By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
As he looks to his own coming wrestle with One Nation in the May 9 Farrer byelection, Angus Taylor can only take from Saturday’s South Australian result a sense of deep trepidation.
One Nation drove a front-end loader through the conservative vote in the state election, slicing it in half and gathering up a higher primary vote than the Liberals. It is likely to do something similar in the federal New South Wales regional seat.
On early indications, the frontrunners in Farrer are One Nation candidate David Farley, an agribusinessman and former National Party member, and…
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By Al Chukwuma Okoli, Reader (Associate Professor) Department of Political Science, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria, Federal University Lafia
Although the theatre of the war is far away from Nigeria geographically, the impact is being felt in the country.
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By Ruth Castel-Branco, Senior lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
Brenda Mwale, Postdoctoral Fellow: Future of Work, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa’s minister of employment and labour has published a sweeping set of proposed amendments to the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, the Employment Equity Act and the National Minimum Wage Act.
The aim is to
modernise key labour laws and introduce practical…
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By Vishal Yashoda
Puerto Rico’s electricity system has faced repeated crises since 2017’s Hurricane Maria, which destroyed much of the grid and triggered the longest blackout in modern U.S. history; outages remain routine.
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By Rob Manwaring, Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University
The tectonic plates of South Australian politics have fundamentally shifted. Peter Malinauskas’s Labor government has won a second term with a landslide win. The final count should see Labor win around 33 seats in the 47 seat House of Assembly. This result dwarfs the Labor “Rann-slide” of 2006.
The…
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By Fiona Crawford, Adjunct Lecturer at the Centre for Justice, Queensland University of Technology
A record Women’s Asian Cup crowd was one of the many positives as the tournament ended in victory for Japan over Australia.
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
For today’s South Australian state election, The Poll Bludger’s results have Labor winning 31 of the 47 lower house seats, the Liberals four, One Nation one and independents one, with ten still in some doubt. This is already a majority for Labor.
When doubtful seats are assigned to the most likely winner, Labor has 35 seats, One Nation four, the Liberals four and independents four. If this occurs, Labor would gain eight seats from the 2022…
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By Aaron Brynildson, Law Instructor, University of Mississippi
The global price of oil continues to skyrocket as Iran’s missiles and drones hit vital infrastructure in Arab Gulf states. Billion-dollar American radar systems have also been targeted and destroyed across the Middle East by Iran, seemingly degrading U.S. defenses.
U.S. military presence near Iran includes…
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By Tom Licence, Professor of Medieval History and Consumer Culture, School of History, University of East Anglia
In 1066, England was invaded by multiple foreign powers. A northern force led by King Harald Hardrada of Norway advanced on York via the River Humber, while a southern force, led by Duke William of Normandy (later William I the Conqueror) crossed the Channel with forces from Normandy, France, Brittany and Ponthieu, and took up position at Hastings.
King Harold of England had to dash up from London to deal with the vikings, only to hurry back south again to deal with William.…
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By Laura
Wars no longer have defined frontlines. Battlefields can be anywhere those in power decide that a neighbor, due to their faith, ethnicity, or background, is an enemy.
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