I’m in the process of re-writing my autobiography. I initially wrote it back in the early nineties. Until now it never seemed like the right time to publish it, but now I believe the time has arri...
Dr. Robert Owens
Prime Minister Scott Morrison sings during a service at the Horizon Church in Sydney in April.Mick Tsikas/AAPPrime Minister Scott Morrison began his victory speech on Saturday with the words, “I...
Philip Almond, Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
I recently had cause to look at a large file of material I collected about Mark Latham during 2004. It is full of many of the same columnists who have just campaigned successfully for the return of th...
Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
Sunset at Australia's Cape Grim observatory, one of the key global background monitoring sites for CFC-11. Paul Krummel/CSIRO, Author providedA mysterious rebound in the emissions of ozone-depleting c...
Paul Krummel, Research Group Leader, CSIRO
Very few people saw the Coalition’s win coming. If it was, as opposition leader Bill Shorten contended, “a referendum on wages” then it follows that Australians were content with slu...
Anthony Forsyth, Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT University
Shutterstock LinnasIn the remote desert of western Egypt, near the Libyan border, lie clues to an ancient cosmic cataclysm. Libyan desert glass is the name given to fragments of canary-yellow glass fo...
Aaron J. Cavosie, Senior research fellow, Curtin University
Australia's first Aboriginal Brain Injury Coordinator, Rebecca Clinch, with brain injury survivor Justin Kickett.Edith Cowan University, Author providedThis article is the fourth part in a series, Whe...
Beth Armstrong, Foundation Chair in Speech Pathology, Edith Cowan University
Tourism today has a problem and needs an entire rethink. Pundits are debating overtourism, peak tourism and tourismphobia. Cities such as Barcelona, Venice and Dubrovnik are witnessing a backlash agai...
Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management, University of South Australia
Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen has pulled out of Labor’s leadership race, increasing the pressure for an uncontested run for Anthony Albanese, which would prevent an extended limbo period for the ...
Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
After months of “start” and “stop” Adani campaigning, the coalmine is poised to go ahead following the surprise success of the Coalition government at the federal election. So ...
Samantha Hepburn, Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
There is a common perception in Victoria that courts are too lenient on offenders, but sentences for sex offences are actually increasing.ShutterstockSentences for most sex offences are getting harshe...
Paul McGorrery, PhD Candidate in Criminal Law, Deakin University
Progressive voices have lit up social media with memes blaming Queensland for Labor's loss in the federal election. But characterising the state as regressive and redneck is misplaced. ...
Anne Tiernan, Professor of Politics. Dean (Engagement) Griffith Business School, Griffith University
Performers in Speechless, a new opera by composer Cat Hope, co-commissioned by the Perth Festival and Tura New Music. The opera is a response to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s 2014 rep...
Karen Cummings, Lecturer in Singing, University of Wollongong
The victim-offender overlap is disturbingly common in the human trafficking trade, with women once trafficked becoming traffickers.www.shutterstock.comBorn in rural Thailand, Watcharaporn Nantahkhum ...
