By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
In a weekend speech, Cormann delivered a sharp message about surging populism – one both sides of politics would do well to take to heart.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A worker walks past a sign with the Vietnamese Communist Party flag in Hanoi, October 5, 2020. © 2020 NHAC NGUYEN/AFP via Getty Images The Vietnamese government is systematically suppressing the rights of workers to organize independent unions despite trade agreements that require it to support labor rights.Officials have repeatedly made false, misleading, and deceptive claims about supporting independent unions while making clear that they would target anyone who tried to exercise labor rights. The government routinely used criminal laws to prosecute rights activists.Vietnam’s…
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By Josh Holloway, Senior Lecturer in Government, Flinders University
Emily Foley, Postdoctoral research fellow, Flinders University; University of Canberra
Narelle Miragliotta, Associate Professor in Politics, Murdoch University
Rob Manwaring, Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University
The alleged attack on Helen Haines has renewed focus on MPs’ safety. More needs to be done to stop abuse and violence against public officials.
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By Josh Roose, Director of Research and Policy at The Dor Foundation and Associate Professor of Politics at Deakin University, Deakin University
Feeling angry, frustrated and ignored, many have turned to online echo chambers to vent their rage. And that can tip over into conspiracy theories and violence.
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By Masudul Zarif
Bangladesh’s traditionally nomadic Bede community faces severe displacement from floods and eroding rivers. Lacking fixed addresses, they struggle to access citizenship documents, healthcare, and education as they transition to land.
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By Rachida Bouhid, PhD StudentDepartment of Strategy, Social Responsibility, and Environment, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Municipal governments are at the forefront of climate adaptation, developing plans and responding when disasters strike. But even though local governments are limited to their municipal boundaries, events like floods, wildfires, extreme heat and drought are not, often affecting numerous communities at once.
Adapting to a changing climate requires greater co-operation and co-ordination across different orders of government. While Canada has made palpable progress in terms of climate adaptation, a fundamental governance problem remains.
Local governments maintain around 60…
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By Arryn Robbins, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Richmond
Scary movies create tension in that space between perception and recognition, as your brain tries to determine what, exactly, you’re seeing.
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By Lisa Meehan, Director, NZ Policy Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology
Ayesha Scott, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Business School, Auckland University of Technology and Senior Lecturer in Finance & Financial Planning, Griffith University
Denise Wilson, Professor in Māori Health, Auckland University of Technology
New research shows abuse of older people takes many forms, from threats to harmful actions and neglect, and it often involves family members.
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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
With the New Zealand election two-and-a-half weeks away, the latest 1News Verian poll has the right extending its lead over the left, meaning the right may be able to win a majority without relying on the Opportunity Party (if it enters parliament).
Other recently released polls also have the right continuing to lead.
The Verian polls for 1News have been released every week since late September. The latest was conducted October 15–19 from a sample of 1,003:…
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Tuesday, October 20, 2026
At 14, Bushra faced being married off – until community leaders at a UNICEF-supported child protection hub worked with her father to prevent her from being given away against her will.
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