By Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
It comes at a time when the online gaming giant faces several lawsuits and growing calls to be included in Australia’s social media ban.
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By Budiman Minasny, Professor in Soil-Landscape Modelling, University of Sydney
Alex McBratney, Professor of Digital Agriculture & Soil Science; Director, Sydney Institute of Agriculture, University of Sydney
Damien Field, Associate Professor, Institute of Agriculture, University of Sydney
Producing food has a climate cost. But it doesn’t have to. Farmers can cut emissions, boost nutrients and restore nature – while making their farms more resilient
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By Awni Etaywe, Lecturer in Linguistics | Forensic Linguist Analysing Cyber Terrorism, Threatening Communications and Incitement | Media Researcher Investigating How Language Shapes Peace, Compassion and Empathy, Charles Darwin University
The language and rhetoric of extremists helps fuel brutal, often deadly, violence. Spotting the strategies can help protect people from radicalisation.
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By Phillip Baker, ARC Future Fellow and Sydney Horizon Fellow, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, University of Sydney
Camila Corvalan, Full Professor of the Public Nutrition Unit of the Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, Universidad de Chile
Carlos Monteiro, Professor at the Department of Nutrition of the School of Public Health, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Gyorgy Scrinis, Associate Professor of Food Politics and Policy, The University of Melbourne
Priscila Machado, Research Fellow, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University
Without policy action and a coordinated global response, ultra-processed foods will continue to rise in human diets, harming health, economies. It’s time to act.
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By Paulo Artaxo, Centro de Estudos Amazônia Sustentável, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
The climate crisis we face is the clearest sign that humanity is undergoing yet another major historical transition. The real challenge is to rethink the ways we produce, consume and live — and, above all, to redefine what we mean by progress.
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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
One Nation surges to a new record 18% in a federal Redbridge poll as the Coalition falls to 24%, but Labor dominates with 38%. In Victoria, the final poll of Brad Battin’s Liberal leadership had the Coalition narrowly ahead.
A national Redbridge and Accent Research poll for The Financial Review, conducted November 7–13 from a sample of 1,011, gave Labor a 56–44 lead by respondent preferences, a two-point gain for Labor since the September…
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By Amnesty International
*Names changed to protect identities Kenyan authorities systematically deployed technology-facilitated violence as part of a coordinated and sustained campaign to suppress Generation Z-led protests between June 2024 and July 2025 against corruption and the introduction of new tax legislation, a new Amnesty International report shows. The report, “This fear, everyone is feeling it”: Tech-facilitated violence […] The post Kenya: Authorities weaponized social media and digital tools to suppress Gen Z protests appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A UN helicopter performs a routine patrol over the Bentiu internally displaced persons camp in Unity State, South Sudan, on November 4, 2025. © 2025 Rian Cope/AFP via Getty Images The South Sudanese government has demanded that the United Nations drastically scale back its peacekeeping mission in the country (UNMISS), including withdrawing 70 percent of its international peacekeeping forces (though not regional forces), grounding its helicopters, and closing its operating bases and civilian protection sites. The call should ring alarm bells as civilians in South…
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By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
Elizabeth Baldwin, Senior Associate, Health Program, Grattan Institute
Hospitals are feeling intense pressure, yet the states have been asked to rein in spending. Here’s how they can get more care for every hospital dollar spent.
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By Aude Bernard, Associate Professor, Queensland Centre for Population Research, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
Charles Irvin Siriban, Postdoctoral research fellow, Queensland Centre for Population, The University of Queensland
Gin (Jing) Wu, Postdoctoral research fellow, Queensland Centre for Population, The University of Queensland
Immigration to Australia has surged since the COVID pandemic. But our research shows only about one in five become citizens within seven years.
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