By Cindy Lee, Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Hospitality, Torrens University Australia
Mark Giancaspro, Senior Lecturer in Law, Adelaide University
Two experts explain what the new Virgin rules mean, the options for chasing a refund – and how to make it simpler for consumers in future.
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By Muhammad Rayhan Sudrajat, PhD Researcher, The University of Melbourne
What if Indonesia’s electronic music scene wasn’t born in clubs, but actually forged out of arranger keyboards, DIY sound systems, and the raw social energy of village life?
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By Nicholas Westcott, Professor of Practice in Diplomacy, Dept of Politics and International Studies, SOAS, University of London
The rest of the world has had to learn how to manage the US president’s mercurial temperament and unique style.
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By Human Rights Watch
(Washington, DC) – A proposed bill to address lobbying that is before Argentina’s Congress would place unreasonable burdens on independent human rights organizations and other civil society groups that wish to influence government policy, Human Rights Watch said today.The bill seeks to advance important government interests around transparency and integrity, but would impose new administrative burdens and legal risks so severe that they would effectively prevent many civil society groups from participating in the policymaking process.“The government is right to want to regulate and ensure…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Serge Oulon signing his books at the Norbert Zongo press center in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, October 2023. © 2023 Private (Nairobi) – Burkina Faso’s authorities should urgently account for the journalist Atiana Serge Oulon, who was forcibly disappeared by state security forces two years ago, and release him immediately, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Observatoire Kisal, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership between the International Federation for Human Rights (Fédération internationale pour les droits humains)…
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By Cassandra Atherton, Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University
Paul Hetherington, Emeritus Professor of Writing, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
Prose poetry had a slow start in Australia. Long after 19th-century French poets, such as Aloysius Bertrand, Charles Baudelaire and Arthur Rimbaud, wrote groundbreaking works of prose poetry, including Gaspard de la nuit (1842), Le…
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By Peter Londey, Honorary Lecturer in History, Australian National University
The Theban Sacred Band – made up of ‘lovers and their loves’ came to be known for their strength, discipline, and ferocity.
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By Robert Munn, Senior Lecturer, University of Otago
GLP-1 drugs show promise for more than weight loss. They also cut substance abuse and are changing how we think about the brain’s reward system.
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By Kate Mounsey, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, Biomedical Science, University of the Sunshine Coast
Lucy R Miles, Higher Degree by Research PhD Student, Novel Biopesticides, University of the Sunshine Coast
Robert J Harvey, Professor of Pathophysiology, Associate Dean (Research) School of Health, University of the Sunshine Coast
Roy Barkan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Health, University of the Sunshine Coast
The honeybee mite, Varroa destructor, finally breached Australia’s biosecurity defences four years ago, and is here to stay. Even more concerning, our standard treatments – such as specialised pesticides – are already failing.
What does this mean for Australians, and what…
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By Cassandra Atherton, Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University
Paul Hetherington, Emeritus Professor of Writing, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
Prose poetry had a slow start in Australia. Long after 19th-century French poets, such as Aloysius Bertrand, Charles Baudelaire and Arthur Rimbaud, wrote groundbreaking works of prose poetry, including Gaspard de la nuit (1842), Le…
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