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.
Despite the successes of the Women’s World Cup, there were many examples that highlighted the unequal and inequitable treatment of the women’s game.
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.
If implemented, the recommendations of Australia’s online gambling inquiry will advance regulation by several orders of magnitude.
No one can say Australian sport is worse off without tobacco ads. We can protect a new generation of young sports fans from harm by following other nations’ leads and phasing out gambling ads.
Live-action role-playing (LARP) and “bleed” trajectories can teach us a lot, particularly in how we deal with extreme experiences such as COVID.
As the situation evolves, the World Health Organisation expects still more cases of monkeypox will be identified as surveillance expands in non-endemic countries.
The imminent transition from Elizabeth II to Charles III across the Commonwealth brings with it important political considerations, not least of which is: Should Australia reconsider the place of the monarchy in its own political system?
A senate hearing has produced yet more damning evidence about the ‘car park rorts’ affair.
Most of the attention on the code has been on the larger media outlets. But the sustainability of small publishers is what should be of most concern.
Will we see driverless cars, personalised public transport and flying taxis in the future? In this episode we ask the experts what the future of travel looks like.
Although it was a century ago, there are parallels between the Spanish Flu pandemic and COVID-19. What was it like on the frontline for our healthcare workers this time around – and what have we learnt as a society?
Australia’s first female Indigenous ambassador, Julie-Ann Guivarra, is now focusing her diplomatic lens on gender equality.
An international study suggests that despite the many challenges, schools and teachers have responded with creativity and flexibility to providing inclusive education during COVID-19.
The federal government's proposed code of conduct aims to support journalism by using competition law to divert profits from Facebook and Google.
The COVID-19 death toll in aged-care homes is spiking. Protocols need to urgently be put in place to prevent infection, but there also needs to be detailed plans for when an outbreak occurs.
Australia's COVID-19 response was bettered only by South Korea and Latvia, according to a new United Nations report. Just don't ask how it's doing on climate and sustainability.
It's the 'agile nations' that have led the way in combating the COVID-19 crisis.
Research is exploring the relationships forged between Indigenous Australians and outside cultures long before Captain Cook's arrival.
As the pandemic causes economic devastation, disunity is growing among member nations over how to best respond.
Religion has survived plagues and pandemics of the past, and the present crisis is no different. But what religious observance looks like post-COVID-19 remains unknown.
Australian schools are failing to foster a sense of belonging among their students.
Spaniards are returning to the polls for the fourth time in four years, with yet another stalemate the likely result.
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