By Anne Maree Kreller, Research, Australian Centre for Culture, Environment, Society and Space, University of Wollongong
Research shows we need to air grievances, find areas of agreement between warring factions and allow affected people and planners to debate what’s fair.
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By Sandy O'Sullivan, Professor of Critical Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University
Aboriginal people of my vintage grew up surrounded by Aboriginalia in the form of kitsch everyday objects, often depicting racist stereotypes that showed what Australia thought about us.
From wall hangings to tea-towels, to drink coasters and ashtrays, they were ever present. Later, when they began to be regarded as cringe-worthy, they were relegated to the op-shops frequented by a young Tony Albert.
The Girrimay, Kuku Yilanji, Yidinji artist describes his early…
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By Leon Hugo, Adjunct Associate Professor, Mosquito Control Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Teach mozzies to link the smell of DEET with food, and they might seek it out. So what does this mean?
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By Jennifer Campion, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato
The government’s recent announcement of support for voluntary carbon and nature markets effectively offers a “warrant of fitness” to signal which markets can be trusted, without directly regulating them.
The aim is straightforward. By giving investors, landowners and developers confidence, the government hopes to unlock private finance for projects that reduce emissions or restore ecosystems.
As Associate Minister for the Environment Andrew…
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By Amnesty International
The U.S. Congress and the international community must take immediate action to stop the U.S. military’s unconscionable campaign of extrajudicial killings at sea and push for accountability, as the death toll nears 200. Since September 2025, the U.S. Southern Command has carried out nearly 60 air strikes against boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, […] The post USA: Death Toll in Campaign of Extrajudicial Killings at Sea Nears 200 appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Couples during a press conference about legalizing same-sex marriage in Seoul, South Korea, October 10, 2024. © 2024 Jung Yeon-je/ AFP via Getty Images The National Human Rights Commission of Korea has been reviewing a discrimination petition filed last October by a man in a same-sex relationship who was denied marriage leave by his employer.The employer’s policy offered marriage leave without defining marriage or providing criteria for employees to satisfy to claim the benefit. When the employee provided a wedding invitation and sought a short leave to have…
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By Behrouz Bakhtiari, Assistant Professor, Operations Management, McMaster University
The Strait of Hormuz is closed for the first time in the life of the Islamic Republic. Restoring the brake requires a credible diplomatic offer from the West.
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By Gina Starblanket, Associate Professor in Indigenous Governance, University of Victoria
James K. Rowe, Associate Professor of Political Ecology, University of Victoria
The explosive political climate Danielle Smith is stoking in Alberta could lead to Constitutional unravelling, further harm to treaty rights and violence against those she suggests a threat to her agenda.
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By Valentin Buffa, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Palaeontology, University of Zurich
Jonah Choiniere, Professor of Dinosaur Paleontology, University of the Witwatersrand
Julien Benoit, Associate professor in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
Xavier Jenkins, NSF EAR Postdoctoral Fellow, American Museum of Natural History
Palaeontologists have got a clearer picture of where turtles fit in the animal kingdom, thanks to analysis of a southern African fossil.
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By Laetitia Mimoun, Associate Professor in Marketing at ESCP Business School, ESCP Business School
Lez Trujillo Torres, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Chicago
A day of celebration for many, it is also a source of anxiety for those whose hopes of motherhood have been dashed by infertility, loss, and those who have chosen unconventional paths to parenthood.
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