Latest Story
-
Bridging the digital divide: Pacific Connect Forum personal report
Brian Mangi | October 3, 2018Brian Mangi, Network Administrator for the Solomon Islands National University, recently attended the inaugural Pacific Connect Forum in Sydney and the Pacific Connect–USP Academic Network Dialogue in Suva.
-
The vexed question of campus freedom of speech
Jade Roberts | October 3, 2018The right to academic freedom and freedom of speech on campus is a sacred one for universities, but the nature of this responsibility is often complex. However open and robust public debate on campus is important for the same reasons it’s important in society more generally.
-
Countering China’s challenge in the South Pacific
Graeme Dobell | October 3, 2018Australia is taking an increasingly firm line to maintain its interests in the South Pacific to counter the growing economic, political and military challenge from an ever more assertive China.
-
Remarkably adaptive: Australian cities in a time of growth
Open Forum | October 3, 2018Australia’s urban commuters have little to fear from population growth, if recent experience is any guide, according to a new Grattan Institute report.
-
Why trackless trams are ready to replace light rail
Peter Newman | October 2, 2018“Trackless trams”, based on technology created in Europe and China, take innovations from high-speed rail and put them in a bus to offer urban transport at a fraction of the cost of light rail.
-
Will 2018 be the year of climate action?
Chris Turney | October 2, 2018As climate extremes mount, let’s reflect on Victorian London’s ‘Great Stink’ sewage crisis – when things finally became so bad authorities were forced to accept evidence, reject sceptics, and act.
-
Middle-aged drinkers prioritise reputation over health
Open Forum | October 2, 2018The health risks associated with drinking alcohol are less important to middle aged people than what others may think of their consumption, according to researchers from the University of Adelaide.
-
With Justin Milne gone, how does the ABC go about restoring its crucial independence?
Andrew Dodd | October 1, 2018The high profile departures of senior ABC figures won’t have been in vain if more awareness emerges about the fragility and importance of the national broadcaster’s editorial independence.
-
Crows launch innovative STEM programme
Open Forum | October 1, 2018Australian Rules football and the Adelaide Crows will be at the forefront of an innovative new education program designed to encourage more school students to engage in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
-
New antibiotics give hope for treating multi-drug resistant bacteria
Open Forum | October 1, 2018The rapid spread of multidrug resistant bacteria is a global health emergency but Australian researchers are helping to develop new approaches by targeting and disrupting key elements in bacterial cells.
-
Journalism, international affairs and the new information order
Graeme Dobell | September 30, 2018The world still needs good journalism but the gatekeeping role which journalists and editors once played is in ruins.
-
Automated vehicles may encourage a new breed of distracted drivers
Michael Regan | September 30, 2018Humans are poor at remaining vigilant over time. That’s bad news for the safety of partially automated cars, which sometimes need the person behind the wheel to quickly take over control.