By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Mourners at a mass funeral for victims of a US drone strike, including seven children, look up as fighter jets circle a cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 30, 2021. © 2021 Marcus Yam/The Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (Washington, DC) – The United States and coalition countries have yet to provide genuine justice or redress for war crimes and other grave abuses in Afghanistan in the 25 years since the war began on October 7, 2001, Human Rights Watch said today, issuing a timeline of its reporting of the conflict. After Al-Qaeda’s September 11 attacks…
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By Laura Davy, Senior Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
People with disability shared their harrowing experiences with the royal commission. But not everyone’s happy with the pace of change since.
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By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
Since the Iran-US military conflict began earlier this year, disrupting global oil markets, Australia’s electric vehicle (EV) market has experienced an unprecedented boost.
With motorists facing sharp increases at the bowser and continuing uncertainty about fuel prices, many drivers have decided to go electric. EVs accounted for 25.8%…
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By Matt Bower, Professor, Learning Technologies, Macquarie University
Joanne Orlando, Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
Karen Woo, Senior Project & Research Manager, School of Education, Macquarie University
Parents, teachers and students were all surveyed as part of a new study looking at how screens are used in NSW schools.
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By Jooyoung Lee, Research Fellow, Behavioural Data Science Lab, University of Technology Sydney
Emily Booth, Research Fellow, Data Science Institute, University of Technology Sydney
Marian-Andrei Rizoiu, Professor of AI and Behavioral Data Science, University of Technology Sydney
How do you get reliable information to someone who isn’t looking for it? New research using Facebook ads suggests a change in language makes a big difference.
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By Maddison Sideris, Associate Teaching Fellow, Sociology, Deakin University
For many people, friends play second fiddle to partners and family. Here’s what legal recognition could change, and why getting there is tricky.
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By Tim Rowse, Emeritus Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
What right did settler society have to intervene in Aboriginal life? The humanitarian tradition has no adequate answers, says Barry Corr.
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By Carolle Varughese, PhD Candidate in Public Policy (space-related risks), University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Priyanka Dhopade, Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Sarah Hendrica Bickerton, Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
As geopolitical tensions rise, dual-use satellite technology could threaten the many benefits of the space services New Zealand relies on.
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By Richard Meade, Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Applied Energy Economics and Policy Research, Griffith University
Splitting up NZ’s big gentailers promises more competition and lower power bills. But the economics of separating generation and retail are more complicated.
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By Judy Ingham, Newsletter Producer, The Conversation
Every day, we publish a selection of your emails in our newsletter. We’d love to hear from you, you can email us at yoursay@theconversation.edu.au.
Monday October 5
“The new Greens leader seems to have more ‘fire in the belly’ and in that sense more of a match to Pauline Hanson and will certainly have more sensible policies. But if what Pauline is selling is anger itself and that now matches Australians’…
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