By Paul Hume, Senior Research Fellow in Materials Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
As the uptake of solar power accelerates, New Zealand should develop policy that requires recycling of panels and supports installations on rental properties.
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By Philip Johnson, Lecturer, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University
Two airstrikes in recent weeks have been aimed at ‘narcoterrorists’, according to the White House. They’ve been deadly, dangerous and likely ineffective.
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By Vincent Hurley, Lecturer in Criminology (police & policing). School of International Studies, Macquarie University
If police eventually have to downgrade the search for Dezi Freeman, how will the victims’ families react and what message will it send to the community?
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By Amnesty International
Amnesty International condemns the massacre that took place on 11 and 12 September in Labodri, Haiti, where more than forty people were killed and dozens of homes set on fire by gangs, according to civil society organizations. “The massacre in Labodri is a painful reminder of how precarious state protection is in Haiti. The international […] The post Haiti: Labodri massacre exposes state ineffectiveness in protecting the population appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
By: Graciela Martínez, senior campaigner, and Adeline Neau, researcher for Central America at Amnesty International. A year ago, in Tocoa, northern Honduras, environmentalist Juan López was shot dead in front of his family, friends and neighbours as he was leaving a religious service. The alleged perpetrator of the shooting and two alleged accomplices have been […] The post Justice for Juan is justice for the environment appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The Brazilian Senate in Brasilia, February 1, 2021. © 2021 Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty Images (São Paulo) – Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on September 17, 2025, signed the country’s first law to protect children’s rights online, Human Rights Watch said today. The law, called the ECA Digital after its Portuguese initials, is intended to update the country’s 1990 Statute of the Child and Adolescent to protect children’s rights in the digital environment. Technology companies with services likely to be used by children would be compelled to design…
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By Ang Li, ARC DECRA and Senior Research Fellow, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
This year, ten days of extreme heat in Europe killed roughly 2,300 people, severe flooding on the New South Wales coast left more than 48,000 stranded, and wildfires in Los Angeles destroyed at…
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By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
Brooke Nickel, NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow, University of Sydney
Sean Docking, Research Fellow, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
One big risk is overdiagnosis: the more you test, the more you’ll find. Much of this may be clinically irrelevant, meaning unnecessary follow-ups, costs and anxiety.
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By William Partlett, Associate Professor of Public Law, The University of Melbourne
Australians are rightly happy their democracy has avoided the radical, anti-democratic movements sweeping through the United States and Europe.
But Australian democracy is not safe from threats. One of the most dangerous is the rise of “cartel parties” here in Australia. First identified in Europe, these types of parties seek to monopolise power and keep out new voices from politics.
They represent a fundamental shift in party politics from a system where parties give voice to citizens to one where parties focus on managing and monopolising power. Over time, this managerial…
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By Debjani Ganguly, Professor of Literature, Australian Catholic University
Roy’s portrait of her terrifying yet courageous mother is at the centre of this memoir, which charts her own embrace of danger as an activist-writer.
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