By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The response to the massacre has become deeply partisan, with Frydenberg calling on Albanese to accept ‘personal responsibility’ for the deaths.
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By Victoria Fernández, Researcher, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)
Ana Cros Stötter, Catedrática de Universidad. Física Aplicada, Universitat de València
Jaime Colchero, Profesor Titular. Física del Estado Sólido, código Unesco 2211, Universidad de Murcia
As children, we’re taught that the functions of a leaf are photosynthesis (turning sunlight into chemical energy) and storing water. This is generally true, including for the lettuce leaves we eat.
However, the surface of a leaf is not just a shield – it is a complex lattice of chemical compounds, with different properties in different areas. By finding out where lettuce’s weakness is concentrated (in its hydrophilic or “water-loving” areas), we can find new ways to protect it, make it last longer, and make it easier to produce and sell.
Not so waterproof
To protect…
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By Antonio Aloisi, Associate Professor of European and comparative Labour Law, IE University
Sara Kabiri, Assistant researcher, IE University; King's College London
The optional new rules aim to make things easier for ‘innovative’ startups and SMEs, but they could also erode workers’ rights.
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By Paul David Richard Griffiths, Professor of Finance; (Banking, Fintech, Corporate Governance, Intangible Assets), EM Normandie
Technology bubbles have often concealed major frauds. From the railway boom to the Madoff affair, are there warning signs at the heart of the current AI frenzy?
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By Human Rights Watch
(Beirut) – The United Arab Emirates-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) and the Yemeni government should immediately provide information on the whereabouts of the journalist Naseh Shaker and unconditionally release him, 35 organizations including Human Rights Watch said in a letter today to the president and vice president of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council.Shaker, 35, is a Yemeni journalist who was forcibly disappeared by STC authorities on November 21, 2023, on his way to Beirut to attend a training organized by the Samir Kassir Foundation. The STC controls several…
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By Sarah Bourke, Lecturer, The University of Western Australia
Bradley J. Moggridge, Professor of Science, University of Technology Sydney
Clint Hansen, Research fellow, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Monash University
Margaret Shanafield, Senior researcher, Hydrology/hydrogeology, Flinders University
For too long, Indigenous perspectives have not been heard in groundwater science. We must work together to protect Australia’s precious groundwater.
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By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
What’s the cheapest way to power Australia? Every year, CSIRO researchers and modellers seek to answer this very large question in their GenCost report.
On one level, the answer in the draft 2025–26 report is unsurprising: solar and wind are the cheapest form of generation.
However, this report has gone further by modelling the cheapest cost across the grid, including different power generation options, energy storage, transmission lines and gas backup.…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The treasurer says the government needs to do more on several fronts: from fighting antisemitism after Sunday’s deadly attack, to cracking down on illegal tobacco.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Gyula Balog (1959-2025), housing rights and anti-poverty activist, speaking with Human Rights Watch at his home in Budapest, November 2025. On the wall is a map of Amsterdam Island, part of a remote archipelago in the southern Indian ocean, about which Balog was writing a novel. © 2025 Human Rights Watch Gyula Balog had a twinkle in his eye to match his wide smile, as he declared, “I’m an alcoholic, a homeless person, an activist, an actor, and an expert by experience.” He made sure the interpreter captured these words in that precise order, and then continued, “I…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Dr. Abd al-Khaliq Farouk. © Private (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities should quash the conviction of prominent economist Abd al-Khaliq Farouk, who on October 2, 2025, was sentenced to five years in prison for articles and social media posts in violation of his free speech and due process rights, Human Rights Watch said today. An appeals court is scheduled to hear his case on December 25.A misdemeanor court convicted Farouk of “disseminating false news” under the penal code for criticizing Egypt’s economic policy and alleging government corruption. Egyptian authorities…
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