By Maria Nawaz, Project Lead, Australian Climate Accountability Project at the UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW Sydney
Gillian Moon, Senior Visiting Fellow and Research Lead, UNSW Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
Ten Australians – including a firefighter, First Nations leaders and young people – are bringing their concerns about the nation’s coal and gas exports to the United Nations.
On Tuesday, the group lodged a complaint with the UN Human Rights Committee, claiming the Australian government is failing to protect them from climate harms.
They argue Australia’s continued exports are inconsistent with limiting global warming to 1.5°C, as set out in the Paris…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A room in the emergency department at UCI Health hospital in Irvine, California, US, November 6, 2025. © 2025 Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images (Washington, DC) – The United States Congress’ failure to extend public subsidies for private health insurance has caused millions to lose healthcare coverage, increasing financial hardship and deepening inequality, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam America said today. Six months after the subsidies expired on January 1, 2026, early data indicate that millions of households lost health…
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By Nipa Saha, Lecturer, Macquarie University
The Dutch government is considering making it illegal to use children under 16 in paid social media content. The government argues such online content featuring children – designed to sell goods to child consumers – is basically involving them in child labour.
With Australia’s under-16s social media ban in place and other countries – most recently the United Kingdom – following suit, would this be the next logical…
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By Toby Murray, Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
Using AI for cybersecurity without first investing in fundamentals is like deploying a robot guard dog to defend an unlocked door.
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By David A. Fleming-Muñoz, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, La Trobe University
David Ubilava, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Sydney
Australia isn’t likely to face food shortages anytime soon. But hotter, drier weather could still take a toll on many local economies and communities.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People pray for the victims of a drone strike in El Obeid, North Kordofan State, Sudan, January 12, 2026. © 2026 El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters The United Nations Security Council on June 20 warned of the “imminent risk of mass atrocities” in El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan region in western Sudan, which for months now has been the epicenter of fierce fighting between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).The conflict, which broke out in April 2023, has claimed tens of thousands of lives, caused millions to flee their homes, and…
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By Kylie A. Steel, Senior Lecturer in Motor Learning and Skill Acquisition, Western Sydney University
Selectors look not just for fitness, movement and cognitive skills, but also for left-footedness – this trait has enormous strategic value on the pitch.
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By Dominic Tran, Research Fellow, University of Sydney
Reuben Rideaux, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Sydney
Ziyue Hu, PhD Candidate, University of Sydney
We act fast on the basis of our predictions but learn most when we get it wrong, according to a new brain-scan study.
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By Peter McIntyre, Professor in Women's and Children's Health, University of Otago
Joan Ingram, Medical adviser immunisation, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Nikki Turner, Professor, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Well after the COVID pandemic, NZ’s respiratory virus landscape remains unsettled. if you’re over 65, COVID and flu vaccines remain a priority.
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By Peter Hobbins, Honorary Affiliate, Department of History, University of Sydney
Her name was Mary Quarantine Chapman.
Seriously.
To the best of my knowledge, Mary is the only Australian named after the experience of being detained to limit the spread of infectious disease.
Today, five Australians and a New Zealander were released from hantavirus quarantine in Western Australia. They had spent the past six weeks at the purpose-built Perth…
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