By Guest Contributor
“The lack of strong and consistent climate policy means that every year, families lose loved ones, homes, and entire livelihoods because of climate-related disasters.”
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By Amnesty International
Meet Antonia Burke who is standing up for Indigenous rights in Australia My name is Antonia Burke. I am an Aboriginal woman from the Northern Territory. I was born to a mother whose entire existence was impacted in a negative way by government decisions. Oppression, dominance, control, which led to intergenerational trauma, and caused a […] The post “What we are standing for is a right to say no” appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Beth Spacey, Lecturer in Medieval History, The University of Queensland
There have been conflicting reports about the death of an employee at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute in Russia, including the claim that she contracted the pneumonic plague.
Many of us have heard of bubonic plague and its telltale swellings known as buboes. However, pneumonic plague has also been recognised and feared by humans for centuries before the advent of modern antibiotic treatments.
When news breaks of a death by…
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By Sarah Wall, Senior Lecturer in Education, Anglia Ruskin University
schools can provide a supportive environment that allows children to explore, but also to return to safety when they feel vulnerable.
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By Vikram Niranjan, Associate Professor in Public Health at University of Limerick, University of Limerick
England and Denmark are both wealthy, welfare-minded nations – so why is one catching dental problems early, and the other catching up?
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By Emma L. Davies, PhD Researcher in English Literature, University of Bristol
In 2020, Taylor Swift told us she read Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, the 1938 bestseller about a young bride haunted by the memory of her husband’s glamorous first wife. Swift described how it inspired her while she was writing Tolerate It for her ninth studio album Evermore, which came out the same year.
The song was about trying hard to impress an…
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By Julie Moreno, Associate Professor of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University
As dogs age, their brains undergo similar changes to human brains, making them a valuable natural model to study dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases.
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By Amnesty International
Accused Face Death Penalty in Misuse of Espionage Charges The Huthi de facto authorities in Yemen have sent at least eight people involved in human rights and humanitarian work for criminal prosecution, for espionage related charges punishable by death, since 18 August 2026, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. They include two United […] The post Yemen: Huthis Prosecute UN, Civil Society Staff appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Andrew Norton, Professor of Higher Education Policy, Monash University
On Tuesday, the Coalition announced three migration policy proposals that directly affect international education.
Two of these overlap with recent federal government changes. These are restricting international students’ ability to bring their partners and children to Australia, and limiting onshore applications…
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By Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University
There are conflicting reports about what caused the death of a lab technician in a Russian plague research institute. Here’s what you need to know.
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