Category: The Conversation

ShutterstockAs students return to schools in Victoria and New South Wales after months of lockdowns, many people may be worried about the risks to their kids – and transmission overall. The role that schools play in transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19 has been difficult to work

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet has announced that from November 1, quarantine will no longer be required for international arrivals who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The federal government, which makes decisions about international borders, is supporting the plan to a point. Tourism will not reopen, with only Australian

ShutterstockThe climate talks in Glasgow are just days away, and may be the last chance to coordinate global efforts to stop the planet warming beyond 1.5℃ this century. More than 100 world leaders will attend the summit to try to agree on the details of crucial issues,

Andrew Harnik/APIf some anonymous troll went after one of my children, I’d be livid. And if my colleagues supported me, I’d thank them. So, on some level, I can sympathise with Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce when he railed against the rumour-mongering on social media that targeted his

The Bitcoin bulls are racing again. A year ago the cryptocurrency was valued at less than US$12,000. Now it has passed the symbolic milestone of US$60,000, nudging the US$63,255 record it reached in mid-April, before its price fell to as low as US$30,000 in July. Bitcoin’s rally over the

Actor Nicole Kidman and Big Little Lies' Australian author Liane Moriarty at the Emmys in 2017. Peter Mitchell/AAPMany authors dream of overseas success for their work, but how Australian books find publication in other territories and languages is not well understood even in the publishing industry. Our new research has

The Nationals appear to be inching towards accepting the net zero 2050 climate target, wrapped in a protective layer of cotton wool and of course accompanied by expensive sweeteners. After all they’ve said over the years, the step is a huge one for them. But apart from the symbolism, for

ShutterstockAn estimated 50 sexual assaults occur nationally every week in Australian residential aged care facilities. Despite this shocking figure, none of the Aged Care Royal Commission’s 148 recommendations released earlier this year specifically address the prevention of sexual violence. Our recent study, published in the International Journal

ShutterstockOne-third of Australian children aged 12 to 13 in low-income suburbs do not take part in any extracurricular activities. That’s 2.5 times as many as those from higher-income suburbs – only 13% of them don’t take part – according to research we will present next week to the

Installation view: Tarnanthi 2021, featuring Fur stories by John Prince Siddon, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Photo: Saul SteedReview: Tarnanthi, Art Gallery of South Australia The word “Tarnanthi”, from Kaurna language of the Adelaide Plains, means “to rise up, spring forth or appear”, and it informs the philosophy and

Justin Lane/EPA/AAPAustralia’s Murdoch-owned tabloid newspapers – including The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun and Courier Mail – have embarked on a bold new climate change campaign. This climate rebrand, dubbed “missionzero2050”, is billed by the company as “putting Australia on a path to a net zero future”.

In 1934, Mao Zedong’s embattled guerrilla forces began what was to prove an epic military withdrawal from southern China to a stronghold in the north of the country. This became known as the Long March. It enabled the Communists to break out of so-called “encirclement campaigns” to fight another day