By Kate Griffiths, Democracy Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute
The federal government has landed a deal to pass new legislation to restrict gambling advertising. The new legislation contains several important measures, but falls far short of what is needed to prevent gambling harm.
The government’s gambling reform bill was a long overdue response to the 2023 Murphy inquiry,…
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By Kirsty Forsdike, Principal Research Fellow and Associate Professor, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University
Catherine Ordway, Visiting Scholar, School of Business, CBR, UNSW
The Australian Football League (AFL) and the Sydney Swans are confronting a question Australian sport has repeatedly failed to answer clearly: what should happen when players are accused of sexual violence, but the criminal process is incomplete – or inconclusive?
Yesterday, it…
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By Laura
In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an armed group known as the M23 imposes its authority on local communities. But what is the history behind this movement?
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By Michael Flood, Professor of Sociology, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology
Rather than focusing only on what men should stop doing, we should also pay greater attention to the kinds of men we hope they become.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Federal parliament is finally rushing through a package of gambling reforms, after a deal between the government and opposition that includes a review of the operation of the measures after three years.
The government agreed to somewhat toughen its original plan with changes that include banning inducements for 90 days after Bet-stop deregistration, an extension of the live sport blackout to 15 minutes before a game, and a ban on commissions for any staff or agent or affiliate of gambling companies.
Other changes agreed to include:
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By Nicholas Duddy, Forrest Postdoctoral Fellow in English and Literary Studies, The University of Western Australia
There have been more than 30 professional Australian productions of Death of a Salesman in 70 years. Now, Anthony LaPaglia steps into Willy Loman’s shoes.
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By Saman Gorji, Associate Professor, Renewable Energy and Electrical Engineering, Deakin University
Negin Amini, Lecturer in Environmental Engineering, Deakin University
Many Australians want to go fully electric. But it’s often hard to know where to start. Solar? A home battery? Or quitting gas?
To find the best way to make the shift, we modelled three pathways for a three-bedroom house in Melbourne’s western suburbs.
These pathways show it’s important to do things in the right order. It’s best to start by lowering energy demand through better insulation and stopping draughts, and then switch from gas heating to an efficient reverse-cycle air conditioner. Home batteries should ideally be done last.
What did we do?
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Iraqi police patrol a street in Baghdad, June 28, 2026. © 2026 Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – A 22-year-old man detained for drug use died in police custody in late June 2026, a day after Iraqi police removed him from a hospital in the southern city of Najaf while he was being treated for severe abdominal pain, Human Rights Watch said today. A family member of the man, Muhsin Ali Kani, said that the authorities told them to retrieve his body the following day.The Najaf General Directorate for Anti-Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Affairs, part…
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the sentencing of Lev Shlosberg, deputy chair of the Yabloko party — the only registered Russian political party which has consistently opposed Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and campaigned for a ceasefire and diplomacy — to 11 years and one month in prison, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia […] The post Russia: Anti-war politician Lev Shlosberg sentenced to 11 Month in Prison amid Mounting Pressure on his Yabloko Party appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Ahmed Elbediwy, Senior Lecturer in Cancer Biology & Clinical Biochemistry, Kingston University
Nadine Wehida, Senior Lecturer in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Kingston University
A viral post by a cancer specialist concedes there is no evidence of thyroid harm, while invoking hormone disruption and lifelong exposure. What does research show?
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