By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image © 2022 Brian Stauffer for Human Rights Watch (Geneva, November 12, 2026) – The failure of states to take decisive action on autonomous weapons next week at the Review Conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) would leave civilians dangerously exposed to rapidly advancing military technologies, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Stop Killer Robots said today. The CCW is an international treaty prohibiting or restricting the use of weapons considered excessively injurious or whose effects are indiscriminate. Governments should use the…
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By Monica Attard, Co-Director, Centre For Media Transition, University of Technology Sydney
Alena Radina, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Media Transition, University of Technology Sydney
Since the October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, and during Israel’s now three-year-long retaliation against Gaza, journalism’s traditional commitment to objectivity has been on trial.
Reporting on the Israel–Gaza war has been characterised, on social media as much as in the conservative media, as biased one way or the other.
Headlines have been parsed and corrected by social media warriors while a war of words between new journalism players and traditional media has been loud and often angry. This clash has emphasised the tension between the objective reporting claimed…
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By Paul Giles, Professor of English, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
Sabr has been carefully designed to avoid pointing fingers, though the cracks under the surface are easy enough to detect.
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By Grace Jennings-Edquist, Executive Producer, Podcasts, The Conversation
Miki Perkins, Environment & Energy Editor, The Conversation
After 30 years of global climate talks, there has been more progress than you might think. A climate diplomacy expert explains why there’s still reason for hope.
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By Viviana Wuthrich, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Macquarie University
Jessica Belcher, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University
Yesterday evening, an unknown hacker posted messages on the Victorian exam authority website, saying they had accessed 2026 Year 12 exam papers.
Year 12 students are in the final stages of exams, which are due to finish on November 18.
The ABC reported the hacker claimed to have distributed exam papers to students. According to the ABC, one of the messages on the website, which has since been removed, stated:
I’m here to say a big…
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By Tamara Wilkinson, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University
Each year, more than 13,000 Australian companies – half of which are small businesses – claim a tax break for doing research and development work through the “R&D tax incentive”.
That cost the federal budget A$4.3…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People assess damage in destroyed buildings following Myanmar military airstrikes in Kyauktaw town in western Rakhine State on May 15, 2025. © 2025 STR/AFP via Getty Images (London) – World leaders gathering in the Philippines on November 15-17, 2026, should more forcefully address the human rights and humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, Human Rights Watch said today. The East Asia Summit and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and partner summits will include leaders of ASEAN nations and the United States, European Union, Japan, China, and India, among other…
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By Mariam Darestani, Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, Western Sydney University
Bijan Markhali, Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental & Materials Engineering, Western Sydney University
Kazem Javan, Doctoral Student in Environmental Engineering, Western Sydney University
Pooja Kaur Chaggar, Researcher, Western Sydney University
Concrete is the most used human-made material on Earth. Billions of tonnes are produced every year.
Unfortunately, concrete is responsible for 5-8% of global carbon dioxide emissions. Concrete is typically made of sand, gravel and cement, the binding agent. The manufacturing of cement is the main reason why concrete is so high-emitting.
For two…
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By David Simes, Teaching Assistant and Researcher, Te Whare Ngangahau – Theatre and Performance Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
What is it about a musical comedy duo that formed in 1998 and describes itself as Aotearoa New Zealand’s “fourth most popular comedy folk duo” that remains so appealing?
After 14 years away from New Zealand stages, Flight of the Conchords – Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement – have returned for a sold-out tour.
Performing before a capacity crowd as they begin the tour in Wellington, McKenzie and Clement are in fine form. Even when they can’t remember every lyric or musical cue, they have the audience wrapped around their fingers.
Each mistake humanises them…
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By Grace Moore, Associate Professor of English, University of Otago
Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol as a ‘sledgehammer’ to make Victorian Britain aware of child poverty. Modern film adaptations like Ebenezer soften the blow.
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