While AI and robotics reshape our reality, experts explore how these emerging tools could be used to create a more equitable future – from healthcare breakthroughs to Indigenous-led innovation.
Artificial intelligence is a double-edged sword that can help enhance transparency, but also perpetuate false claims about sustainability efforts.
A backlog of more than 150,000 parent visa applications presents some tough choices for the Minister for the Department of Home Affairs.
The naming, for the first time, of specific companies, not just industries, and what they pay their male and female workers, is set to pressure employers to take action.
Loneliness isn’t a universal occurrence in later life, but tends to affect older people who live alone or in care homes. We must work collectively to destigmatise loneliness, and create a safe space to talk about it.
The “invisible” nature of interpreters’ roles means many of the challenges they face aren’t widely acknowledged.
In the final episode of season eight, “What Happens Next?” explores the importance of civility in a digital age, reminding us to recognise the humanity behind screens.
A new five-year study aims to build a broad picture of illicit drug use in regional Victoria, to better-understand the gaps in local health service planning.
A healthy retreat or a slippery slope? Experts from Monash and beyond discuss how escapism, from LARPing to video games to binge-watching, affects our lives.
You can’t save the planet on your own. Take a deep breath, take some notes from these leading experts – and then take action.
What legal sanctions might be applicable now that Victoria Police has reopened its investigation into Melbourne’s Adass Israel School board and the alleged role it played in assisting former principal and convicted paedophile Malka Leifer to flee Australia?
Parents wanting to migrate to Australia to join their children face ludicrous delays, and if opting for a paid contributory visa, exorbitant fees.
The interest is unprecedented, but it will take significant and ongoing investment from those who govern football if the legacy ambitions of the Women’s World Cup are to be translated into meaningful change for women.
New research from The Smith Family tracks a group of young people, two years after finishing high school.
A short Australian documentary is a refreshing celebration of “the ordinary” in the prevailing media narrative regarding transgender individuals in our society.
Through characters such as Bazza McKenzie, the late comedian promoted Australian vernacular – the witty, the crude, and both – to new audiences.
Ninety years ago, the Yorta Yorta leader was asking for a means by which Australia’s lawmakers could be informed of the views of Aboriginal people.
Children’s books implicitly shape the minds of young readers – and are covertly censored in many ways. But revising occasional words won’t usually shift the values regarded as outdated in the text.
As the death toll mounts from the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, research is underway to utilise facial recognition technology to identify victims in future catastrophes.
Colloquialisms such as barbie and smoko are like accents – part of the glue that brings together Australian English speakers.
This week on Monash University's “What Happens Next?” podcast, meet the change-makers on the front lines of food.
A class of drugs developed to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity is in short supply, sparking debate about who should be prioritised for access.
XBB. 1.5 and other subvariants do signal a change in how the virus is mutating. Here’s what this means for Australia and globally.
Victoria’s newly-elected parliament will have a mandate to address growing concerns of integrity and transparency. Here’s what it could do immediately.
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