By John Buchanan, Professor in Working Life, Discipline of Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
Even after the new rises, our lowest paid employees will still have less buying power when they go to the shops than five years ago.
(Full Story)
|
By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Smoke rises after Iran launched a missile attack targeting the headquarters of the US Navy Base in Manama, Bahrain about 3 mi/5 km away from Dry Dock Prison, February 28, 2026. © 2026 Anadolu via Getty Images (Beirut) – Bahraini authorities have excluded migrant workers from an emergency wage support program during the Iran conflict, Human Rights Watch said today. Migrant workers, three-quarters of the private work force, are excluded even though they have contributed to the emergency fund for years. Many are now in dire situations due to job losses…
(Full Story)
|
By Rod McNaughton, Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
With the lid now lifted on Budget 2026, many small and medium New Zealand businesses will be poring over the detail to see what it has in store for them.
Many may come away disappointed. With the government having been upfront about its spending constraints, this budget was never likely to deliver a large new package for small firms.
Instead, the budget delivers a mix of smaller compliance changes, infrastructure spending and energy transition support. It also…
(Full Story)
|
By Antje Deckert, Associate Professor in Criminology, Auckland University of Technology
Budget 2026 spends $503 million on expanding prisons. But 41% of the prison population are people on remand and more than half are released once their case is heard.
(Full Story)
|
By Albert Palazzo, Adjunct Professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at UNSW Canberra, UNSW Sydney
The change in the submarine delivery plan should come as no surprise – this deal has been unequal from the start.
(Full Story)
|
By Paul Bowell, Lecturer of Sport Management and Sociology, Swinburne University of Technology
Sweltering conditions at this year’s French Open sparked fresh debate about whether the sport was doing enough to keep athletes safe.
(Full Story)
|
By Heidi Norman, Professor of Australian and Aboriginal History, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW Sydney
Nicholas Pitt, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Humanities & Languages, UNSW Sydney
A smallpox epidemic in the 1830s brought a new and deadly disease to the southeastern frontier. Aboriginal people responded with three distinct techniques.
(Full Story)
|
By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A man with a physical disability builds mobility products for underserved communities in Cairo, Egypt, August 8, 2017. © 2017 Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters (Beirut) – People with disabilities in Egypt face systemic barriers to their right to work amid poor implementation of a 2018 disability rights law, Human Rights Watch said today. They face discriminatory hiring practices, inaccessible workplaces, barriers to obtaining a national disability card, ineffective job quotas, and underpaid sham roles that deny them work and fair pay.A 2018 law significantly improved the…
(Full Story)
|
Monday, June 1st 2026
Years after conflicts fade from the headlines, the weapons used to fight them often continue to circulate – crossing borders, fuelling crime and undermining an often-fragile peace. Now, ghost guns, 3D-printed firearms and increasingly sophisticated trafficking networks are creating new challenges for governments worldwide.
(Full Story)
|
Monday, June 1st 2026
Families in Gaza living on or near the so-called Yellow Line controlled by the Israeli military have told the UN they live in constant fear of being killed or injured.
(Full Story)
|