Laws targeting protesters are being rushed through state parliaments. But they are often poorly designed and sometimes, unconstitutional

May 25, 2023 14:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Across Australia, climate activists are testing the limits of what counts as lawful protest, in addition to the patience of commuters as their actions shut down roads or disrupt businesses. Authorities are responding with...

GCSEs: what to say and what to avoid if you want to help teenagers combat exam anxiety

May 23, 2023 15:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views

GCSE exams are under way and many students will be feeling the pressure to get the grades they need to pursue their education or employment goals. They may be experiencing exam anxiety, which is linked to lower...

South Africa's 10 year-olds are struggling to read -- it can be fixed

May 23, 2023 15:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views

More than 80% of South Africas grade 4 pupils who are on average nine or 10 years old cannot read for meaning. That means they cant answer basic questions about or draw inferences from a text theyre reading. This...

Stan Grant's new book asks: how do we live with the weight of our history?

May 23, 2023 15:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views

This month, journalist and public intellectual Stan Grant published his fifth book, The Queen is Dead. And last week, he abruptly stepped away from his career in the public realm, citing toxic racism enabled by social...

Climate Change Series

Study finds 2 billion people will struggle to survive in a warming world – and these parts of Australia are most vulnerable

May 23, 2023 15:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Two billion people, including many Australians, will find themselves living in dangerously hot places this century if global warming reaches 2.7℃, research released today reveals. The authors calculated how many people...

Fewer women receive research grants – but the reasons are more complicated than you'd think

May 23, 2023 15:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views

It likely comes as no surprise that women receive a smaller share of research funding than men. But untangling the underlying reasons is no small feat. A recently published international review spanning 45 years found...

Explainer: A historical trail of Pakistan's powerful military enterprise

May 23, 2023 15:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Pakistans former military chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa. At the end of his tenure, he declared the military would no longer meddle in politics anymore. However, the recent arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan ...