By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns delivered an attention-grabbing prediction this week. “By any poll, by any measure, [One Nation leader] Mike Newman will either be the premier or the opposition leader after the 13th of March,” Minns said on Sydney radio.
While the immediate focus is on One Nation’s performance at the Victorian election in late November, next year’s NSW contest will be a more important test for the insurgent party.
On present indications, the best One Nation could do in Victoria would be to prop up a Coalition minority government – although there seems…
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By Brooke N. Newman, Professor of History, Virginia Commonwealth University
For locals, the king’s Caribbean visit is an occasion to recognize the full story of Britain’s trafficking and enslavement of millions of people across the Atlantic.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image US election workers open and inspect mail-in ballot envelopes during processing inside the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center (MCTEC) on Election Day, November 5, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona. © 2024 Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images (Washington, DC) – US states’ use of a tool to verify citizenship that is marred by inaccurate and incomplete data is creating new hurdles for the right to vote with the midterm elections only days away, Human Rights Watch said today. The Supreme Court ruled in late September 2026 that states could use the tool, Systematic…
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By Digital Storytelling Team, The Conversation
Israel has voted and neither Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition or Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc are going to secure the 61 seats required to form government.
One of the two blocs will now need to begin the long and complicated task of negotiations between the smaller factional parties to form a government. Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, will decide who gets the first chance to do so.
This could involve the Arab parties,…
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By Olaf Meynecke, Research Fellow in Marine Science and Manager Whales & Climate Program, Griffith University
Whales never cease to amaze me.
After nearly two decades of studying these majestic mammals, I’ve learnt every whale season is slightly different. Each migration along Australia’s east coast varies in its timing and the number of whale sightings.
But the 2026 whale season is unlike any other I’ve witnessed. Low humpback whale numbers and rare encounters with elusive false killer whales are just two reasons…
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By Niusha Shafiabady, Professor in Computational Intelligence, Australian Catholic University
Theresa Dicke, Professor, Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University
Why can AI create a passable landscape for a few seconds, but fail to capture a fully fledged world, make characters look lifelike or tell a story that moves us?
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By Qing Wu, Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Railway Engineering, CQUniversity Australia
Colin Cole, Director - Centre for Railway Engineering, CQUniversity Australia
Residents in central Spain are dealing with the aftermath of a tragic collision between two high-speed trains, which has left at least 68 people dead and dozens more injured.
On a rail line between the capital Madrid and the city of Seville, a train carrying 397 passengers collided at high speed with another train that was stationary on the tracks and had 147 people on board. The resulting force…
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By Amnesty International
Cambodian private security companies connected to the country’s military, police and powerful business networks have helped sustain a scamming industry built on trafficking, forced labour, torture and slavery, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. Official Business: Security companies and authorities at scamming compounds in Cambodia identifies five private security companies that provided […] The post Cambodia: Politically connected security companies enabled slavery and rape in scamming compounds appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The Hayjat al-Abd road, which connects Aden to Taizz city, Yemen, September 26, 2026. © 2026 Photo by AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – A long-running humanitarian crisis in Taizz, Yemen’s third-largest city, has drastically worsened since October 2026, when the Houthi armed group forces fully encircled the city and blocked and attacked the remaining major supply route, Human Rights Watch said today. Since then, there have been severe shortages of fuel, food, water, medicine, cooking gas, and access by humanitarian agencies.Houthi forces have surrounded…
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By Amnesty International
Next month’s UN talks in Antalya can only deliver meaningful action if governments protect civic freedoms, curb fossil fuel influence and listen to communities on the front lines of the climate crisis The post COP31 must amplify people power, not oil lobby voices appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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