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Changing the narrative on refugees

September 13, 2022

By Dr Claire Loughnan Published on September 13, 2022 Across Australia and Europe, a fresh approach is long overdue when it comes to the debates and policy about refugees and asylum seekers. Governments and the media must stop presenting policy and analysis about people seeking refugee protection in ways that undermine their personhood – and instead lead discussions that are transparent, principled and accurate. Policy and analysis about people seeking refugee protection are done in ways that undermine their personhood.

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Diamonds reveal neural secrets

September 9, 2022

By Dr Daniel McCloskey Published on September 9, 2022 The brain is arguably one of the most complex structures in the known universe. Continued advances in our understanding of the brain and our ability to effectively treat a host of neurological diseases rely on probing the brain’s neural micro-circuitry with ever-increasing detail. A tiny electrode, eight millionths of a meter across, is used to locally inject a cloud of electrical charge into a liquid placed atop the diamond chip.

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South Korea: Green growth or greenwashing?

September 8, 2022

By Theo Mendez Published on September 8, 2022 When the dust settled on South Korea’s 2022 election, Yoon Suk-yeol of the conservative People Power Party emerged ahead by just 0.73 per cent of the national vote – the tightest result in the country’s democratic history. President Yoon’s victory signalled the defeat of the Democratic Party of Korea who, under the leadership of Moon Jae-in, announced the Korean New Deal as the government’s response to the COVID-19 economic recovery.

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Keeping rural Australians out of hospital

September 7, 2022

By Dr Kristen Glenister Published on September 7, 2022 If you need urgent medical attention in a regional or rural area in Australia, you may find that you’ll end up in an urgent care centre staffed by nurses. If you do need a doctor, one can be called in, but the doctor will likely charge you – and that can end up costing quite a lot. In a small, rural town in northern Victoria, the urgent care centre advises patients that they will incur a fee if the doctor needs to attend.

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Designing homes for extreme weather

September 6, 2022

By Dr Chris Jensen Published on September 6, 2022 From record-breaking floods in New South Wales to fires in Europe, extreme weather events are all around us. They are destroying homes and communities across the globe, with devastating outcomes for our natural and built environments. Wildfires burn in Portugal, August 2022 having already consumed more than 4 thousand hectares. Picture: Getty ImagesWhat is extreme weather?Extreme weather events like bushfires, floods, cyclones and extreme heat are formally defined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as “an occurrence of a value of a weather or climate variable beyond a threshold that lies near the end of the range of observations for the variable”.

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