By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers turn their attention to improving productivity growth across the economy, it will be interesting to see what the business community brings to a planned summit in August.
Labour productivity (output per hour worked) has barely grown this decade.
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By Jacob Ware, Adjunct Professor of Domestic Terrorism, Georgetown University
Generations already suffering a shattered sense of safety from US gun violence do not see the military as a viable option, a terrorism scholar argues.
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By Dan Arbell, Scholar-in-residence at the Center for Israeli Studies, American University
For a generation, the promotion of a “two-state solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a core pillar of U.S. policy in the Middle East.
But ahead of a major United Nations conference on how to advance that solution, some are asking if Washington is eyeing a change.
On June 10, 2025, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, stated
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By Conrad Pilditch, Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Elizabeth Macpherson, Professor of Law and Rutherford Discovery Fellow, University of Canterbury
Joanne Ellis, Associate Professor of Marine Science, University of Waikato
Karen Fisher, Professor in Human Geography, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Karin Bryan, Professor of Coastal Oceanography, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Rachael Mortiaux, PhD Candidate in Law, University of Canterbury
Simon Francis Thrush, Director of the Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Two international ocean science and policy meetings this month have called on nations to be more ambitious in their efforts to protect and restore marine ecosystems.
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By Santosh Kumar Gautam, Associate Professor of Development and Global Health Economics, University of Notre Dame
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices guides the CDC’s hand on vaccine policy, but some of its new members have voiced anti-vaccine views.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Pedestrians walk past the Federal High Court building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 1, 2011. © 2011 AP Photo Ethiopian authorities have been detaining the renowned journalist Tesfalem Woldeyes since Sunday on allegations of “dissemination false information,” despite a court order to release him on bail. Tesfalem is editor-in-chief of the independent media outlet Ethiopia Insider and has faced repeated harassment by the authorities. The media reported that a plainclothes intelligence official arrested Tesfalem on June 8 at a hotel near a soccer stadium…
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By Georgia Popplewell
Try your luck on this week's News Quiz, where you can test your knowledge of topics and events covered in recent Global Voices stories!
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By Gemma Ware, Head of Audio, The Conversation UK
The Conversation’s audio team is celebrating a very successful night at the Publisher Podcast awards where The Conversation won Podcast Publisher of the Year.
The judges said: “This particular publisher has been entering these awards since the start and it’s been a real honour to watch their work grow in quality and depth each year, to the point they were placed in the top 3 of every single category they entered this year.”
We were also thrilled that our recent…
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By Abbas Yazdinejad, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Artificial Intelligence, University of Toronto
Jude Kong, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the world, from diagnosing diseases in hospitals to catching fraud in banking systems. But it’s also raising urgent questions.
As G7 leaders prepare to meet in Alberta, one issue looms large: how can we build powerful AI systems without…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Migrant workers at a construction site amid scorching heat in the Saudi capital Riyadh, on June 16, 2022. © 2022 FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images In March 2025, Muhammad Arshad, a Pakistani migrant worker in Saudi Arabia, fell to his death while working on the construction of Al Khobar’s Aramco Stadium, a 2034 FIFA World Cup and 2027 Asian Football Confederation Cup facility. Arshad’s death and the loss of his income leaves his family, including three sons under age eight, without their sole line of support.As we mark World Day Against Child Labor,…
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