By Robert Diab, Professor, Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University
The Canadian government’s proposed Strong Borders Act appears to be in response to calls for Canada to beef up its borders with the United States.
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By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Rule changes to allow larger granny flats follow a well-established pattern in New Zealand: modest reforms to address big and complicated problems.
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By Stuart Murray, Associate Professor, International Relations and Diplomacy, Bond University
Narelle Bedford, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University
First Nations games predate the Ancient Greek Olympics by tens of thousands of years – this history should be reflected in Australia’s sports diplomacy strategy.
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By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
We do not have to weather whatever Trump’s America throws at us, hoping in vain for rare scraps of benevolence. There is another way, writes Emma Shortis.
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By Joseph Ibrahim, Professor, Aged Care Medical Research Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University
Amelia Grossi, Casual Academic, Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University
An inquest is investigating the deaths of eight aged care residents at six facilities in 2021. All occurred after resident-to-resident aggression.
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By Ana M. M. Sequeira, Associate Professor, Research School of Biology, Australian National University
Almost 400 scientists from around the world came together to understand the movements of large marine mammals, using 30 years of satellite tracking data.
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By Ian Musgrave, Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide
We still hear black mould in our homes described as toxic. But it’s the allergies and asthma they trigger we should be more worried about.
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By Charles Kurzman, Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Trump administration on June 4, 2025, announced travel restrictions targeting 19 countries in Africa and Asia, including many of the world’s poorest nations. All travel is banned from 12 of these countries, with partial restrictions on travel from the rest.
The…
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By Steven Roberts, Professor of Education and Social Justice, Monash University
Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
Rebecca Stewart, Research Fellow in Domestic and Family Violence Prevention, Monash University
One young woman told the study she could not do any homework at home because ‘it’s not a safe environment for me’.
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By Georgia Popplewell
Try your luck on this week's News Quiz, where you can test your knowledge of topics and events covered in recent Global Voices stories!
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