By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
Fuel theft has risen up to 30% nationally since the start of the Middle East war. Here’s what can push it higher, how common it is – and what to do if you spot it.
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By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia
The system is now twice the size it was when it reached far north Queensland, 5,700km and one week ago.
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By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
Emily Burch, Accredited Practising Dietitian and Lecturer, Southern Cross University
Dark chocolate has a reputation for being healthier, but is that true? Here’s how to choose between dark and milk chocolate this Easter.
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By Damien O'Meara, Lecturer, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
When Darcy returns home in this new SBS series, he realises there’s another presence in his childhood home: a ghost of his younger pre-transition self, Dee.
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By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation
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The five-day deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz handed to Iran by Donald Trump on Monday expires some time tomorrow and the Islamic Republic needs to “get serious before it is too late” – or so the US president has announced on his TruthSocial platform.
You’ll recall that…
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By Quynh Hoang, Lecturer in Marketing and Consumption, Department of Marketing and Strategy, University of Leicester
A Los Angeles jury has delivered a landmark verdict: Meta and YouTube were negligent in the design and operation of their platforms, causing a young woman known in court documents as Kaley, or KGM, to become addicted to social media.
The tech giants must now pay her a total of US$6 million in damages – $3 million compensatory and $3 million punitive.
She claimed the platforms’ design features got her addicted to the technology and…
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By Murat Ungor, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Otago
As prices surge, the Middle East crisis highlights New Zealand’s exposure to global oil – and the need to accelerate more resilient alternatives.
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By Alex Hinton, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University - Newark
Trumpism isn’t dead, as the roaring MAGA-merched crowds at CPAC make clear. But Trump is struggling through a political winter that could signal the early stages of his MAGA movement’s decline.
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the news that the family and lawyer of Nikita Zhuravel, who was sentenced in 2024 to 14 years’ imprisonment for “high treason”, “insulting religious feelings” and “hooliganism committed with religious hatred,” have raised concerns about his disappearance while being transferred to a penal colony, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia […] The post Russia: Authorities must immediately disclose Nikita Zhuravel’s whereabouts appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A protest against the transgender rights bill passed in Parliament, in Mumbai, India, March 25, 2026. © 2026 AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool India’s parliament passed a bill this week that changes how transgender people are legally recognized and removes their right to self-identification. If the bill becomes law, it will be a major reversal of the hard-won rights of transgender people in India.“These politicians are making laws for us when they don’t even have basic concepts of gender, sex, and sexuality,” said Akkai Padmashali, a trans rights activist. “This new bill…
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