By Rod Sims, Professor in the practice of public policy and antitrust, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
The government’s proposed merger reforms put the experts in charge. They will allow the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to be the decision-maker, not the courts.
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By Andrés Porras Chaves, Profesor de Humanidades, IE University
Songwriting, theatre, rap and graphic novels have won literary awards, but video games remain an overlooked part of the wider literary canon.
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By Dimitri Van Limbergen, Postdoctoral Researcher, Ghent University
Roman wines may have looked and tasted better than long assumed. The answer lies in their use of clay jars, a technique still used in modern winemaking in Georgia.
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By Stephen Hughes, Senior Lecturer in Medicine, Anglia Ruskin University
Apple cider vinegar has been hailed as the latest immune boosting wonder supplement – but claims should be taken with a pinch of salt. However, there is evidence that it could help with weight loss
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
In a hard-line speech, Peter Dutton has said the Albanese Government has failed to provide moral clarity on Israel and cannot see the danger that antisemitism poses to Australia.
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By Amnesty International
Ten years ago, 276 schoolgirls were abducted from a government secondary school in Chibok, a town in Borno State, Nigeria. Some of the girls escaped captivity on their own, while others were released following intense campaigning efforts from organizations, including Amnesty International. However, 82 remain in captivity, while more than 1,400 children have been abducted […] The post Ten years on: The women of Chibok speak out appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Ian Harris, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, UNSW Sydney
Adrian C Traeger, Research Fellow, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney
Caitlin Jones, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney
A recent Four Corners episode questioned the use of surgically implanted devices called spinal cord stimulators for chronic back pain. Here’s what the evidence says.
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By Hong Kong Free Press
USD 342 million worth of Brazilian beef products was re-exported from Hong Kong — 50.3 percent of which went to Vietnam, 29.9 percent to Taiwan and 15.4 percent to South Korea.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image National Guard soldier stands guard on the banks of the Rio Grande river at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas on January 12, 2024. © 2024 Brandon Bell/Getty Images The Texas Military Department is constructing a massive new “Forward Operating Base” outside of the border community of Eagle Pass to house up to 1,800 national guard members. The base is part of the state’s multibillion-dollar anti-migrant program, Operation Lone Star. Satellite imagery from February 25 to April 3, 2024, shows the clearing of land and stabilization of soil on the site in Eagle Pass, Texas.…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Activists demand justice for 84-year-old Father Stan Swamy, the Indian Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist, who had passed away earlier that month in New Delhi, July 23, 2021. © 2021 Mayank Makhija/NurPhoto via AP Photo India’s Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to the activist Shoma Sen nearly six years after she was arrested in 2018 on politically motivated allegations of supporting a Maoist insurgency. “We do not find prima facie commission or attempt to commit any terrorist act,” the judge said. Sen is among 16 activists, lawyers, and academics arrested in…
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