By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The energy expert says Australia’s only on track to cut its emissions by around 50% by 2035 – ‘so we’re going to have to step up the pace’ in the next decade.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Israeli soldiers patrol in the Syrian village of Jubata al-Khashab, December 20, 2024. © 2024 Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images Israeli forces occupying parts of southern Syria since December 2024 have carried out a range of abuses against residents, including forced displacement, which is a war crime.Other abuses include homes seizures and demolitions, denial of access to livelihoods and unlawful transfer of Syrian detainees to Israel.Governments should suspend any military support to Israel that could facilitate human rights abuses and violations of international…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York City, New York, US, April 21, 2025. © 2025 UN Photo/Loey Felipe (New York) – World leaders gathering at the United Nations General Assembly from September 22-30 should commit to protecting the UN from powerful governments seeking to defund and undermine the organization’s capacity to promote human rights and international justice, Human Rights Watch said.On the eve of the General Assembly’s annual general debate, world leaders will hold a summit on the situation in Palestine, which French President Emmanuel…
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Tuesday, September 16, 2025
High-level Statement by Mr. Gilles Carbonnier, Vice President of the ICRC, at the 13th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, 16-19 September 2025, Geneva
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Tuesday, September 16, 2025
In South Sudan, “systemic government corruption” and “brazen predation” on the part of political elites have created a human rights crisis that must be urgently addressed, the UN Commission on Human Rights in the country said in a new report issued on Tuesday.
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By Sione Tekiteki, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Auckland University of Technology
Marco de Jong, Lecturer, Law School, Auckland University of Technology
Last week’s Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting showed why true integration remains challenging while island nations are at different stages of independence.
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By Yaqoot Fatima, Professor of Sleep Health, University of the Sunshine Coast
Alexandra Metse, Senior Lecturer, Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast
Daniel Sullivan, Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Griffith University
As we transition from wakefulness to sleep, the nervous system winds down and muscles relax. Sometimes, the brain misinterprets what’s happening.
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By Paul Harrison, Director, Master of Business Administration Program (MBA); Co-Director, Better Consumption Lab, Deakin University
We are living in a world where our unease, vigilance, and even our guilt is being used for corporate profit.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
It doesn’t take much for a journalist to get under Donald Trump’s skin. When the ABC’s United States correspondent John Lyons started questioning the president during a Washington “doorstop” about his business dealings while in office, the response was both full-on and petty.
Lyons was trying to get answers for a coming ABC Four Corners program.
He asked how much wealthier Trump was now than when he re-entered office and “Is it appropriate, President Trump, that a president in office should be engaged in so much business activity?”
Trump said that “my kids…
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By Brendan Zietsch, Associate Professor, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland
A study of more than 400,000 people found 1% had never had sex – which was linked to a range of genetic, environmental and other factors.
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