By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Western Australian Greens will investigate allegations that Senator Jordon Steele-John has behaved inappropropriately towards women.
Steele-John, who denies the claims, has taken leave from the Greens party room.
The WA senator has been in the parliament since 2017, when he filled a casual vacancy. He is the party’s spokesman on disability.
The issue has blown up publicly after Nine media reported that a letter signed by seven party members had gone to new Greens leader David Shoebridge this week calling for an investigation into the matter. Those signing…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The ins and outs of some of the seemingly endless fights over the Albanese government’s budget measures are often arcane or difficult for many people to easily understand.
That’s the case, for example, with the legislation to crack down on trusts, introduced on Wednesday, which has been surrounded by a lot of heat.
But the tug of war over the government’s plan to remove, from April next year, the age discrimination that favours older people taking out private health insurance is a very simple issue for voters to get their heads around, wherever they stand on the merits…
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By Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
Markets now think it’s less likely the Reserve Bank will increase interest rates again on November 3. But it is still possible.
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By Julian Novitz, Senior Lecturer, Writing, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology
Internationally acclaimed Irish novelist Sally Rooney has announced that she is being forced to withdraw her books from sale in the United Kingdom. This is due to her support for the direct action protest group Palestine Action, which the British government proscribed…
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By Amnesty International
Meet Alexandre Anderson – a water defender from Brazil My name is Alexandre Anderson. I am 54 years old; I am a fisherman and I have been living and working in Guanabara Bay since 1997. Artisanal fishing is not just a means of subsistence. It is our culture, a way of life. In the 1990s, […] The post “Every little boat here, every fisherman… is an act of resistance” appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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Wednesday, October 14, 2026
UN independent experts welcomed on Wednesday a recent landmark corporate accountability ruling involving the Ecopetrol oil company by Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace, calling for reparations for victims.
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By Fan Yang, Research Fellow at Melbourne Law School and ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making Society, The University of Melbourne
Luke Heemsbergen, Senior Lecturer in Communication, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University
Robbie Fordyce, Senior Lecturer, Communications and Media Studies, Monash University
If the government’s digital duty of care bill passes, users would be able to switch off algorithms. But this might not be as good as it seems.
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By Megan Prictor, Associate Professor in Health Technology Law, The University of Melbourne
Veterans have launched a class action against the department for ‘mass and routine sharing’ of their medical records over 20 years. How common is this?
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By Anita Manfreda, Associate Professor, Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School, Torrens University Australia
South Australia’s first Michelin selection celebrates a food culture rooted in place, shaped by migration and sustained by the people behind every plate and welcome.
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By James Skinner, Dean Newcastle Business School/Professor of Sport Business, University of Newcastle
Danny F Hill, Assistant Professor Finance, Providence College
The cheating scandal has caused political ripples across the UK and UAE and highlights how geopolitical interests can threaten sporting independence.
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