By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Anthony Albanese has pushed back at Donald Trump’s crack at Australia for not providing the United States with as much backing over the Iran war as the president believed it should.
Trump, who made his comment about Australia when asked about British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, said he was “surprised” at the Australian government’s response.
“[Starmer] didn’t want to help us,” he said. “Australia too, Australia was not great. I was a little surprised by Australia,”
“I wouldn’t say anybody was great other than the five countries in the Middle East.”
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By Justin Bergman, International Affairs Editor, The Conversation
Matt Garrow, Editorial Web Developer, The Conversation
Mitchell Costello, Deputy Social Media Producer, The Conversation
Since the United States and Israel launched their war against Iran in late February, Iran has retaliated by targeting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, effectively shutting down the narrow channel of water.
It’s caused a global fuel crisis, even though some ships are managing to get through the strait. US President Donald Trump has given Iran an ultimatum to fully reopen the waterway…
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By Yousuf Mohammed, Associate Professor in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Queensland
Among a range of proposed reforms, Australia’s therapeutic goods regulator outlines 3 options for SPF labelling – including removing the numbers altogether.
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By Andrew Fairbairn, Professor of Archaeology, The University of Queensland
Douglas Baird, Professor, Archaeology, University of Liverpool
Gokhan Mustafaoglu, Associate Professor, Archaeology, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University
Based on international collaborations lasting decades, two new studies have unlocked previously unavailable information from the bones of dogs long dead.
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By Matt Nichol, Lecturer in Law, CQUniversity Australia
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed it is introducing a controversial new policy that will ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s events.
The IOC stated eligibility for women’s events will be determined by a “once-in-a-lifetime” sex test, which would prevent transgender women and those…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A man places stones on graves during a mass funeral for victims of the Pakistani airstrike on the Omid Drug Rehabilitation Center in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 26, 2026. © 2026 AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai (New York) – A Pakistani airstrike on a drug treatment center in Afghanistan on March 16, 2026, was an unlawful attack and a possible war crime, Human Rights Watch said today. International agencies reported that at least 143 people were killed and more than 250 injured, most of them patients. Pakistani authorities should promptly and impartially investigate…
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By Philippe Le Billon, Professor, Geography Department and School of Public Policy & Global Affairs, University of British Columbia
Zelda Ladefoged, Master's Student, Geography, University of British Columbia
The High Seas Treaty requires a secretariat to co-ordinate between parties, service meetings, manage information and keep the machinery running.
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By Gehan Gunasekara, Professor of Commercial Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
New US requirements for visa-free travel could involve sharing large amounts of biometric and law enforcement data, prompting concerns about privacy.
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By Susan Hutchinson, PhD Candidate, International Relations, Australian National University
In 2024, the Taliban government in Kabul wrote to the Australian government to request the Afghan embassy in Canberra be closed.
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By Carolina Rossini, Professor of Practice and Director for Program, Public Interest Technology Initiative, UMass Amherst
The verdicts in a case against Meta and another against Meta and Google have the potential to change how social media works – and it has little to do with financial penalties.
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