By Luke McNamara, Professor in Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney
At first glance, this new legislation might appear to significantly restrict free speech. But it is important to note there is a high threshold for conviction.
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By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
It’s unusual for central bank leaders to issue such a statement. But the reason is simple: what happens in the US matters worldwide.
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By Karuna kumari Kandregula
What happens after a child discloses an abuse is determined not only by law, but by the social worlds families must navigate once silence is broken.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Anna, 80, shows a notebook containing detailed records of monthly expenses, for herself and her sister Erika, 84, in their home in Budapest, Hungary, October 2025. © 2025 Kartik Raj/Human Rights Watch The Hungarian government is failing to ensure older people’s rights to social security and an adequate standard of living, including access to sufficient food, medicine, and energy.The rise in poverty among older people, which became evident during sharp inflation in 2022 and 2023, highlights longstanding structural problems with the Hungarian pension and social security…
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Conflict-related sexual violence in Sri Lanka remains largely unaddressed more than 15 years after the end of the civil war, with survivors still denied justice, recognition and reparations, according to a new report by the UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Tuesday.
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By Dara Conduit, ARC DECRA Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Thousands of Iranians have been killed in the current protests. But the longer the regime maintains its blackout, the more people will be driven onto the streets.
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By Keiran Hardy, Associate Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
The draft hate speech bill includes the biggest terrorism reforms in years, but it raises more questions than it answers.
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By Peter Edwell, Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University
Depictions of the eccentricities of Roman leaders were (and remain) interesting. But such leaders were often also dangerous, unpredictable and frightening.
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By Hossein Asgari, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Adelaide University
The dire social and political landscape of Sadeq Hedayat’s time contributed to the existential despair and pessimism of his writing.
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By Xiangyu Liu, Research Fellow, School of Environment and Science and Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
It’s 7:45am. You grab a takeaway coffee from your local cafe, wrap your hands around the warm cup, take a sip, and head to the office.
To most of us, that cup feels harmless – just a convenient tool for caffeine delivery. However, if that cup is made of plastic, or has a thin plastic lining, there is a high chance it’s shedding thousands of tiny plastic fragments directly into your drink.
In Australia alone, we use a staggering 1.45…
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