By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute
Joey Moloney, Deputy Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute
Rather than being the biggest losers from super tax rates not being indexed to inflation, younger Australians are the biggest beneficiaries.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A migrant family from Afghanistan approaches Croatia's border near Bosanska Bojna, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to reach the European Union, in January 2021. © 2021 Photo by Damir Sagolj/Getty Images Bosnia and Herzegovina’s treatment of detained migrants should raise concerns for governments considering sending additional migrants to the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Processing delays, limited access to lawyers, and concerns over conditions and access to services have placed migrants at risk.The UK government proposed Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with Serbia…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Illustrations © 2025 Dianah Lala Bwengye for Human Rights Watch Ugandan authorities have perpetrated widespread discrimination and violence against LGBT people in the two years since the Anti-Homosexuality Act became law.The Ugandan authorities have spread misinformation and hatred against LGBT people, making existing discrimination even worse.The Ugandan authorities should end their crackdown on LGBT people, repeal the bill, and introduce legislation barring discrimination and promoting equality.(Nairobi, May 26, 2025) – Ugandan authorities have perpetrated widespread…
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Sunday, May 25, 2025
The following remarks were delivered by ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric at the UN Security Council Open Debate on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict on 22 May 2025.
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By Linda Botterill, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Bruce Chapman, Emeritus Professor, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University
Australia in 2025 is living up to Dorothy McKellar’s poetic vision of a country stricken by “drought and flooding rains”.
The clean up is underway from the deadly floods in the Hunter and mid-north coast regions of New South Wales. At the same time, large swathes of Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania are severely drought affected due to some…
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By Hunter Bennett, Lecturer in Exercise Science, University of South Australia
Abs are one element of the core muscles, so they’re similar in many ways – but the terms are often used with different connotations.
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By Samara McPhedran, Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University
A Victorian machete ban raises several questions, including whether there will be exemptions and what other states and territories are doing.
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By Julian Novitz, Senior Lecturer, Writing, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology
Catherine Chidgey’s thrilling novel, set in an alternative UK under a version of Thatcher, continues her exploration of murky morality and the legacy of Nazi Germany.
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By Carwyn Jones, Honorary Adjunct Professor, Te Kawa a Māui - School of Māori Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
ACT has been trying to pass a version of its Regulatory Standards Bill for 20 years. Opposed by the Waitangi Tribunal and others, it is now poised to succeed.
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By Patrick Finnerty, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in conservation and wildlife management, University of Sydney
Thomas Newsome, Associate Professor in Global Ecology, University of Sydney
By 2050, almost 70% of the world’s population will live in cities – 20% more than today. As cities expand, the natural world around them contracts. Species decline faster in and around cities than almost anywhere else. But what if cities could become part of the solution — places to actively restore biodiversity rather than just areas of loss?
Our new research explores whether reintroducing native animals to cities can restore ecosystems…
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