By Marian Sawer, Emeritus Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University
Flag politics and Australia Day debates are shaping up to be key themes in conservative political discourse in the months ahead.
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By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medical Science & Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute; Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
Andrew Buultjens, Microbial Bioinformatician & Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
Veronique Paris, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Medical Entomology, The University of Melbourne
Mozzies are causing Buruli ulcers in more parts of Australia. New research suggests a mosquito control can help reduce risks in future.
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By Vivienne Lewis, Clinical Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Canberra
Once we learn waists can be altered, it can be surprisingly easy to start questioning whether ours needs changing too.
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By James Martin, Associate Professor in Criminology, Deakin University
Edward Jegasothy, Senior Lecturer, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
The legislation, which aims to make it easier to prosecute those involved in the illicit tobacco trade, is more of the same: punitive, but still not effective.
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By Hamish McKenzie, Deputy Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
After months of gas industry pushback, the federal government has made sensible changes to its much-vaunted gas reservation policy.
Instead of forcing gas exporters to supply 20% of their export volumes to the domestic market, they will be made to supply “up to” 20%, with the precise amount set each year based on domestic demand. These details are in the newly…
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By Therese N. Hopfenbeck, Professor in Educational Assessment, Faculty of Education, The University of Melbourne
Results from the latest international test of 15-year-olds have prompted another round of headlines suggesting there are serious problems with Australia’s academic results.
Some outlets reported Australian reading and maths results in the PISA tests have taken a “plunge” and sunk to an “
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By Oiwan Lam
As the Lee administration said that it would seek public consensus, the anti-war network will continue roaring to stop the country from being dragged into the Iran war.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A person's mouth covered with tape bearing a message “no to executions” in Iran, in Paris in France, January 31, 2026. © 2026 Daniel Perron/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images Within a span of only five months, between March 18 and the end of August 2026, Iran’s authorities announced the executions of 29 people in connection with recent protests. These executions were unlawful and in violation of international human rights law. Several protesters executed were teenagers aged 18 and 19. Scores more remain at imminent risk of execution. Some executions have been carried…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Naoero, formerly Nauru, island, March 2023. © 2023 mtcurado/Getty Images (Sydney) – The Australian government has caused thousands of people seeking asylum to suffer grave abuses under its offshore detention system, which began in September 2001, Human Rights Watch said today.Over the past 25 years, Australia has forcibly transferred more than 5,000 asylum seekers to Naoero (formerly called Nauru) and Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (PNG). Those transferred have experienced inhumane conditions and serious harm to their mental and physical health. The United…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan. © 2014 Razaawais141/Wikimedia Without warning, Pakistan has directed all medical and dental institutions to expel Afghan students and arrange to send them back to Afghanistan. It is the latest move by Pakistani authorities to summarily deport Afghans from the country.Especially for Afghan women students, being returned to Afghanistan ends their chances of ever becoming doctors or dentists, as the Taliban have banned all women from universities and medical training.Pakistan’s medical institutions have also…
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