By Brendan Walker-Munro, Senior Lecturer (Law), Southern Cross University
In an uncertain world, Australia is spending about 1.7% of its Gross Domestic Product on research and development. The OECD average is 2.7%.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Two Victorian Liberal women, Jane Hume and Sarah Henderson, have been dumped and a key numbers man has been promoted from the backbench to the shadow cabinet in the new frontbench announced by Coalition leaders Sussan Ley and David Littleproud.
Hume was the high-profile finance spokeswoman last term and central in the disastrous work-from-home election policy debacle.
Henderson was shadow education minister, and complained after the election about not being able to get some of her policy out. She said in a statement she was “very disappointed” not to be included in the…
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By Antonio Aloisi, Associate Professor of European and comparative Labour Law, IE University
“Simplify”, “Streamline”, “Scale back”. While EU communiqués often find creative ways to avoid uttering the word “deregulation”, this new European Commission is all about boosting the bloc’s competitiveness…
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By Philippa Collin, Professor of Political Sociology, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
21-year-old Charlotte Walker has made history. With huge challenges facing young people, better youth representation in politics is just what we need.
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By Tegan Clark, PhD Candidate, College of Systems and Society, Australian National University
Satellite images show how a dust storm from drought-affected SA travelled across to Sydney. New research seeks to improve Australia’s understanding of dust storms.
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By Lara Herrero, Associate Professor and Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University
Early signs suggest NB.1.8.1 may be more transmissible than earlier variants, likely due to mutations in the spike protein. But there’s no evidence it’s more severe.
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By Samantha Hepburn, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
Environmental and First Nations groups have campaigned against extending Karratha’s large gas plant. Australia’s new environment minister just approved it.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives to attend a meeting with leaders of the European chemical industry at EU headquarters in Brussels, May 12, 2025. © 2025 Nicolas Tucat/AP Photo In June 2024, the EU adopted a groundbreaking law requiring large companies to respect human rights and the environment throughout their global value chains. It also introduced new plans to limit CO2 emissions.The law, known as the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), signaled a major shift for companies from voluntary standards to being held…
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By Human Rights Watch
(Washington, DC) – Extreme heat exposure affects pregnancy and newborn health where higher temperatures are associated with increased rates of preterm birth and stillbirth as well as greater rates of hypertension in pregnant women, said Human Rights Watch today. Emerging research suggests care work, such as mothering newborns, is also negatively affected. “In Sierra Leone we already have high rates of preterm birth, stillbirth, and hypertension in pregnancy, all of which are worsened by extreme heat, which is increasingly a problem in our country,” said Dr. Fatu Forna, an obstetrician-gynecologist…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Officials demonstrate ballot counting during a simulation of election procedures for the presidential election at South Korea's National Election Commission in Gwacheon, April 10, 2025. © 2025 Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (Seoul) – South Korea’s New Reform Party responded to a Human Rights Watch questionnaire on key human rights issues facing the South Korean people, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch prepared the questionnaire to provide the three major political parties an opportunity to publicly express their views…
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