By John Hawkins, Senior lecturer, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
A Grateful Son, the first book by Josh Frydenberg – former federal treasurer, former deputy leader of the Liberal Party, and former member for Kooyong – might be regarded as one of the longest job applications in history.
He makes it clear that he has an alternative vision to the current Liberal leadership for how to return the party to power. This is most explicit in the concluding chapter, titled “a better way”. But it is also evident from comments scattered throughout.
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By Arlie Loughnan, Professor of Criminal Law, University of Sydney
Natalia Antolak-Saper, Associate professor, Monash University
Erin Patterson has lost her appeal against her 2025 convictions on three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. She will now spend the rest of her life in prison, after the Victorian Court of Appeal also upheld a prosecution appeal and removed the 33-year non-parole period set by the trial judge.
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By Chris Comerford, Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media, University of Wollongong
Passing away this week at 86, Stewart will be remembered as actor, dramaturge, Shakespearean exemplar, mutant professor, and distinguished Starfleet captain.
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By Dean Aszkielowicz, Senior Lecturer in History and Politics, Murdoch University
Paul Taucher, Lecturer in History, Fellow Indo-Pacific Research Centre, Murdoch University
An inquiry into the culture and command of Australian special forces in Afghanistan could be a moment of reckoning for the country’s military leadership.
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By Vanessa Campbell, Associate Lecturer in Public Relations, Western Sydney University
Bianca Albanese, Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia
For most of the year, parents teach children not to talk to strangers, not to accept things from people they don’t know, and to take care when crossing the road.
Then Halloween arrives, and suddenly we’re knocking on strangers’ doors, accepting handfuls of lollies from them and wandering the streets after dark.
How can you help your children have a safe Halloween?
Are there more injuries at Halloween?
US data…
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By Justin A. Welbergen, Professor of Animal Ecology, Western Sydney University
Jessica Meade, Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Lecturer in Movement Ecology, Western Sydney University
Wildlife carers have been deluged with distressed flying-foxes. It’s yet another crisis for these vital animals. Is it time to do better?
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By Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
Why would fans of a Japanese baseball team throw a statue of Colonel Sanders into a local canal? Welcome to the world of sporting curses.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image An advertisement featuring French soccer star Kylian Mbappé in Shanghai, China, June 30, 2026. © 2026 Chinatopix via AP Photo This week a Chinese sports forum unearthed an April 2026 interview with Real Madrid football star Kylian Mbappé jokingly likening himself to a “Chinese dictator” (dictateur chinois). While Mbappé, known for dictating terms on the pitch, did not name names, the broadcaster added art showing him as Chinese Communist Party founder Mao Zedong.Beijing’s reaction was swift. China’s Foreign Ministry claimed the words “hurt the feelings of the Chinese…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A woman in Australia. © 2008 Getty Images An incarcerated Indigenous woman was reportedly shackled during a hospital stay earlier this month to deliver her baby by caesarean section in a Queensland hospital in Australia.Queensland Corrective Services promised an internal review but did not confirm the shackling. Shackling a woman during childbirth contravenes international human rights standards.The incident happened days before Australia’s two major political parties blocked a vote in parliament on October 14 on a bill to ban the shackling of prisoners…
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By Daria Dergacheva
“For the relatives of people in prison, as well as for national and international human rights organizations and agencies, the information provided by the Prison Agenda publication can be vital.”
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