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The Conversation Australiaby Jordan McSwiney, Senior Research Fellow, University of Canberra24d ago
The political firestorm ignited by an episode of One Nation’s satirical animated series Please Explain was one of those rare moments in Australian politics that has brought together Labor, the...
The Conversation Australiaby Joel Scanlan, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Law; Academic Co-Lead, CSAM Deterrence Centre, University of Tasmania24d ago
On September 10, the Australian Federal Police announced the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation received 100,194 reports of online child sexual exploitation in 2025–26.
The Conversation Australiaby Michael Vardon, Associate Professor of Environmental Accounting, Australian National University24d ago
Australia’s pipeline of huge data centre projects has raised questions about how much energy and water these giant server farms will use.
The Conversation Australiaby Esther Soulard, Senior Research Associate, University of Sydney24d ago
This week marks five years since US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced AUKUS, a trilateral security partnership composed of...
The Conversation Australiaby Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra24d ago
Government and opposition joined in criticising Pauline Hanson over her comments on a podcast last year declaring that Australia’s original occupants had “achieved nothing”.
The Conversation Australiaby Kcasey McLoughlin, Associate Professor, University of Newcastle25d ago
Mary Genevieve Gaudron, the first woman judge on the High Court of Australia, has died aged 83. Known for her courage, integrity and compassion, Gaudron brought her fierce intellect to bear on some...
The Conversation Australiaby Caroline Wake, Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, UNSW25d ago
In the beginning, there is a stage: glowing lilac with fluorescent floor lights downstage and upstage, four blue blocks and one silver wedge.
The Conversation Australiaby Andrew Cullen, Senior Research Fellow, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne25d ago
Over the weekend, Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei called for artificial intelligence (AI) companies, including his own, to slow down their work.
The Conversation Australiaby Kerrie Sadiq, Professor of Taxation, QUT Business School, and ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology25d ago
Countries like Australia have long struggled to tax the global tech giants. Now, a new approach could significantly increase tax collected from multinationals such as Apple, Google, Microsoft and...
The Conversation Australiaby Alexey D Muraviev, Senior research fellow, School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University25d ago
Over the past two weeks, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin staged a major diplomatic blitz. Across three events in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East and New Delhi, India, as...
The Conversation Australiaby Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra25d ago
One Nation on Monday released a radical policy proposing Australia net overseas migration (NOM) be negative over three years, as the country reduced its temporary migrant population by 750,000.
The Conversation Australiaby John Hawkins, Senior lecturer, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra25d ago
It says something not too flattering about Australian politics that respected academic Paul Strangio’s new book The Alchemy of Leadership only discusses 21st century prime ministers, but still...
The Conversation Australiaby Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne25d ago
In Nate Silver’s forecast model, Democrats are more likely than not to gain control of the US federal Senate at November 3 midterm elections, and strongly favoured to gain control of the House of...
The Conversation Australiaby Leo M Condron, Distinguished Professor of Soil Science, Lincoln University, New Zealand25d ago
Since the end of the second world war, adding phosphorus to soils in the form of mineral fertiliser has played a crucial role in increasing and maintaining global food production in response to...
The Conversation Australiaby Philippa Karoly, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne25d ago
You’re likely familiar with the idea of a circadian rhythm – your body’s 24-hour cycle that governs sleep and wakefulness.
The Conversation Australiaby Eve Vincent, Associate Professor, Anthropology, Macquarie University25d ago
Alice’s dreaming is centrally about the childhood, memories and writings of Alice Duncan-Kemp (1901-1988), who grew up on a pastoral property named Mooraberrie in the first decades of the 20th...
The Conversation Australiaby Alexandra Crosby, Professor, Faculty of Design and Society, University of Technology Sydney25d ago
Collage is ancient, with roots going back to the invention of paper in East Asia. In 12th century Japan, paper was used for calligraphy, and artists pasted different papers, fabrics and torn...
The Conversation Australiaby Nicole Pratt, Professor of Biostatistics and Pharmacoepidemiology, Adelaide University25d ago
Every month, around 2.7 million Australians have a statin dispensed to lower their risk of heart attack and stroke.
The Conversation Australiaby Genevieve McArthur, Professor at the Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy, Australian Catholic University25d ago
Western Australian author Hamish Kelly has struggled with reading for almost two decades. In his first of two books, he describes his experience of learning to read: The letters in words were...
The Conversation Australiaby Bill Hare, Adjunct Professor of Energy, Murdoch University25d ago
Within the next five years, global warming is set to breach the 1.5°C threshold at the heart of the 2015 Paris Agreement.
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