By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A prison van believed to be carrying Jimmy Lai leaving West Kowloon Magistrates Courts where his sentencing took place in Hong Kong, February 9, 2025. © 2025 Vernon Yuen/NEXPHER/Sipa via AP Photo (Tokyo) – Beijing has restructured Hong Kong’s governance to answer to Party leadership rather than Hong Kong’s people six years after imposing the draconian National Security Law, Human Rights Watch said today.“Hong Kong’s highly repressive national security regime and bureaucracy have erased long-protected rights and cast a deeply troubling shadow over its future”…
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By Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
While the government strengthens its social media ban, a broader, more robust piece of legislation is waiting in the wings.
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
Support for Labor and the Greens combined is up five points to 46% in Newspoll and four points to 44% in Redbridge.
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By Michelle Arrow, Professor of History, President, Australian Historical Association, Macquarie University
Frank Bongiorno, Director, Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas (CoPI) and Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas, University of Canberra
Katie Holmes, Emeritus Professor of History, La Trobe University
Yves Rees, Senior Lecturer in History, La Trobe University
A new study shows that workplace priorities for Australian historians make it harder for their work to reach Australian readers – despite strong public interest.
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By Rob Manwaring, Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University
Emily Foley, Postdoctoral research fellow, Flinders University; University of Canberra
The former may of Greater Manchester’s rise raises questions about the changing dynamics of political parties and leadership in an accelerated political climate.
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By Mary Breheny, Research associate, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Leigh Signal, Professor in Fatigue Management and Sleep Health/Associate Dean, Research, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Rosie Gibson, Associate Professor, School of Psychology, Massey University, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Media articles can present adolescent sleep issues as both a normal part of growing up and a sign of deeper problems. How should parents make sense of it?
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By Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
We are two weeks into the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with the knockout rounds starting after the group stages concluded.
On Monday morning, co-hosts Canada left it late to beat South Africa to win through to the round of 16 for the first time in men’s World Cup history.
So, what have been the key moments…
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By Jennifer Parker, Adjunct Professor, Defence and Security Institute, The University of Western Australia; UNSW Sydney
New strikes from the US and Iran continue to put the future of the crucial shipping channel in doubt, but a permanent toll is neither legal nor workable.
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By Kate Griffiths, Democracy Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute
Feeling gloomy about the future? You’re not alone. New data shows economic pessimism is growing in Australia, and the implications reach far beyond the hip pocket.
The latest Lowy Institute poll shows a sharp decline in economic optimism, with just 41% of Australians feeling optimistic about Australia’s economic performance in the world over the next five years. This is the first year in which pessimism has outstripped optimism since the question was first asked in 2005.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A column of black smoke rises above buildings in Bamako on April 26, 2026. © 2026 AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – Islamist armed groups and Malian armed forces and their allies have committed serious abuses against civilians since fighting escalated in Mali in April 2026, Human Rights Watch said today.On April 25, the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, or JNIM) carried out coordinated attacks across Mali. JNIM joined forces with Tuareg fighters of the Azawad Liberation Front (Front de libération…
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