By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The first sitting weeks of the 48th parliament will see MPs of all persuasions adjusting to the new status quo - and avoiding political pitfalls.
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By Alan Hirsch, Senior Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
The East African Community has been ambitious in creating a regional common market. This includes making it easy for people to move between countries.
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By Cathy Herbrand, Professor of Medical and Family Sociology, De Montfort University
Ten years after the UK became the first country to legalise mitochondrial donation, the first results from the use of these high-profile reproductive technologies – designed to prevent passing on genetic disorders – have finally been published.
So far, eight children have been born, all reportedly healthy, thanks to the long-term efforts of scientists and doctors in Newcastle, England. Should this be a cause for excitement, disappointment or concern? Perhaps, I…
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By Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
While unemployment unexpectedly rose to 4.3%, there’s some good news hidden in the data. And for homeowners, it makes a rate cut next month more likely than before.
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By William Barter, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, University of Edinburgh
Why didn’t the universe annihilate itself moments after the big bang? A new finding at Cern on the French-Swiss border brings us closer to answering this fundamental question about why matter dominates over its opposite – antimatter.
Much of what we see in everyday life is made up of matter. But antimatter exists in much smaller quantities. Matter and antimatter are almost direct opposites. Matter particles have an antimatter counterpart that has the same mass, but the opposite electric charge. For example, the…
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By Janine Mendes-Franco
“[T]o place the burden of suspicion on every law-abiding citizen, while claiming to target a criminal minority, is to invert the very justice system we claim to uphold.”
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By Aidy Halimanjaya, Associate lecturer, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan
The global shift toward renewable energy is no longer a choice but a necessity: the climate crisis intensifies, with 2024 confirmed as the warmest year on record.
Yet in Indonesia, coal remains an economic lifeline for several regions. In East Kutai, East Kalimantan, coal mining accounts for nearly 75% of the district’s gross…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The SOS MEDITERRANEE crew performs a rescue in the central Mediterranean, March 9, 2025. © 2025 SOS MEDITERRANEE/ by Stefano Belacchi The Italian Constitutional Court’s recent ruling upholding a law that imposes sanctions on sea rescue groups casts a dark shadow over sea rescue, but that cloud has a silver lining: the court essentially said that the imperative to save lives justifies rescue ships disregarding state orders that could endanger migrants’ lives.Validating the power of Italian authorities to impound NGO ships undoubtedly impedes rescues—it means…
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By Arzu Geybullayeva
The Abu Dhabi meeting follows a significant development since March 2025, when Armenia and Azerbaijan announced they had agreed on the terms of a peace deal for the first time.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
In the midst of the Women’s Euro football championship in Switzerland, Volker Türk, the UN human rights chief, called on Member States and sports clubs around the world to address the vast gender gap which still exists in women’s sport.
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