Dr Patricia Ranald from the Department of Political Economy scrutinises the recently-signed free-trade deal between Australia and Indonesia that has been eight years in the making.
Hissstory: how the science of snake bite treatments has changed. 7 February 2017. From ammonia and alcohol, to splints and antivenoms: Dr Peter Hobbins from the Department of History charts the evolution of Australia's snake bite treatments. Brown
From Catalonia to New Caledonia via Iraqi Kurdistan: where are questions of statehood emerging? Dr Ryan Griffiths, an expert in secession and sovereignty, pinpoints some would-be nations of the near future.
What's behind Trump supporters' brazen storming of the Capitol. 7 January 2021. Associate Professor David Smith says they were ‘delighting in causing complete chaos’. A sense of impunity and the Republican party's 'power at all costs' attitude
The Last Man by Mary Shelley is a prophecy of life in a global pandemic. 5 May 2020. Of Shelley's works, The Last Man (1826) has the most to say to us in our present moment of crisis and global pandemic, writes Dr Olivia Murphy for The Conversation.
The new media reform laws do nothing to address the underlying problem of an increasingly concentrated media landscape, argues Associate Professor Tim Dwyer from the Department of Media and Communications.
In NAIDOC Week 2019, we talk to Rebecca Halliday, Sydney new Director, Indigenous External Relationship Development, about why the University's focus on cultural competence is so important. Read more.
Explainer: how do drugs work? 29 April 2016. Whether a drug is prescribed by the doctor, bought over the counter or obtained illegally, we mostly take their mechanism of action for granted and trust they will do what they’re supposed to. But how
What is a 'state of disaster' and what powers does it confer? 3 August 2020. Unpacking Victoria's unprecedented state of play. Constitutional law expert Professor Anne Twomey explains the legal mechanisms that underpin the 'state of disaster' in