By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
The second rate hike this year will add another $100 a month to the average mortgage, just as fuel prices are surging.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The committee said it had consistently heard that the current design of the discount “can distort decision making and incentivise tax planning”.
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By Laura
Climate change has impacted North Kivu, a region in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where farmers have had to adapt their farming practices to survive.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Roadblock of the Southern Transitional Council in the south of Socotra, Yemen, October 14, 2023. © 2023 Hardscarf/Wikimedia Yemeni government-aligned forces appear to have used excessive force in February against protesters supporting the Southern Transitional Council in Aden. Government forces in three locations fired at protesters supporting the group and made arrests and held people for days without due process in Aden and Hadramout. The Yemeni government should provide accountability and justice for the Southern Transitional Council’s violations in…
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By Human Rights Watch
(New York) – A new five-episode narrative podcast will explore what it means to lose home and what it takes to start again, Human Rights Watch said today. Anchored in the story of Maung, a Rohingya refugee now living in New York, the series traces his journey of flight, survival, and rebuilding and explores displacement at a moment when more people are forcibly displaced than at any point since World War II.The series, “The Great Unrooting,” is hosted by Ngofeen Mputubwele , a journalist, attorney, and audio producer whose work includes podcasts for The New Yorker and the critically acclaimed…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The United Nations Headquarters in New York City, US, July 16, 2024. © 2024 Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via AP Photo (New York) – UN member countries should work to align the emerging United Nations tax convention with international human rights law to achieve its objective of advancing sustainable development, seven human rights groups said today in a submission to the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee. The submission proposes edits to the draft text to incorporate these standards and guidance into the draft convention.The groups are Amnesty International,…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Smoke rises after Iran launched a missile attack targeting the headquarters of the US Navy Basein Manama, Bahrain about 3 mi/5 km away from Dry Rock Prison, February 28, 2026. © 2026 Anadolu via Getty Images (Beirut) – Civilians in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are at grave risk from ongoing Iranian strikes in response to US and Israeli military attacks on Iran, Human Rights Watch said today. Many of the Iranian attacks have struck civilian residential buildings, hotels, civilian airports, and embassies, and have unlawfully targeted…
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By Shannon Bosch, Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University
Afghanistan says at least 400 people were killed in a Pakistani strike on a hospital on Monday – the latest in a deadly year for medical staff and patients worldwide.
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By Ian Musgrave, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Adelaide University
For about a year, an algal bloom in South Australian waters has had devastating effects on marine life. At my local beach, walks were a sad parade of dead sea life.
But what of the health effects of these algal blooms on humans? And what do a class of compounds called brevetoxins have to do with it?
I’m a toxicologist. Here’s what the evidence says.
What are algal blooms?
Algal…
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By Matthew Mclaughlin, Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia
Jo Salmon, Deakin Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Health, Deakin University
Peter McCue, PhD Candidate, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
For the first time in more than a decade, Australia has new physical activity guidelines. They’re commendable but unlikely to get us more active.
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