Alexandra Baxter, Researcher/PhD Candidate, criminology and human trafficking, Flinders University
The gunman in the mosque attacks had already faced 50 murder charges before a new terrorism charge was brought against him this week.Mick Tsikas/AAPOn Tuesday, the gunman in the Christchurch mosque sh…
APRA's move will make the Reserve Bank rate cuts more potent.ShutterstockAustralia’s lowest ever Reserve Bank cash rate – 1.5% – is about to be consigned to history.On Tuesday Govern…
Assessing the national mood has become much more difficult, but the media have continued reporting them as though nothing has changed.Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-NDTwo big media-related issue…
Whether you’ve launched a new business or have expanded, the first civil engineering job of designing and building a new road is very exciting. However, it’s also a time where you need to take respons…
Very few people saw the Coalition’s win coming. If it was, as opposition leader Bill Shorten contended, “a referendum on wages” then it follows that Australians were content with slu…
Pfc Elias Friedensohn in June 1945 at the Special Services Distributing Point, Seine Section, Paris, France. National ArchivesI can still recall the exhilaration I felt in the reading room of the Nati…
Do fungi like this _Penicillium_ mold, which produces the the antibiotic penicillin, trace their origins to an ancestor that lived a billion years ago?Rattiya Thongdumhyu/Shutterstock.comBiologists do…
Mitral valve prolapse is one of the most common heart disorders worldwide.Hriana/Shutterstock.comEver been to a large sporting event, such as a football or baseball game with 60,000 screaming fans? Wh…
Pope Francis recently made it mandatory for clergy to report sexual abuse to church superiors. AP Photo/Andrew MedichiniPope Francis recently changed the Catholic Church law, making it mandatory for c…
Terry Roark holds a photo of her son, Thomas, at the state Capitol in Sacramento, California, April 24, 2019, to voice opposition to a bill that would allow state health officials more say in vaccine …
Rescue personnel search through debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Florida, on Oct. 11, 2018. AP Photo/Gerald HerbertWhen Hurricane Michael roared onto northwest Florida&r…
Students' home and family backgrounds will be factored into their SAT scores.Monkey Business Images/www.shutterstock.comThe College Board recently revealed a new “adversity score” that it …
Dogs can connect neighbors, but in multicultural areas they can also reinforce racial barriers.ShutterstockCities in the United States are getting less segregated and, according to a recent national s…
The victim-offender overlap is disturbingly common in the human trafficking trade, with women once trafficked becoming traffickers.www.shutterstock.comBorn in rural Thailand, Watcharaporn Nantahkhum …
So you’ve made your own craft beer and want to start selling it around the country and possibly around the world. Where to begin? It should be straightforward but the food and beverage industry is…
APRA's move will make the Reserve Bank rate cuts more potent.ShutterstockAustralia’s lowest ever Reserve Bank cash rate – 1.5% – is about to be consigned to history.On Tuesday Govern…
We all walk around with a device in our pockets that are capable of things that go way beyond just calling someone. They are little entertainment and communication devices that have shaped our daily r…
Relations between the U.S. and China have deteriorated sharply in recent days after trade negotiations broke down, leading some to suggest we are on the cusp of a new “cold war.” President…
Three simple lessons from behavioural economics would have helped the Labor Party sell its economic credentials.www.shutterstock.comThe Australian Labor Party’s 2019 election campaign showed a d…
Corals at Scott Reef in 2012, and at the same site during the 2016 mass bleaching.James Gilmour/AIMSDiving on the remote coral reefs in the north of Western Australia during the world’s worst bl…
When we think of mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and saltmarshes, we don’t immediately think of shark habitats. But the first global review of links between large marine animals (megafauna) a…
Being separated from their children affects the mental well-being of Aboriginal mothers in prison.ChrisMilesProductions/ShutterstockAboriginal women are the fastest growing prison population in Austra…
Sydney CBD is highly accessible and remains clearly the dominant centre in the metropolitan region.Holli/ShutterstockThe Greater Sydney Commission has proposed a 40-year vision of a metropolitan regio…
The National Museum of Iraq photographed in February 2018. Many of the pieces discovered at the ruins of Ur, arranged and labelled by Ennigaldi-Nanna, can be found here.Wikimedia CommonsIn this series…
The 2018 eruption of Kilauea volcano was preceded by damage of the magma plumbing system at the summit.Courtesy of Grace Tobin, 60 Minutes, Author providedPredicting when a volcano will next blow is t…
Social media backlash and a Queensland government complaint to the Australian Press Council has forced the Sunshine Coast Daily to apologise to its readers for picturing Queensland Premier Annastacia …
Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen is running for Labor leader, despite carrying the baggage of being the architect of election policies, especially on franking credits, now being blamed after Saturday&rsqu…
Though a Cold War between China and the US seems unlikely, there are still repercussions of a deepening rift.Roman Pilipey/EPATrump’s long-threatened trade war with China is now a reality. Beiji…
Better opinions polls are more expensive because pollsters need to spend more effort getting a representative and honest sample of voters.ShutterstockIn 2012, US statistician Nate Silver correctly pre…
This has been an exciting, sad and fascinating year for Health and Medicine. The Conversation has followed, as well as led, some of the coverage. Take our 2017 quiz to see how much you can remember.
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