people to withdraw part of their future contributions.
The Conversation Australiaby Thomas Corbin, Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, Deakin University8 Sept 2026
Universities are increasingly introducing artificial intelligence (AI) teaching tools into classrooms.
The Conversation Australiaby Amy Whitehead, Professor of Sport Psychology and Coaching, Liverpool John Moores University8 Sept 2026
Finals have arrived for many winter sports. For young athletes, that can mean excitement, bigger crowds and games that suddenly feel more important.
The Conversation Australiaby David M Watson, Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University8 Sept 2026
From poems to films and books of history, horses feature widely in Australian popular culture. Feral horses, also known as brumbies, are descendants of domesticated horses that now live and breed...
The Conversation Australiaby Pablo Gregorini, Professor of Agricultural Systems, Lincoln University, New Zealand8 Sept 2026
Several chronic diseases – obesity, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers – have been linked to lifestyle and diets high in calories, based on processed foods and lacking...
The Conversation Australiaby Robert A Shellie, Professor of Food and Nutrition, University of Tasmania8 Sept 2026
The work break room can be a place of rest, gossip, fun, or recovery. But it can also be a cause of complaint when yesterday’s fish dinner becomes a smelly microwaved lunch.
The Conversation Australiaby Amanda White, Associate Professor in Accounting7 Sept 2026
Since the launch of generative artificial intelligence (AI), many university students have claimed their teachers have falsely accused them of using AI to cheat.
The Conversation Australiaby Shahbaz Mushtaq, Director of the Centre for Applied Climate Sciences, University of Southern Queensland7 Sept 2026
Imagine you’re halfway through your annual wheat harvest when a global crisis sends diesel and fertiliser prices soaring. All at once, your costs surge and your slender profit margin shrinks.
The Conversation Australiaby Ella Clausius, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Reef Ecology, University of Tasmania7 Sept 2026
Not so long ago, we thought the ocean was an inexhaustible resource. There would always be plenty more fish in the sea. We now know this isn’t true.
The Conversation Australiaby Jenny Doust, Clinical Professorial Research Fellow, Australian Women and Girls' Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland7 Sept 2026
Ovarian cancer has a particularly poor survival rate. Only one in two women will live five years beyond their diagnosis. There is no effective screening test, and symptoms can be hard to spot.
The Conversation Australiaby Gabrielle Appleby, Professor of Law, UNSW Law School, UNSW7 Sept 2026
Australian governments have an unfortunate history with community grants programs. Sports infrastructure programs, car park grants and other schemes have repeatedly raised the same concern: public...
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