By Summer May Finlay, Senior Lecturer - Indigenous Health, University of Wollongong
To close the gap, we need First Nations people involved in the evaluation of what worked and what didn’t about Indigenous-focused wellbeing programs.
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By Jessica Taubert, Associate Professor, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland
When you look at clouds, tree bark, or the front of a car, do you sometimes see a face staring back at you? That’s “face pareidolia” and it is a perfectly normal illusion where our brains spot faces in patterns that aren’t actually faces.
For most of us, these illusions are harmless. But my new research, published in Perception, suggests people with visual snow syndrome – a rare neurological condition that causes constant “visual static” – experience this phenomenon more strongly and more often.
This…
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
South Sudan faces a renewed slide into full-scale conflict unless urgent international action is taken, the UN-appointed independent investigative body examining human rights there warned on Wednesday.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Myanmar stands at a crossroads between impunity and humanitarian crisis, as escalating military airstrikes, widespread civilian casualties and mounting evidence of war crimes continue to devastate the country.
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By Liz Allen, Demographer, POLIS Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
Alexandra Dellios, Lecturer in Heritage and Museum Studies, Australian National University
Emily Gallagher, Historian and Research Editor, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University
Francesco Ricatti, Associate Professor, Italian Studies, Australian National University
Nathalie Nguyen, Professor of history, Monash University
Tanya Evans, Professor in History, Macquarie University
Grandparents can play a fundamental role in families, yet they have often been overlooked in Australian history.
Grandparents and grand friends make significant contributions to helping share the load of caring for children.
Important cultural exchanges and friendships can develop with
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to a vote by the French Senate to introduce a consent-based definition of rape in the penal code, Lola Schulmann, Gender Justice Advocacy Officer at Amnesty International France, said: “The adoption of this law is a historic step forward. It is a long-awaited victory for victims of rape and the culmination of years of […] The post France: ‘Historic victory’ as French law adopts consent-based definition of rape appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Seoul Queer Culture Festival in Seoul, South Korea, June 1, 2024. © 2024 Lee Jin-man/AP Photo (Seoul) – South Korea’s Ministry of Data and Statistics updated the 2025 Population and Housing Census on October 22, 2025, to allow same-sex couples to be counted, Human Rights Watch said today. The census, which will be conducted from October 22 to November 18, will recognize the same-sex relationships of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in national statistics for the first time.“The South Korean government’s decision to update its data collection…
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By Amnesty International
The U.S. air strikes in Latin America and the Caribbean which have killed at least 57 people since early September are illegal, and Congress must act now to stop the U.S. government from carrying out further bombings, Amnesty International said today. “In the last two months, the U.S. military’s Southern Command has gone on a murder spree by following the Trump administration’s illegal orders,” said Daphne Eviatar, Amnesty International USA’s Director for Human Rights and Security. “The administration has not even named its victims, nor provided evidence […] The post U.S. Airstrikes in Latin…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Displaced Sudanese people who fled El Fasher after the city fell to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) arrive in the town of Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan, on October 28, 2025. © 2025 Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – Dozens of videos posted on social media in recent days show Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carrying out extrajudicial killings and other serious violations against people fleeing North Darfur’s capital, El Fasher, Human Rights Watch said today.Thousands of people are leaving following the RSF takeover of the city on October 26, 2025. The…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Former Mali Prime Minister Moussa Mara in Bamako, on February 21, 2025. © 2025 Ousmane Makaveli/AFP via Getty Images On Monday, Mali’s national cybercrime court convicted former Prime Minister Moussa Mara for posting a message online expressing solidarity with political prisoners in the country. The prosecution represents the military junta’s starkest expansion yet of its campaign against free expression.Authorities arrested Mara in August for expressing his “unwavering solidarity with prisoners of conscience” after he visited jailed critics of…
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