By Michael Ryan, Teaching Fellow in Economics, University of Waikato
New Zealand’s history of inflation, recessions and unemployment offer clues to what might happen next. Coupled with global events, the outlook is not promising.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Australian soldiers take part in training exercises in Townsville, Australia, June 30, 2023. © 2023 Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images (Sydney) - The Australian government should include human rights vetting provisions in all bilateral security force cooperation agreements, Human Rights Watch said in a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties. The committee is reviewing a proposed agreement between Australia and Fiji for defence cooperation. “The Australian military should not support, train, or appoint to its ranks anyone credibly accused of committing…
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By Caroline Emberson, Rights Lab Assistant Professor in Operations Management, University of Nottingham
The health and social care visa route was introduced in August 2020 as a response to labour shortages after Brexit and the COVID pandemic. Now, the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration has found that the Home Office’s “limited understanding of the sector” has put care workers at risk of exploitation.
An independent report, published in March, details the…
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By Bryce J. Casavant, Associate lecturer, School of Humanitarian Studies, Royal Roads University
British Columbia’s proposed new police law, Bill 17, has excluded provincial armed environmental law enforcement from its legal definition of “police.” Why does this matter?
At the heart of this issue lies a fundamental legal question. Should environmental police services be treated in the law as regular police and, crucially, subject to the same regulatory oversight?
For many officers,…
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By Jessica Evans, Assistant Professor, Criminology, Toronto Metropolitan University
Linda Mussell, Lecturer, Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury
Placing migrants who are not criminals in prisons risks serious violations of their human rights and perpetuates narratives about the criminality of immigrants.
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By Viktoria Kahui, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Economics, University of Otago
The rights-of-nature movement emerged as a response to economic pressures on ecosystems. But the success of projects depends on how well legal liability is defined.
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By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
Project 2025 is iconoclastic and dystopian. Those who wish to understand Trump and the movement behind him, and the active threat they pose to American democracy, are obliged to take it seriously.
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By Sharon Robinson, Distinguished Professor and Deputy Director of ARC Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future (SAEF), University of Wollongong, University of Wollongong
Laura Revell, Associate Professor in Environmental Physics, University of Canterbury
Rachele Ossola, Postdoctoral fellow, Colorado State University
Over the last 25 years, the ozone hole which forming over Antarctica each spring has started to shrink.
But over the last four years, even as the hole has shrunk it has persisted for an unusually long time. Our new research found that instead of closing up during November it has stayed open well into December. This is early summer – the crucial period of new plant growth in coastal Antarctica and the peak breeding season for penguins and seals.
That’s a worry. When the ozone hole forms,…
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By Julien Cooper, Honorary Lecturer, Department of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University
The theme of cattle in ancient rock art is one of most important pieces of evidence for a bygone age of the “green Sahara”.
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By Timothy Colin Bednall, Associate Professor in Management, Swinburne University of Technology
Checking references has long been a part of the hiring process but it should only ever be one of a series of steps taken to assess someone’s qualifications.
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