By Caitlin Macdonald, Doctor of Philosophy (English) / PhD graduate / Researcher, University of Sydney
Pip Finkemeyer’s tech world novel, One Story, is interested in power and performance. It reveals how violence can hide behind language – and the performance of care.
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By Hillary Chanda, Lecturer and PhD candidate: Energy & Environmental Engineering Research Group, University of Reading
In rural Zambia, solar power has brightened lives, but communities living next to forests can only pay for it by cutting down trees, putting forests at risk.
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By Ruari Elkington, Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries & Chief Investigator at QUT Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC), Queensland University of Technology
The pope shared his four favorite films, and spoke to Hollywood heavyweights about why cinemagoing matters so much in the world today.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A billboard of the chairman of the Myanmar military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party ahead of the start of the campaign period for the junta’s elections in Yangon, October 27, 2025. © 2025 STR/AFP via Getty Images (Bangkok) – Foreign governments should reject the Myanmar junta’s plans to hold elections from late December 2025 through January 2026 because they will not be free, fair, or inclusive, Human Rights Watch said today. Since the February 2021 military coup, the junta has systematically dismantled the rule of law and the country’s nascent…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Shui-Meng Ng holds a picture of her husband, Sombath Somphone, the forcibly disappeared Lao activist, following a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, December 12, 2018. © 2018 ROMEO GACAD/AFP via Getty Images (Sydney) – Australian officials should press the Lao government to take concrete steps to improve its human rights record, Human Rights Watch said today. The 9th Australia-Laos Human Rights Dialogue is scheduled for Vientiane on November 18, 2025.In an October submission to Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Human Rights Watch urged…
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By Julie Deslippe, Senior Lecturer in Plant Ecology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The disaster should raise questions about how we fund, manage and protect these vulnerable habitats when climate change is outpacing conservation efforts.
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By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
Drink driving in Australia is declining thanks to the right mix of laws, visibility and social messaging. Four strategies could make a difference with drug driving.
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By Alexander Korolev, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, UNSW Sydney
The EU is not abandoning Ukraine, but it is recalibrating its risk exposure. There is growing doubt that Ukraine can win – even if EU leaders won’t say so aloud.
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By Kelsie Boulton, Senior Research Fellow in Child Neurodevelopment, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney
Adam Guastella, Professor and Clinical Psychologist, Michael Crouch Chair in Child and Youth Mental Health, University of Sydney
New research shows children and families with the greatest and more complex needs have more delays to accessing assessments and support.
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By Ben Edwards, Professor, Child and Youth Development and Longitudinal Studies, Australian National University
Jessica Arnup, Research Fellow, Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
Kate Doery, Research Officer, Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
An increasing number of Australian school students are applying for an early offer to university, before they have their exam results back.
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