By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image New South Wales police confront demonstrators in Sydney protesting Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia, February 9, 2026. © 2026 Andrew Quilty (Sydney) New South Wales police used apparent excessive force against people protesting Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia, Human Rights Watch said today.Video footage verified by Human Rights Watch from a rally in Sydney on February 9, 2026, shows police punching protesters lying on the ground, violently dispersing people kneeling in prayer, and charging at and pepper spraying protesters. The…
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By Jodi McAlister, Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University
Jayashree Kamble, Professor of English, City University of New York
More and more romance adaptations are starting to appear – but what makes the translation from page to screen really sing?
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By Bill Swannie, Senior Lecturer, Thomas More Law School, Australian Catholic University
More than 540,000 people live in public housing in Australia. Recent court cases show how tenants can challenge relocation when laws aren’t properly followed.
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By Ivan Franceschini, Lecturer, Chinese Studies, The University of Melbourne
Charlotte Setijadi, Lecturer in Asian Studies, The University of Melbourne
Ling Li, PhD Candidate in Technology Facilitated Modern Slavery, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Thousands of people from Indonesia, China and Africa are waiting for help to return home, but the process has been slow and many are increasingly desperate.
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By Jen Purdie, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago
Even as the US steps back from Paris and New Zealand flirts with imported gas, the global energy transition is gathering speed.
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By Thomas Byers, PhD Candidate & Research Assistant, Faculty of Engineering & IT, The University of Melbourne
Bjorn Nansen, Associate Professor, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
If you buy a video game today, you may have no way of knowing whether generative AI was used to make it.
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By Jodi McAlister, Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University
Heathcliff sneeringly rejected the idea he was ‘a hero of romance’ – though the new film claims Wuthering Heights as the greatest love story of all time. Is it?
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By Neil Munro, PhD Candidate in Psychology, James Cook University
James Dimmock, Professor in Psychology, James Cook University
Klaire Somoray, Lecturer in Pyschology, James Cook University
Samantha Teague, Senior Research Fellow in Psychology, James Cook University
Depression and anxiety affect millions of people worldwide.
While treatments such as medication and psychotherapy (sometimes called talk therapy) can be very effective, they’re not always an option. Barriers include…
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By Brendan Walker-Munro, Associate Professor (Law), Southern Cross University
The rise of AI and synthetic biology has made deadly diseases look like a ‘low-risk, high-reward’ option for would-be terrorists.
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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
As One Nation continues to surge at the expense of the Liberals, there is a chance the Liberals will win no lower house seats at the March 21 election.
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