By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
With the rise of One Nation and growth of grievance politics, what Labor leaders choose to say to those alienated voters will be key
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The security expert says there’s been a ‘disturbing’ rise in Australians’ anxiety about national security over the past two years.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Gendarmes lined up at the entrance to the Marmara courthouse and prison complex on the first/opening day of the trial of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and 406 co-accused, Silivri, Istanbul, Türkiye, March 9, 2026. © 2026 Ümit Bektaş/Reuters (Istanbul, March 23, 2026) – An Istanbul court has imposed arbitrary restrictions on lawyers, journalists, and members of the public seeking to follow the trial of the jailed Istanbul Mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, Human Rights Watch said today. Imamoğlu and 406 municipal officials and others have been on trial since March 9, 2026,…
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By Andrew King, ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
The latest State of the Climate report paints a grim picture of global warming. But by reducing our emissions and fossil fuel use, we can still slow it down.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Kateryna Rashevska, a legal expert at the Regional Center for Human Rights (Kyiv, Ukraine), holds a picture she says depicts an abducted Ukrainian child, Washington DC, US, December 3, 2025. © 2025 Jonathan Ernst/Reuters As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth year, sustained international efforts are critical to ensure accountability for grave abuses. New findings by the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine underscore why its mandate should be renewed.The commission’s new report includes findings on Russian…
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By Amnesty International
Several countries across the Americas are adopting restrictive legal frameworks to weaken, control, and even dismantle civil society organizations, Amnesty International said today as it launched its new report Tearing Up the Social Fabric: Impact of restrictive laws on civil society organizations in the Americas. Between 2024 and 2025, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru […] The post Americas: States intensify crackdown on civil society through “anti-NGO laws” appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Mirella Atherton, Lecturer in Law, University of Newcastle
“Cashback” apps make an enticing promise. You download an app or click on a web browser extension. You go about your online shopping as usual, spend money, but then get some cash back. It sounds simple, right?
In recent years, cashback programs have made a serious splash with online shoppers.
The Singapore-based company ShopBack, for example, currently has more than 55 million customers worldwide and was last…
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By Jessica Genauer, Academic Director, Public Policy Institute, UNSW Sydney
As Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan show, the US can’t win wars against insurgent tactics. So, Iran just has to survive longer than the US political will to fight.
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By Liz Evans, Adjunct Researcher, English and Writing, University of Tasmania
Two powerful fragmented memoirs by Australian women writers: Erin Vincent’s 14 Ways of Looking and Gemma Parker’s The Mother is Restless and She Doesn’t Know Why.
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By Heather Douglas, Professor of Law and Deputy Director of the Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW), The University of Melbourne
Allanah Colley, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, The University of Melbourne
For victim-survivors, court orders can help save their lives. But the system can be messy, open to abuse and the orders aren’t always enforced.
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