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6 May, 2024 | Education, Health, Republished from The Conversation

The federal government has announced a Commonwealth Prac Payment to support selected groups of students doing mandatory work placements. Will it do enough to end ‘placement poverty’?

29 April, 2024 | Health, Business, Republished from The Conversation

While employees would probably tell their boss about a stomach upset, many who menstruate and feel unwell as a consequence every month, are unlikely to talk about their difficult periods.

10 April, 2024 | Law, Business, Republished from The Conversation

Australia’s big supermarkets have been put on notice. A Treasury-commissioned review recommends making the existing voluntary food and grocery code of conduct mandatory. But will this be enough to change the way supermarkets operate in Australia?

8 April, 2024 | Business, Republished from The Conversation

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says it will make big multinationals pay their fair share. But in broader forums, Australia is showing itself to be less keen to make multinationals pay up.

18 April, 2024 | Justice, Real Focus feature stories

The devastating impact of fraud has far-reaching consequences. QUT’s Professor Cassandra Cross has made it her mission to give victims of fraud a voice and advocate for change.

2 May, 2023 | Justice, Real Focus feature stories

QUT researcher Professor Michael Flood has spent decades advocating for gender equality, and engaging men and boys in domestic and sexual violence prevention. He’s put the notion of healthy masculinities on the map, shaping the public agenda in Australia.

18 April, 2024 | Law, Real Focus feature stories

QUT’s health law experts Professors Lindy Willmott and Ben White have played a key role in end-of-life law in Australia. Their extraordinary 20-year-plus professional relationship has helped give 98 per cent of Australians the choice of a better death.

31 January, 2024 | Law, Republished from The Conversation

Compared to adults, child workers experience high rates of workplace injuries, bullying and sexual harassment, wage theft and unpredictable hours.

2 February, 2024 | Science, Republished from The Conversation

The effects of introduced megafauna on plants can drive negative public sentiment towards the species. It’s time to change how we think of these animals.

5 February, 2024 | Health, Justice, Republished from The Conversation

While there are signs that adult perpetration of child sexual abuse is declining, new research shows adolescent perpetration is rising.

8 January, 2024 | Health, Republished from The Conversation

Research shows lactic acid has nothing to do with it. The truth is far more interesting, but also a bit more complex.

27 February, 2024 | Science, Republished from The Conversation

In February 2024, the American company Intuitive Machines, in collaboration with NASA, celebrated “America’s return to the Moon” with a successful landing of its Odysseus spacecraft.

18 April, 2024 | Engineering, Health, Real Focus feature stories

A research project seeks to cut the development time for new life-saving drugs by adding an extra dimension to the process.

16 October, 2023 | Education, Republished from The Conversation

An alarming number of children are suspended every year, often at young ages, for minor reasons.

28 September, 2023 | Science, Creative Industries, Republished from The Conversation

It could – if we don’t start to value and protect the traits that make us human.

1 January, 2022 | Health, Republished from The Conversation

The best way to reduce the risk of transmission is to reduce the concentration of airborne virus available to be inhaled.

1 February, 2023 | Science, Engineering, Republished from The Conversation

With generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT and StableDiffusion being the talk of the town right now, it might feel like we’ve taken a giant leap closer to a sci-fi reality where AIs are physical entities all around us.

18 April, 2024 | Science, Real Focus feature stories

One of Australia’s most iconic animals is under threat, with chlamydial disease decimating koala populations in south-east Queensland. Professor Ken Beagley is among those leading the fight to ensure these beloved creatures not only survive, but thrive.

18 April, 2024 | Science, Real Focus feature stories

Saving Australia’s environment starts with understanding it.
A research project using acoustics and AI shows us how.