By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Displaced Sahrawis gather at the refugee camp of Dakhla, which lies some 170km to the southeast of the Algerian city of Tindouf, on January 14, 2023. © 2023 Ryad Kramdi/AFP via Getty Images UN Security Council resolution on the decades-long dispute of the Western Sahara territory does not ensure that a new framework to end the long-standing issue upholds the right to self-determination for the Sahrawi people and is consistent with international law.The resolution endorses only Morocco’s autonomy proposal, which does not include independence as an option, provide…
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By Jason Tian, Senior Lecturer, Finance School of Business, Law and Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology
If you care about particular issues – from climate change to weapons of war – it’s worth looking more closely at where your money is really going.
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
The DemosAU MRP poll projects outcomes for every lower house seat. It forecasts great news for One Nation and catastrophically bad news for the Coalition.
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By Zena Assaad, Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, Australian National University
Netta Goussac, Associate Senior Researcher, Governance of Artificial Intelligence Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Australia’s military AI policy draws on those of its closest allies. But it reads more like a statement of intent.
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By Maryam Ghahremani, Research Data Scientist at Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary
Zahinoor Ismail, Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Research has found that older adults who experience persistent difficulties in daily activities like preparing meals, shopping or driving face a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
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By Iain Boyd, Director of the Center for National Security Initiatives and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
News that Iran had fired ballistic missiles at a US military base in the Indian Ocean was startling, but how much of a threat does the development represent?
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By Chris Wilkins, Professor of Policy and Health, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Marta Rychert, Associate Professor in Drug Policy and Health Law, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Robin van der Sanden, Postdoctoral Fellow, Public Health, SHORE & Whāriki Research Centre, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Wholesale and street prices for meth have dropped sharply over seven years, but it’s as potent as ever. Are new global supply routes to blame?
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By Tazman Davies, PhD Candidate, Food Policy, George Institute for Global Health
Jason Wu, Professor and the Head of the Nutrition Science Program, George Institute for Global Health
Would you buy more fruit and veg if it was cheaper? A new study shows we could subsidise the healthy stuff by taxing junk food, and not just soft drinks.
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By Daryl Adair, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
Never before has a World Cup host been at war with a country participating in the tournament. So, what happens next for Iran’s men’s national team?
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By Sue Turnbull, Honorary Professor of Communication and Media Studies, University of Wollongong
The blonde-haired, blue-eyed author Patricia Cornwell is the spitting image of her character Kay Scarpetta – and just as frosty.
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