The real winners this week in international diplomacy have been Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Macquarie University
Macquarie University is ranked among the top one per cent of universities in the world and enjoys an enviable reputation for research excellence. It’s recognised for the way it uniquely fosters collaboration between students, academics, industry and society – producing graduates who aren’t just highly skilled, but multifaceted global citizens who are among the most sought-after professionals in the world.
Links
Displaying 981 - 1000 of 1409 articles
Why would anyone accept that corporations could possibly be responsible and ethical in the first place?
China is pouring money into clean energy - not just to tackle climate change but because these are economically fruitful industries. And as China develops them, the technologies will get cheaper for everyone.
China, the world’s biggest greenhouse emitter, will set up a national emissions trading scheme beginning in 2017. Our experts react to the announcement, made during President Xi Jinping’s US state visit.
A recent cluster of dangerous encounters with sharks in New South Wales has raised new concerns among the public.
Anne Summers’ ambitious 1975 book reframed Australian history by placing women at its centre. It was a book of its time. But its groundbreaking approach ensures it is also a book for today.
Plans to build a new telescope on a Hawaiian mountain highlight the complexities and sensitivities that arise when science interacts with indigenous communities.
Like Malcolm Turnbull, the head of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), Wayne Byres, is a glass half full type of guy. In a speech to the Institute of Actuaries this week, Mr Byres was…
Renewable energy investment dried up under Tony Abbott’s prime ministership, as he made his antipathy to the industry clear. But Malcolm Turnbull has to do to revive the sector is call a simple truce.
As part of the government’s newly found willingness to send ministers jetting off to far-flung places to find out what is actually going on (and gaining credits in the polls for doing so), the Prime Minister…
More than a dozen political memoirs were published in Australia last year. Does that make us a nation of political junkies? If not, why so many books and what do they contribute to cultural debate?
Public engagement of academics has increased enormously in recent decades. But this new level of engagement is producing problems and conflicts for which many academics are ill-prepared.
Regulators tend to talk in convoluted riddles, deliberately torturing the language such that one is able to read into their official statements almost anything one wants. Who can forget the patron saint…
Researchers have suggested a new theory for why neurotic unhappiness and creativity are often found in the same person. But is the assumption that creative people are more neurotic actually true?
The federal government’s decision to implement a deposit levy may increase the costs of banking in Australia without improving the stability of the system.
Australia’s system of offshore immigration detention operates outside of any effective state jurisdiction.
The history of the ABC reveals battles lost and won around censorship, concessions made in times of crisis and independence compromised or overturned.
Divorce rates are on the decline in Australia, people are marrying and having children later in life, and more of us live alone. Our experts respond to the new report on Australia’s welfare.
Porn. Few words come with as many pre-loaded connotations and assumptions. So what are we to make of the rise of “ruin porn”? Should photos of urban decay brighten or darken our day?
Calls are growing louder for a shark cull in New South Wales. But like in Western Australia, which infamously experimented with culling last year, a NSW cull would harm sharks while failing to protect people.
Authors
-
Professor in Law, Macquarie University
-
ARC DECRA Fellow and Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University
-
Post doctoral fellow and Conservation Ecologist, Macquarie University
-
Honorary Professor, Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Macquarie University
-
Professor in Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, Macquarie University
-
Lecturer in Plant Ecology, Macquarie University
-
Honorary Lecturer, Department of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University
-
Research Fellow, Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language, and Literature, Macquarie University
-
Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University
-
Professor of Physiotherapy, Macquarie University
-
Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
-
Lecturer in Intelligence Studies, Macquarie University
-
Professor in Evolutionary Biology, Macquarie University
-
Research Director, Australian Microplastic Assessment Project (AUSMAP); Honorary Senior Research Fellow, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
-
Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University
