By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Albanese government latest budget has given fodder to those seeking to feed the disillusionment that is overtaking a growing number of Australians.
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By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
When Roberto Baggio missed a penalty in the 1994 Fifa World Cup final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena,…
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By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
Centuries-old conditioning techniques are remaking bone, muscle and skin at a cellular level. Modern science is only just catching up.
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By Simon Adams, Professor of Human Rights, Murdoch University
Instead of bringing people together, the World Cup is in danger of being remembered for the climate of exclusion and fear generated by one of its host nations.
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By Molly Johnston, ARC Industry Fellow, Monash Bioethics Centre, Monash University
Julian Koplin, Lecturer in Bioethics, Monash University; The University of Melbourne
Neera Bhatia, Associate Professor of Law (Health Law), Deakin University
In recent weeks, a female prisoner in Queensland lost her fight to have her eggs frozen while incarcerated.
Rachel Smith is currently serving a ten-year sentence for drug trafficking. She will be between 39 and 41 years of age when she is released. Smith’s fertility will decline significantly while imprisoned.
Smith was 33 when she first applied to freeze her eggs and was prepared to fund the treatment herself. She applied to Queensland Corrective Services, the Brisbane…
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By Jessica Genauer, Academic Director, Public Policy Institute, UNSW Sydney
Escalating a conflict is paradoxically one way to end it. But this strategy can be flawed, particularly in a region like the Middle East.
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By Ellen Rock, Associate Professor of Law, Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney
The judgment allows a man who was unlawfully detained to claim compensation from the government. It’s the latest in the ongoing fallout of the “NZYQ” case.
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By Balkan Diskurs
For young people of the region, cooperation is not a political slogan but a real experience gained through non-formal education, training, and civil society initiatives.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Health workers wearing protective equipment walk outside the General Referral Hospital during the Ebola outbreak response in Mongbwalu, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 21, 2026. © 2026 Michel Lunanga/Getty Images The Congolese government and international partners should prioritize community engagement and limit the role of security forces in responding to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.The government and its partners need to overcome years of conflict, abuse, and neglect that have strained healthcare systems and eroded trust and that risk…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Flag of Bahrain in Sakhir, March 2, 2023. © 2023 Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via AP Photo (Beirut) – The Bahraini government on April 27, 2026, revoked the nationality of 69 citizens, including infants. All were Shia Muslims of Iranian heritage, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) and Human Rights Watch said today. BIRD’s research found that at least 46 people, more than half of them children, were rendered stateless. “Bahraini authorities have long discriminated against the country’s Shia majority population,” said Niku Jafarnia,…
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