By Joanne Mutter, Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
A ‘use it or lose it’ paid parental leave policy like Sweden’s could encourage more new fathers to share the early child-rearing months.
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By Marian-Andrei Rizoiu, Associate Professor in Behavioral Data Science, University of Technology Sydney
How much of what you see on social media comes from sources that repeatedly post falsehoods? And if that content quietly vanished from your feed, would you believe anything different months later?
A new study published today in Science Advances offers the most rigorous answers yet. It comes from a collaboration between Meta and academic researchers who studied the 2020 United States election. It was run from inside the machine – on the live feeds of Facebook and Instagram.
The answers sound reassuring:…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Hoang Thi Hong Thai outside the police interrogation room in Hanoi, April 2025. © Private (Bangkok) – The Vietnamese authorities should immediately quash the criminal conviction of a prominent commentator on social media and release her, Human Rights Watch said today.On July 29, 2026, a court in Hanoi convicted Hoang Thi Hong Thai and sentenced her to six years in prison. Hanoi police had arrested her on January 7 for comments she made on social media criticizing the Vietnamese government and charged her with anti-state propaganda under article 117 of the penal…
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By Elise Klein, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
New data show just four of the 19 targets are being met or are on track to be so. With such a poor track record, it’s time for a different approach.
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By Tess Hardy, Associate Professor, Director of the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, The University of Melbourne
At Labor’s national conference last week, the Albanese government said it would establish a new federal Fair Work Court to provide “simpler, fairer and faster” resolution of workplace disputes.
At this stage, details remain sparse. But the broad idea is this new specialist court will work alongside the Fair Work Commission – the existing employment tribunal – to facilitate speedier resolution of claims brought under the
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By Matthew Ricketson, Professor of Communication, Deakin University
Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s excellent book Regime Change reveals the depth and consequences of Donald Trump’s obsession with fame and power.
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By Salahuddin Azad, Lecturer, School of Engineering and Technology, CQUniversity Australia
Ritesh Chugh, Professor, Information and Communications Technology, CQUniversity Australia
Anyone can now build an app by describing an idea to AI. But software that appears to work isn’t always secure, reliable or ready for real-world use.
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By Garry Argent, Lecturer in Education Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education, Deakin University
Shaun Rawolle, Senior Lecturer in Education, Deakin University
Free TAFE has opened the door to thousands more Australians. But getting people through the door is only half the job.
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By Katherine Ravenswood, Professor of Industrial Relations, Auckland University of Technology
Nearly 80% of New Zealand’s vital community care providers experience workplace violence. But like the workers themselves, the problem remains largely invisible.
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By Abhirup Dikshit, ARC DECRA Fellow, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
Jason Evans, Professor, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
We have to stop thinking of droughts simply as a static state of low moisture. Rapid drought changes can send fire risk soaring.
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