By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Andrew Hastie has become a special target for One Nation over his willingness to give evidence against Victoria Cross winner Ben Roberts-Smith.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image "Slave Chain with Four Yokes" from the Dexue voodoo convent in Adounko, Benin, dating from the 19th century at the Memorial ACTe, the Caribbean Centre of Expression and Memory of Slavery and the Slave Trade, in Point-a-Pitre, May 8, 2015. © 2015 Nicolas Derne/AFP via Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the need for reparations in connection with France’s role in the transatlantic slave trade on May 21.Macron said that reparations for enslavement crimes should no longer be ignored. He also warned against “false promises,” emphasizing that the legacy…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A group of deported Cubans gather outside the Juan Graham Hospital in the city of Villahermosa, Mexico, March 2026. © 2026 Josué Leal The Trump administration has deported over 4,300 Cubans to Mexico, many of whom are older people with serious health conditions who had been living in the United States for years or even decades. Many are left stranded without access to housing and health care. Those who cannot access protection as refugees are trapped in a permanent state of legal limbo.The United States should guarantee people in removal proceedings individualized…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A team from the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) clearing unexploded cluster munitions on farmland in southern Lebanon, November 10, 2020. © 2020 John Wreford/SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Photo (Beirut, May 27, 2026) – Lebanon’s recent accession to the Mine Ban Treaty amid an ongoing armed conflict underscores the treaty’s vital importance for saving lives and rebuilding communities, Human Rights Watch said today. The government’s decision should motivate other countries, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, to support the global norm against antipersonnel mines.“Lebanon’s…
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
A Redbridge MRP poll has Labor winning 76 seats. The Coalition would secure just 12 seats in the House of Representatives compared to One Nation’s 53.
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By Vik J. Squires, Casual Academic, The University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne
Tabloids are trying to frame the Beartooth frontman’s coming out as gay as a scandal. This moment says a lot about LGBTQIA+ representation in metal.
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By Stella Huangfu, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney
With fuel prices still much higher than before the Middle East war began, the risks of further spikes in inflation and more rate rises this year have not gone away.
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By Sue Turnbull, Honorary Professor of Communication and Media Studies, University of Wollongong
Patricia Cornwell’s uneven memoir is part misery memoir, part confessional. It tells of celebrity encounters and wild fame – but her childhood is a tough read.
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By Kelly Richards, Professor, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology
Emma Hussey, Sessional Academic, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology
Warning: this article contains distressing quotes from perpetrators of child sexual abuse.
Researchers have long tried to answer the question: why do some men sexually abuse children?
We recently set out to find an answer.
In the largest study of child sexual abuse perpetrators’ accounts ever conducted, we systematically analysed nearly 700 adult male perpetrators’ accounts from 39 studies to document the ways these men account for their actions.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The moderate Liberal, who lost his seat last year, said his party was now ‘fighting for its existence’ – and can’t ignore the need to work with One Nation.
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