By Sam Whiting, Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow in Music Industries and Cultural Economy, RMIT University
Megan Sharp, Lecturer in Sociology, The University of Melbourne
When Amyl and the Sniffers’ show was cancelled on Friday night, they placed $35,000 across the bars of seven prominent grassroots music venues around Melbourne.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
In 2015, soon after he had rolled Tony Abbott to become prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull was heckled when, with a straight face, he told New South Wales Liberals, “We are not run by factions”.
Once, there had been a contrast, at least in degree, between the factionally-organised Labor party and the Liberals. But those days are long gone.
Today the difference is that factions in the federal Labor Party are externally well behaved – albeit sometimes internally brutal as Ed Husic and Mark Dreyfus can attest – while the Liberal factions are currently creating havoc for their…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Palestinians walk through the rubble of residential buildings destroyed by Israeli forces in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza City, October 13, 2025. © 2025 Sipa via AP Images Governments should act on recent political commitments to protect civilians from the bombing and shelling that devastates cities and towns around the world.Civilians make up the vast majority of casualties caused by the use of explosive weapons—such as aerial bombs, rockets, missiles, and artillery and mortar projectiles—in populated areas.Governments should maximize civilian…
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By Danilo Urzedo, Research fellow, The University of Western Australia
Oliver Tester, Indigenous Liaison Manager, Curtin University
Stephen van Leeuwen, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia
The UN climate conference in the Brazilian Amazon marks an unprecedented effort to elevate Indigenous concerns in negotiating rooms and on the streets.
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By Amnesty International
Moldova’s diverse and multi-lingual media face multiple challenges, including restrictions based on vague national legislation, penalties that are unwarranted and fail to follow due process, harassment, as well as direct reporting restrictions in Russian-occupied Transnistria, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. The report, Media freedom in Moldova: Fragility, undue restrictions and self-censorship […] The post Moldova: Fragile media challenged by vague laws, undue sanctions and harassment appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Michelle Burgis-Kasthala, Professor of International Law, La Trobe University
The UN Security Council is set to vote on a US-proposed draft resolution in New York on Monday that sets the groundwork for the next stage of President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza to be put into force.
Over the last few weeks, Russia, China and various regional states have been pushing for amendments to a draft that was first circulated in early November. The key…
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By Toby Murray, Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
Over the past weekend, the US AI lab Anthropic published a report about its discovery of the “first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign”.
The company says a Chinese government–sponsored hacking group used Anthropic’s own Claude AI tool to automate a significant part of an effort to steal sensitive information from around 30 organisations.
The report has drawn a lot of attention. Some, including
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By Fábio Zuker, Doutor em antropologia social e pesquisador, Instituto Pensi/Fundação José Luiz Setúbal (FJLS)
A study argues that the use of glyphosate produces a slow form of chemical violence that suffocates people, ecosystems and ways of life. This violence forces riverside communities to leave and makes way for soya to advance.
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By Cristiana Bertazoni, Pesquisadora do Departamento de Antropologia das Américas, University of Bonn
Tim Wegenast, Senior researcher (Development Studies), University of Konstanz
Indigenous peoples play a crucial role in climate adaptation, biodiversity conservation and environmental protection. Belem offers a historic opportunity to make this climate conference an “indigenous COP”.
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By Carolyn Ee, Senior Research Fellow, NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University
Amanda Vincent, Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor and Endocrinologist, Monash University
Women can go into menopause after cancer treatment or surgery. The timing and severity of symptoms can differ from natural menopause.
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