Those facing large price increases might drop or downgrade their cover. Wayhome studio/ShutterstockEvery year private health insurers raise premiums and every year we rue the hit to our hip pocket. Th...
Nathan Kettlewell, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Economics Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney
Every child progresses at different levels, just like everyone learns to talk and walk at different times. from shutterstock.comIt’s the end of the first year of school for many children and pro...
Jenny Johnston, Lecturer in Primary Education, Southern Cross University
One of this year’s most refreshing developments was the youth-led action on climate change. AAP Image/Dan PeledAs we approach the last days of the decade, it’s important to reflect on the ...
Elaine Pearson, Adjunct Lecturer in Law, UNSW
Although yellow fever does not currently exist in Australia, the species Aedes aegypti - which can transmit the disease - is found widely across northern Queensland. The virus remains a global health ...
Cameron Webb, Clinical Lecturer and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
For the thousand or so farmers in Canberra in the past week venting their anger at the federal government, it’s the Murray-Darling Basin Plan to blame for destroying their livelihoods and forcin...
Sarah Ann Wheeler, Professor in Water Economics, University of Adelaide
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is a master of staying on topic. AAP/Julian SmithAs bushfires rage and our cities lie shrouded in smoke, climate change is shaping as a likely topic of conversa...
Peter Ellerton, Lecturer in Critical Thinking; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
Many developed countries already have significant waste-to-energy operations and therefore less material going to landfill.
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Jeff Seadon, Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology
Olafur Eliasson, Denmark, b.1967 Riverbed 2014 (detail) Site specific installation. Pictured: The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, DenmarkCourtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, B...
Chari Larsson, Lecturer of art history, Griffith University
Demonstrations against freeway construction in Melbourne included a street barricade erected in protest at the F19 extension of the Eastern Freeway. Barricade! – the resident fight against the...
Andrew Butt, Associate Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, RMIT University
The volcanic alert level on Whakaari/White Island remains at three, one rung higher than it was when the eruption took place. AAP/GNS Science, CC BY-NDThe official death toll remains at six, and eight...
Michael Lueck, Professor of Tourism, Auckland University of Technology
From red, to blue, to purple, to yellow and even green – why do our bruises change colour? From shutterstock.com
How and why do we get bruises? – Francesca, aged 8.
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Abishek Santhakumar, Senior Lecturer in Haematology, Charles Sturt University
Over the coming months, koalas will depend on wildlife hospitals to recover from the effects of unprecedented bushfires. Lachlan G. Howell , Author providedThousands of koalas may have died in fires ...
Ryan R. Witt, Conjoint Lecturer | Conservation Biology Research Group, University of Newcastle
British artists (L-R) Oscar Murillo, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock and Tai Shani celebrate after being announced as the joint winners of Turner Prize 2019. Vickie Flores/EPALast week Britain&rsq...
Lachlan Warner, Australian Catholic University
After watching this year’s media raids and the prosecution of lawyers and whistleblowers, it’s not hard to see why Australians wonder about excessive police power and dwindling journalisti...
Genna Churches, PhD Candidate, UNSW
The disastrous experience of vocational education and training in Australia holds many lessons about trying to fit education into a for-profit market model. www.shutterstock.comThe Morrison government...
John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
Anomalies in nuclear physics experiments may show signs of a new force. ShutterstockA team of scientists in Hungary recently published a paper that hints at the existence of a previously unknown subat...
Celine Boehm, Head of School for Physics, University of Sydney
Angry farmers are pressuring the Nationals to tear up the Murray Darling Basin Plan. Lukas Coch/AAPWhen farmers descended on Parliament House in Canberra this month to demand the Murray Darling Basin ...
Daniel Connell, Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Diesel generators play a vital role in different home and business applications. However, they are commonly known for providing backup power, especially during the mains outage or blackout.
Though...
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2019 may well go down as the most disrupted year in global politics since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 and the subsequent implosion of the former Soviet Union.
However, the likelihood is that ...
Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
