By Megan Prictor, Senior Lecturer in Law, The University of Melbourne
We don’t know much about the nature of this large-scale ransomware attack. But it’s not entirely surprising – health data is a prime target for cybercrime.
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By Mark Crosby, Professor, Monash University
Both should work hand in hand to ensure the best outcomes for the economy as a whole. But they operate quite differently.
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By David Lindenmayer, Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
Chris Taylor, Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
Kita Ashman, Visiting fellow, Australian National University
Victoria’s native forest logging industry ended on January 1 this year. The news was met with jubilation from conservationists.
But did logging really end? Last week, an endangered southern greater glider was found dead next to an area logged to create…
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By Amnesty International
Cecile de Ryckel, 78, Belgium Cecile is a lifelong activist working on anti-racism and climate change. Why did you become an activist? After a homelessness crisis amongst migrants in Belgium in 2015, my husband and I hosted two people from Ethiopia who the authorities had left to sleep in a city park. They told us […] The post Three activists on why they refuse to be silent in older age appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Hannah Soong, Senior Lecturer and Socio-cultural researcher, UniSA Education Futures, University of South Australia
Guanglun Michael Mu, Associate Professor and Enterprise Fellow, University of South Australia
International students have come under fire for their supposed impact on Australian housing. Our research shows they are finding it stressful and difficult to secure accommodation.
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By Nicole George, Associate Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of Queensland
On Sunday afternoon, Australian citizens who have been trapped in New Caledonia were called to a meeting at one of the large hotels in the capital, Noumea.
The meeting was hastily organised and long overdue in the view of many who have been stuck here (including myself) amid the violent unrest that has roiled the French territory. While communication between the Australian High Commission and Australian citizens has not been ideal, the meeting made clear local officials were working to the best of their abilities to develop repatriation strategies.
Their accounts of these…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Mariam, a 21-year-old lesbian woman from Baghdad, is one of many LGBT Iraqis who said they were harassed at checkpoints by security forces due to their appearance. © 2022 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – The Iraqi government should immediately reverse the recently passed law that punishes same-sex conduct and transgender expression with imprisonment, Human Rights Watch said today. The law violates fundamental human rights, including the rights to freedom of expression, association, privacy, equality, and nondiscrimination of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and…
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By Eric Lob, Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed when his helicopter crashed on May 19, 2024 in a mountainous border region, was a consummate loyalist whose passing will be a severe blow to the country’s conservative leadership.
The discovery of wreckage and bodies followed…
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By Eric Lob, Associate professor of politics and international relations, Florida International University
Search and rescue teams are scouring Iran’s {border region} what’s this? following the ‘hard landing’ of a helicopter with the president{,} and foreign minister on board.
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By Jake Renzella, Lecturer, Director of Studies (Computer Science), UNSW Sydney
Vlada Rozova, Research Fellow in Applied Machine Learning, The University of Melbourne
Is most of the content on the internet fake? Here’s what the dead internet theory really means – and why we should be warier of how we’re manipulated for profit and political gain.
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