By Nathaniel M. Tran, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration, University of Illinois Chicago
When LGBTQ+ patients can be open with their providers about their identity, they are much more likely to get essential care.
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By Lara Herrero, Associate Professor and Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University
As winter settles over Australia, it’s not just the drop in temperature we notice – there’s also a sharp rise in respiratory illnesses. Most of us are familiar with the usual winter players such as COVID, influenza and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), which often dominate news headlines and public health messaging.
But scientists are now paying closer attention to another virus that’s been spreading somewhat under the radar: human…
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By Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, Macquarie University
A rubber bullet to Channel Nine reporter Lauren Tomasi’s leg signals media freedom in the US is again under attack.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Anthony Albanese today announced a new roundtable to help lift Australia’s productivity. He announced a bureaucratic shakeup with the departure of Glyn Davis.
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By Human Rights Watch
(Bogota) – The June 7, 2025, attack against the Colombian congressman and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay is a blow to democracy, Human Rights Watch said today.A 15-year-old boy shot and severely injured Uribe Turbay during a campaign event in Bogota, the country’s capital. Uribe Turbay, a congressman for the right-wing party Centro Democrático, was speaking to supporters in Bogota in the lead-up to the party’s internal process for selecting its presidential candidate for the May 2026 elections. Uribe Turbay remains in critical condition.“The attack against Miguel Uribe Turbay…
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By Shannon Bosch, Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University
Blockades may be used in wartime, but only if they meet 5 legal conditions. Have Israel’s actions complied with the law?
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By Carissa Klein, Associate Professor in Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland
Amelia Wenger, Research Fellow in Conservation, The University of Queensland
James Watson, Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
Ahead of this week’s crucial United Nations ocean conference, federal Environment Minister Murray Watt promised that by 2030, 30% of Australian waters would be “highly protected”.
This is a telling pledge. After all, 52% of Australian waters are now…
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By Hazel Moir, Honarary Associate Professor; economics of patents, geographical indications and other "IP"; trade treaties, Australian National University
John Power, Visiting Fellow, Centre for European Studies, Australian National University
The European Union wants to reserve specific food names for its own producers. Australia argues these are generic names and we should keep them.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (C) during a ceremony to commemorate the 16th anniversary of National War Heroes Day, marking the end of the country’s civil war, in Colombo, May 19, 2025. © 2025 Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images Both Sri Lanka and Germany have newly elected leaders, but key human rights concerns that Chancellor Friedrich Merz should raise with visiting President Anura Kumar Dissanayake in Berlin on June 11 have lingered for decades. The Sri Lankan government and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fought…
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By The Irrawaddy
"Have these employers lost all sense of compassion, kindness, and basic human decency? Have they become so consumed by greed that they have abandoned even common sense?"
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