By Laura
In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an armed group known as the M23 imposes its authority on local communities. But what is the history behind this movement?
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By Michael Flood, Professor of Sociology, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology
Rather than focusing only on what men should stop doing, we should also pay greater attention to the kinds of men we hope they become.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Federal parliament is finally rushing through a package of gambling reforms, after a deal between the government and opposition that includes a review of the operation of the measures after three years.
The government agreed to somewhat toughen its original plan with changes that include banning inducements for 90 days after Bet-stop deregistration, an extension of the live sport blackout to 15 minutes before a game, and a ban on commissions for any staff or agent or affiliate of gambling companies.
Other changes agreed to include:
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By Nicholas Duddy, Forrest Postdoctoral Fellow in English and Literary Studies, The University of Western Australia
There have been more than 30 professional Australian productions of Death of a Salesman in 70 years. Now, Anthony LaPaglia steps into Willy Loman’s shoes.
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By Saman Gorji, Associate Professor, Renewable Energy and Electrical Engineering, Deakin University
Negin Amini, Lecturer in Environmental Engineering, Deakin University
Many Australians want to go fully electric. But it’s often hard to know where to start. Solar? A home battery? Or quitting gas?
To find the best way to make the shift, we modelled three pathways for a three-bedroom house in Melbourne’s western suburbs.
These pathways show it’s important to do things in the right order. It’s best to start by lowering energy demand through better insulation and stopping draughts, and then switch from gas heating to an efficient reverse-cycle air conditioner. Home batteries should ideally be done last.
What did we do?
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Iraqi police patrol a street in Baghdad, June 28, 2026. © 2026 Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – A 22-year-old man detained for drug use died in police custody in late June 2026, a day after Iraqi police removed him from a hospital in the southern city of Najaf while he was being treated for severe abdominal pain, Human Rights Watch said today. A family member of the man, Muhsin Ali Kani, said that the authorities told them to retrieve his body the following day.The Najaf General Directorate for Anti-Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Affairs, part…
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By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University
Five years after returning to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban’s rule remains as ultra-extremist as ever.
Acting in the name of a self-centred version of Islam, the group has made no effort to modify its hardline ideological beliefs in favour of a more humane and inclusive approach to governing.
Nor has it refrained from hosting many like-minded violent extremist groups. The United Nations has issued repeated warnings about the resurgence of terrorism from Afghanistan.…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The assistant minister argues Australia needs to leverage its data centre advantage and translate that into benefits and growth for the broader economy.
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By Sven Buder, Astrophysicist, Australian National University
Look up on a dark night and the Milky Way appears as a calm band of stars across the sky. But our galaxy has a violent past.
For more than 13 billion years it has grown through star formation and mergers with other galaxies. We already know that several substantial galaxies helped build the young Milky Way.
A new study, published in Nature Astronomy, now brings one of the earliest of these events into much sharper focus. Led by astronomer Davide Massari from the Astrophysics…
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By Jess Hardley, Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, Edith Cowan University
From corded handsets to lockable pouches, a new wave of products promises physical distance from our devices. But who gets to, and under what conditions?
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