By Kelsey Hegarty, Professor of Family Violence Prevention, The University of Melbourne
GPs can engage men who are at risk of perpetrating family violence – and prevent them harming their families. Here’s how.
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By Roger Benjamin, Professor in Art History, University of Sydney
The re-opening of the Potter Museum of Art is an art event of major proportions – with the architectural clout to match.
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By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
Brett Murphy, Professor of Ecology, Charles Darwin University
John Woinarski, Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
A new report reveals the perilous state of nature in the Top End of the Northern Territory. Here’s how to arrest the decline of threatened species and habitat.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A person from the Guna Indigenous community along the shore of Gardi Sugdub Island, off Panama's Caribbean coast. © 2024 Matias Delacroix/AP Photo World Environment Day 2025 arrives amid a barrage of sobering news. Key developments around the world, however, offer a reminder that the global fight for environmental human rights is waged in frontline communities as well as in legislative halls. And where local communities are leading, there’s reason for hope.In February the government in Sarawak, Malaysia’s largest state, announced it would stop issuing…
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By Ana Cavalcanti
Founded by the renowned photographer, Instituto Terra transformed Brazil’s degraded lands into thriving forests; 7 million trees were planted, 2,068 springs restored, and more than 88,000 people educated in sustainable conservation.
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By Mong Palatino
"A concerted effort to present an insurmountable legal and financial challenge for Uk Mao, with the aim of making it impossible for him to continue reporting on environmental crimes."
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By Amnesty International
Twenty-five years since the six-day war in Kisangani in Democratic Republic of Congo in which hundreds of civilians were killed and thousands more injured, victims are still waiting for truth, justice and, for the most part, reparations, Amnesty International said in a new briefing today. The briefing Is anyone moved by Congo’s pain? 25 years […] The post DRC: Victims still waiting for justice, truth and reparations 25 years on from Kisangani war appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People watch a live broadcast of the inauguration ceremony of South Korean President Lee Jae-myung at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, June 4, 2025. © AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon (Seoul) – South Korea’s National Election Committee announced on June 4, 2025, that Lee Jae-myung from Democratic Party won the country’s presidential elections. The inauguration is scheduled for June 4. The election followed the impeachment of then-President Yoon Seok-yul for imposing martial law in December 2024.The following quote can be attributed to Lina Yoon, senior Korea…
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By Maria Vieira, Lecturer, Education Futures, University of South Australia
In June 2024, the Australian government ended the Women in STEM Ambassador program. The decision followed a report that urged a broader, intersectional approach to diversity in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).
For six years, under the leadership of astrophysicist Lisa Harvey-Smith, the program contributed to research, tools and resources aimed at breaking down structural…
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By Margaret Gibson, Associate Professor of Sociology, Griffith University
Kris Jenner’s ‘new’ face sparked myriad headlines about how she can look so good at 69. It’s the latest iteration of our obsession with people who appear ageless.
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