The Melbourne Newsroom

Dr Tim Lynch comments on the controversial proposal for a joint Australian US military air base on Australia's Cocos Islands.

Nick Sharman discusses the likely outcome of the New Hampshire Republican primary vote on ABC 24.  

Mr Sharman is an expert in the intersection of US politics and the media, and is based in the Media and Communications program at the University of Melbourne. 

American Ambassador to Australia Jeffrey L. Bleich will use the 2011 Nathan and Pamela Jacobson lecture at the University of Melbourne to discuss how the USA and Australia are working together to tackle violence against women.

The below University of Melbourne academics are available to comment on the ongoing United States debt crisis.