By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Albanese government will halve the excise on petrol and diesel and reduce the heavy vehicle road user charge to zero, both for three months, at a budget cost of $2.55 billion.
Halving the fuel excise will cut the cost of fuel for motorists by 26.3 cents a litre. That will reduce the cost of a 65 litre tank of fuel by nearly $19.
The heavy vehicle charge is currently 32.4 cents a litre. The relief will help the trucking industry.
The cuts will start on Wednesday.
The government will also defer the next increase in the road user charge for six…
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By Joanne Wallis, Professor of International Security, Adelaide University
Salote Tagivakatini, PhD Candidate in Politics and International Relations, Adelaide University
Beyond New Zealand, no other country is as embedded as Australia in the national and regional institutions of Pacific Islands countries.
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By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
In February police said they strongly believed Dezi Freeman was dead. It may have been a tactic that helped bring the manhunt to an end.
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By Emily Dollman, Head, Music Education and Pedagogy, Adelaide University
There is a huge variety of musical material you can engage with together, so there will definitely be songs to suit everyone.
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By Saman Gorji, Associate Professor, Renewable Energy and Electrical Engineering, Deakin University
Alireza Ganjovi, Researcher, Energy Systems and Applied Physics, Deakin University
Australia has built millions of mini power stations on detached homes. The next challenge is ensuring people in apartments, units and townhouses can benefit too.
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By Rachael Burgin, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Swinburne University of Technology
Gemma Hamilton, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, RMIT University
Counselling records including notes, transcripts and even audio and video files are ending up in the hands of defendants’ legal teams.
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By Human Rights Watch
#hrw-charts-data-view--israel .max-w-report { max-width: 100%; } #hrw-charts-data-view--israel .report-body { margin-bottom: 2rem; } Click to expand Image Two images of unexploded submunitions posted by South Sharon Regional Council in central Israel on March 5, 2026. © 2026 Human Rights Watch (Beirut, March 30, 2026) – The Iranian government has repeatedly used inherently indiscriminate cluster munitions delivered by ballistic missiles in attacks on Israel since February 28, 2026, Human Rights Watch said today. At least four civilians have been killed in the strikes, which…
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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
Opposition to the Iran war is very strong in Australia, but so far the government has not been damaged by it in the polls.
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By Marty Branagan, Associate Professor in Peace Studies, University of New England
Dennis Altman’s Righting my World tells the story of his long history in activism, over 50 years, beginning with the gay liberation movement of the 1960s.
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By Anna Marie Brennan, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato
As the war in Iran escalates across the region, urgent questions about civilian harm, accountability and the limits of international law become harder to answer.
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