By Amnesty International
An armed group backed by the Congolese army (FARDC) has killed and tortured civilians, looted property, and abducted women as sexual slaves in Rutshuru territory in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Amnesty International said today. The Collective of Movements for Change-People’s Defence Forces (CMC-FDP) is a member of the Wazalendo (“patriots” in Swahili), a […] The post DRC: Authorities must end support for armed group suspected of war crimes appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Steve Georgakis, Senior Lecturer of Pedagogy and Sports Studies, University of Sydney
Tony Popovic and the Socceroos take on Paraguay in San Francisco on Friday in their third and final World Cup group-stage match.
After a brilliant opening win against Turkey, the Socceroos crashed down to earth against…
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By Shae McCrystal, Professor of Labour Law, University of Sydney
A workplace law expert explains what your rights are – and whether employers who suspect people of not being sick can ask for a medical certificate.
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By Chris Wallace, Professor, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
Something went very right in Australian politics this week – and it’s worth pausing and reflecting on how and why that is.
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By David Tuffley, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
Western Australia’s police are now scanning faces in real time. The technology works – roughly. The laws to govern it do not yet exist.
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By Louise Martin-Chew, Honorary Research Fellow, School of Communication and Arts, The University of Queensland
Avatar: Forms of Vishnu at the Art Gallery of New South Wales presents 200 artworks spanning 1,500 years, from international and Australian collections.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Federal politics has a new party, with two “teal” MPs but no leader.
Sydney MPs Zali Steggall, who holds the seat of Warringah, and Allegra Spender, from Wentworth, on Thursday formally announced the Community Strong Australia party.
So far they have not attracted other teal MPs. Monique Ryan and Kate Chaney earlier ruled out joining. Nicolette Boele said on Thursday that “for now” she was remaining an independent, which was the “mandate” her electorate of Bradfield had given her.
Community Strong…
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By Judy Ingham, Newsletter Producer, The Conversation
On the problem with living longer, AI chatbots and timely reporting on the Socceroos: an edited selection of your views.
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By Samuel Cornell, Honorary Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
Six months on from Australia’s under-16s social media ban taking effect, the early verdict from headlines and children themselves has been blunt: it isn’t working.
A new study published today in the British Medical Journal…
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By Andrew M. Baker, Associate Professor in Ecology and Environmental Science, Queensland University of Technology
Australia is home to unusual mammals not found anywhere else – consider the platypus, Tasmanian devil or the red kangaroo.
But did you know our understanding of this continent’s incredible mammalian diversity is still incomplete?
We have discovered a new species in one of Australia’s cutest and fiercest mammal groups: planigales. And we also unearthed a second new planigale species, from a 100-year-old specimen held in a Swedish museum.
In the past five years alone, there have been 20…
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