Jane and Kate Caro fire up the age-old debate on ageism.

Macquarie archaeology student Leonie van den Berg is investigating an ancient Egyptian pottery deposit at Dra Abu el-Naga, exploring what it can reveal about funerary rituals, cultic practices and the people who lived thousands of years ago.

When Robert started bringing his 14-year-old Ragdoll, Pixie, to Macquarie University, he expected a few surprised faces. Instead, she quickly became a much-loved fixture on campus - joining him in classes, meeting students and making friends wherever she goes.

Four domestic violence-related deaths in one weekend in New South Wales have reignited questions about what more can be done to protect vulnerable people, two years after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese labelled domestic and gender-based violence a “national crisis”.

Can you still love an artist’s work when you disagree with their beliefs or behaviour? A Macquarie University philosopher explains why what we do matters more than how we feel.

Forget GDP, the real global recession is in PDA. Historian of emotions Professor Katie Barclay confirms Gen Z are living through a “kissing recession” several centuries in the making.

The political firestorm ignited by an episode of One Nation’s satirical animated series Please Explain was one of those rare moments in Australian politics that has brought together Labor, the Coalition, Greens and the crossbench. But this episode reveals more than just a political scuffle. It provides a window into the role of humour in contemporary far-right politics.

Ahead of the September opening of the Macquarie University Geopolitical Risk Research Centre, Associate Professor Adam Lockyer explains why preparing for uncertainty requires looking beyond the next crisis – and across disciplines.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a $600 million program to strengthen aerial and maritime surveillance across the Pacific, targeting the narco-submarines and small vessels used to move drugs through the region. He made the announcement at the Pacific Islands Forum in Palau.

The ABC’s Indigenous department has given Australia some of its best television. Not simply its best “Indigenous television”, but some of the sharpest, funniest and most ambitious programs made in this country.

On average, a woman in Australia is killed by an intimate partner or trusted family member every 11 days, prompting nationwide protests and urgent calls for systemic reform. “We see reform after reform, but what we don’t see is improved safety for women and girls in this country,” says Senior Macquarie Law School Lecturer Dr. Amira Aftab.

ABC documentary series The Assembly, whose neurodivergent students are taught journalism at Macquarie University, has won a Logie for Best Factual or Documentary Program.