By Carolyn Holbrook, Associate Professor in History, Deakin University
Chris Masters’ book on Ben Roberts-Smith was chosen to win the Australian War Memorial’s Les Carlyon Prize for Military History. But the prize wasn’t awarded. Why?
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By Elizabeth Reid Boyd, Senior Lecturer School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University
The lady and legend has been endlessly remixed, from appearances in art, to music (including Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now), and even chocolate.
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By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
The federal government has announced a long-awaited climate change target for 2035, committing to a reduction in emissions of between 62% and 70% below 2005 levels. Environmentalists claim the target is a failure, while some business groups and the opposition are likely to slam it as economic sabotage.
Setting a range target has two advantages. First, it provides flexibility to respond to whatever unfolds on the environment, technology or political front. Second, it avoids a frustrating political debate fixated on a single, precise future target.
Announcing…
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By Paul Hume, Senior Research Fellow in Materials Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
As the uptake of solar power accelerates, New Zealand should develop policy that requires recycling of panels and supports installations on rental properties.
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By Philip Johnson, Lecturer, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University
Two airstrikes in recent weeks have been aimed at ‘narcoterrorists’, according to the White House. They’ve been deadly, dangerous and likely ineffective.
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By Vincent Hurley, Lecturer in Criminology (police & policing). School of International Studies, Macquarie University
If police eventually have to downgrade the search for Dezi Freeman, how will the victims’ families react and what message will it send to the community?
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By Amnesty International
Amnesty International condemns the massacre that took place on 11 and 12 September in Labodri, Haiti, where more than forty people were killed and dozens of homes set on fire by gangs, according to civil society organizations. “The massacre in Labodri is a painful reminder of how precarious state protection is in Haiti. The international […] The post Haiti: Labodri massacre exposes state ineffectiveness in protecting the population appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
By: Graciela Martínez, senior campaigner, and Adeline Neau, researcher for Central America at Amnesty International. A year ago, in Tocoa, northern Honduras, environmentalist Juan López was shot dead in front of his family, friends and neighbours as he was leaving a religious service. The alleged perpetrator of the shooting and two alleged accomplices have been […] The post Justice for Juan is justice for the environment appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The Brazilian Senate in Brasilia, February 1, 2021. © 2021 Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty Images (São Paulo) – Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on September 17, 2025, signed the country’s first law to protect children’s rights online, Human Rights Watch said today. The law, called the ECA Digital after its Portuguese initials, is intended to update the country’s 1990 Statute of the Child and Adolescent to protect children’s rights in the digital environment. Technology companies with services likely to be used by children would be compelled to design…
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By Ang Li, ARC DECRA and Senior Research Fellow, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
This year, ten days of extreme heat in Europe killed roughly 2,300 people, severe flooding on the New South Wales coast left more than 48,000 stranded, and wildfires in Los Angeles destroyed at…
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