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Helen Joanne Adam, Edith Cowan University; Caroline Barratt-Pugh, Edith Cowan University; Libby Jackson-Barrett, Edith Cowan University, and Robert Stanly Somerville, Edith Cowan University Global support for the Black Lives Matter movement isn’t only about standing up against the injustice done to George Floyd, or Indigenous Australians in custody. People are also standing up against the [...]

Associate Professor Anna Arstein-Kerslake Commonly, people with disability are thought of as inherently vulnerable. They aren’t. People with disability are strong, resourceful and resilient. However, they are often made more vulnerable by social and environmental factors. People with disability are strong, resourceful and resilient. This isn’t inherent vulnerability, this is vulnerability created by deeply imbedded [...]

Liz Rix, Southern Cross University and Darlene Rotumah, Southern Cross University The global Black Lives Matter movement is forcing us all to confront past and current injustices Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people face. It’s also a chance for Australia’s future health workers to acknowledge how colonisation and subsequent injustices shape interactions today between Indigenous [...]

Hayley Jach and Professor Lea WatersYou’re walking along the street when a scientist approaches you with a clipboard, an envelope, and a benevolent smile. Curious, you open the envelope: inside is either a $5 or $20 note. The scientist asks you to spend this money by 5pm. You can purchase anything, but it must be [...]

Associate Professor Luke Smillie, Dr Daniel Feuerriegel and Hayley Jach As we think, fear, love and dream – 86 billion neurons are firing electrical and chemical signals at one another in a complex cascade of information exchange. This brain activity must somehow represent all parts of a person’s psychology, including their personality. And our new [...]