By Civic Media Observatory
This time we take you to El Salvador, examining government claims that an AI-supported transformation of the public healthcare system will make it the most advanced in the world.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
US President Donald Trump has finally appointed an ambassador to Australia – David Brat, a conservative former Republican congressman.
The post has been vacant since Caroline Kennedy, appointed by the Biden administration, left in late 2024.
Brat, 61, still has to be confirmed by the US Senate to take up the post. He served two terms in the US House of Representatives, representing a district in Virginia before being defeated in 2018.…
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By Ben Rich, Director of the Curtin Extremism Research Network (CERN), Curtin University
Paul Sutherland, PhD Candidate, Humanities, Curtin University
Since rising to public prominence, the manosphere has been treated as if it’s just a niche corner of the internet. But those days are long gone.
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By Imogen Richards, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University
The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion will deliver its interim report to the governor-general by April 30. Public hearings will follow, defining antisemitism and its effects on Jewish Australians.
As a researcher of political violence, I provided a submission to the NSW parliamentary committee
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By Bianca McBryde, PhD Candidate, Behavioural Ecology and Conservation, University of Sydney
Catherine Price, Discovery Early Career Research Fellow, University of Sydney
Peter Banks, Professor of Conservation Biology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
The regent honeyeater is a beautiful bird at risk of extinction. So how can we protect it from native predators, such as possums and sugar gliders?
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Monday, April 27, 2026
Restrictions on girls’ education and women’s employment in Afghanistan could leave the country with a deficit of over 25,000 female teachers and health workers by 2030, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
A Coalition government would boost Australia’s minimum fuel reserve to 60 days, and deliver at least one billion litres of new storage with a $800 million Fuel Security Facility.
The opposition, making the announcement on Monday, said the new storage capacity would have “a focus on diesel”.
Diesel, especially vital in regional areas and for the trucking industry and farmers, has been under particular pressure during the present fuel crisis.
The opposition meanwhile called on the government to increase baseline stockholding fuel levels from January 1 next…
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By Craig Stevens, Professor in Ocean Physics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Earth Sciences New Zealand
Christina Hulbe, Professor in Glaciology, University of Otago
Craig Stewart, Marine Physicist, Earth Sciences New Zealand
New research shows tides influence how ocean heat is transported under Antarctica’s floating ice shelves, changing the energy available to melt the ice from below.
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By Samara Ranie, PhD Student, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland
A fluorescent embryo allows scientists to watch living cells organise themselves in real time, revealing processes previously impossible to observe.
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By R. Marie Santini, Professora da Escola de Comunicação e diretora do NetLab (Internet and Social Media Research Lab), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Adriano Belisário, Doutorando do NetLab, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Bruno Mattos, Coordenador de projetos do NetLab, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Danielle Pinho, Pesquisadora no NetLab, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Debora Salles, Coordenadora geral de pesquisa do NetLab, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Hugo Leal, Research Associate, University of Cambridge
Much of the world still needs to make progress in regulatory terms, and platform transparency cannot be treated as a corporate choice.
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