By John Gould, Senior Research Assistant in Conservation Biology, University of Newcastle
Fenced-off safe havens and islands free from cats and foxes have given endangered mammals breathing space. But they’re not yet helping many other groups of animals
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By Roy Green, Emeritus Professor of Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
On Thursday, the federal and New South Wales governments jointly announced a deal to bail out the Tomago aluminium smelter, at a cost of A$2.5 billion over ten years.
The smelter is Australia’s largest single user of electricity. Its majority owner, mining giant Rio Tinto, had been warning higher electricity costs may force it to close.
Since coming to power, the federal Labor government has stepped…
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By Alexander Rolfe Best, Lecturer, Sport Business, Edith Cowan University
Girls who are 15 now will be about 21 when Brisbane 2032 rolls around. But many will have walked away from sports by then.
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By Tianyi Ma, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
It’s okay if a child occasionally chooses one parent over the other. What matters more is whether the child has reliable relationships with both parents.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
How unfortunate that Peter Malinauskas says he is not interested in running for federal politics. This week once again showed the South Australian premier’s class on the policy front when, after a fact-finding visit to the United States, he announced a state royal commission into Artificial Intelligence.
The federal government recently released a (broad) AI policy. But a detailed inquiry into this revolutionary technology, about to change all our lives, will provide an extra degree of community inclusion.
It will give the public insights from experts and stakeholders into…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Firefighters put out a fire after Russian missiles hit a warehouse in Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 5, 2026. © 2026 Dan Bashakov/AP Photo (Kyiv, August 13, 2026) – Russia apparently used cluster munitions contained in at least one ballistic missile in an attack on Kyiv early on August 5, 2026, Human Rights Watch said today. The attack reportedly killed three people at a sorting center belonging to Nova Poshta, Ukraine’s largest private courier and mail service, and endangered civilians nearby. The strike was part of a wider Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Demonstrators hold signs in support of voting rights outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on October 15, 2025. © 2025 Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (Washington, DC) – The Trump administration has gutted federal civil rights enforcement in the United States, leaving the people the laws were built to protect without adequate remedies, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 112-page report, “Remedies Abandoned: US Civil Rights Enforcement Under the Trump Administration,” documents the administration’s efforts to unravel…
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By Human Rights Watch
(New York, August 12, 2026) – Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have forcibly disappeared six staff members of the nongovernmental group Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) for nearly a month, Human Rights Watch said today. The Taliban have provided no information on the whereabouts of the organization’s leadership team, who were arrested in Kabul on July 18, 2026. The Women and Children Legal Research Foundation delivers assistance programs and conducts research and advocacy on women and children’s rights. The Taliban authorities should permit family members and legal counsel…
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By Jessica Genauer, Associate Professor in International Relations, UNSW
If you feel a sense of déjà vu with the state of the US–Iran war, you’re not alone.
In recent days, Iran has again demanded the Trump administration lift sanctions on the country, unfreeze Iranian assets and remove its military blockade, in return for Iran opening the Strait of Hormuz. This basically reiterates what the two sides agreed to in a memorandum of understanding…
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By Stephen Harrington, Associate Professor, School of Communication, Queensland University of Technology
Ella Chorazy, Senior Research Associate, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
Timothy Graham, Associate Professor in Digital Media, Queensland University of Technology
On September 5 2024, after giving a speech about his economic plans for the United States, Donald Trump was asked what he would do, if re-elected president, to make childcare more affordable.
Trump then offered a nonsensical, 374-word response:
well, I would do that, and we’re sitting down – you know, I was somebody – we had Senator Marco Rubio, and my daughter, Ivanka, was so impactful on that issue. It’s a very important…
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