By Nils Pauliks, PhD Candidate, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University
Throwing something away that is urgently needed, expensive and difficult to source sounds crazy. Yet out of the 60 metals contained in old electronic devices like phones, screens or washing machines, only a few get recycled. That includes precious metals like gold or silver and some other metals like aluminium or copper. The rest are effectively single-use metals, used once then lost during collection or through incineration.
Metals are mined from ore and refined by using a lot of energy and resources as part…
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By Guest Contributor
“Democratic freedoms depend not only on protection from direct state violence but on citizens being able to organise without assuming their participation is permanently recorded.”
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By Amnesty International
Algeria’s authorities must immediately abandon any plans to expand the scope of the death penalty or resume executions after more than three decades without carrying one out, said Amnesty International as the government examines amendments to the penal code that would broaden the use of the death penalty. The organization calls on Algeria’s authorities to immediately establish an official moratorium as a first step […] The post Algeria: Threats to resume executions after 30 years severe blow to human rights appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Alex Burchmore, Senior Lecturer, Art History and Curatorial Studies, Australian National University
I first fell under the spell of David Hockney’s prints as a student of printmaking and life drawing. Australia had been my home for only a few years and I found a key to my experience of movement and growth in the series A Rake’s Progress (1961–63), completed after Hockney’s first journey from London to New York and back.
There was something about images such as The Arrival – with its promise of a new world, etched in floral plumes of red ink and spidery black lines dancing on the edge…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
After facing a barrage of criticism for her comments, the One Nation leader says it was not her intention to cause hurt.
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By Hannah Lewi, Professor, Architecture, The University of Melbourne
Cameron Logan, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
Half a decade ago, Australian universities were thrust into an international experiment in online learning and working. Suddenly, bricks and mortar campuses seemed redundant.
Today, campus spaces and buildings are being called on to rapidly adapt again. With a return to in-person teaching due to the impact of artificial intelligence on assessing learning, making our physical campuses welcoming and appealing is back…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Krissy Barrett’s call comes after recent murders in Sydney linked to organised crime included two cases of mistaken identity in one week.
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By Amnesty International
“They came to impose their rule” “What happened to us in Mali has happened in many other villages across the country. The jihadists came to our village to impose their rule at gunpoint. We had no choice but to submit. We began paying zakat [statutory alms practised in Islam], and the women began dressing in […] The post “They told us to leave and never to come back” – The Malian survivors of the conflict who have been forced into exile by armed groups appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
Amid news that 500 jobs will go at the Whyalla steelworks, once owned by Gupta’s GFG Alliance, The Big Steal is a powerful – and timely – work of journalism.
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By Susan Kelly, Honorary Postdoctoral Associate, Egyptology, Macquarie University
Meretneith was buried in a tomb fit for a male ruler. But for decades, debate has raged over her true royal status.
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