By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Opposition leader Angus Taylor has defended preferencing One Nation ahead of high profile independent Michelle Milthorpe in the Farrer May 9 byelection, declaring this was “the least worst option”.
In a close result preferences from the Liberals and Nationals could be vital in getting One Nation’s David Farley over the line, which would be the first time the party had won a House of Representatives seat.
Farley’s victory would be a major springboard for One Nation going into the November Victorian election.
The Coalition parties have insisted Milthorpe is a…
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By Mickaël Hedde, Directeur de recherche, Inrae
Antonio Bispo, Inrae
Claire Chenu, Enseignante chercheure à AgroParisTech, science du sol, biogéochimie, matières organiques, Inrae
Flavien Poinçot, Ingénieur, animateur du RNEST, Acta
Jérôme Cortet, Professeur, Université Paul Valéry – Montpellier III
New EU legislation supporting healthier soils was adopted in December 2025 incorporating environmental DNA analysis which is proving useful but not totally efficient.
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By Kevin Rennie
“The Gunditjmara actively and deliberately manipulated local water flows and ecologies to engineer a landscape focused on increasing the availability and reliability of eels.”
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By Ndidzulafhi Innocent Sinthumule, Associate Professor, University of Johannesburg
South Africa’s Limpopo province borders Zimbabwe, Botswana and Mozambique. It is one of the poorest provinces in the country. This is due to a combination of historical underdevelopment, a high unemployment rate, heavy reliance on government grants and a rural-based economy with limited industrial diversification.
It’s an interesting place for a geographer like me. My work…
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By Liam Anderson
More than simply a uniform adoption of artificial intelligence, a technological innovation has emerged that is transforming the battlefield, decision-making processes, local narratives, and forms of social control.
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By UntoldMag
Marketed as innovation, AI border control deepens racial discrimination. Black advocates call to decolonize technology and reclaim movement from algorithmic bias and digital colonialism
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By Kai Riemer, Professor of Information Technology and Organisation, University of Sydney
Sandra Peter, Director of Sydney Executive Plus, Business School, University of Sydney
Meta and Microsoft are the latest software companies to announce big cuts to their global workforce. Both companies are also making big investments in artificial intelligence (AI).
The link seems obvious. Meta’s chief people officer, Janelle Gale, said the job cuts – about 10% of staff or almost 8,000 workers – serve to “offset the other investments we’re making”. Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has previously spoken about a “major AI acceleration” with spending…
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By Mary Burke, Professor of Psychology, Carlow University
Rachel Seamans, Research associate, Carlow University; Case Western Reserve University
The NFL draft will bring increased demand and risks for trafficking. Here’s what Pittsburgh needs to know, from warning signs to local prevention efforts.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image TV anchor Khatereh Ahmadi wearing a face covering as she reads the news in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 22, 2022. © 2022 Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo While corresponding with a local journalist in Afghanistan around a recent report I had authored, I received a shocking request: “Can we please have a video clip on your new report—not from you, but from a man from Human Rights Watch?”I reread the message in anger. Although I was the report’s author as Human Rights Watch’s Afghanistan researcher, the outlet wanted a male colleague to speak in my place. Sadly, the reason…
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By Human Rights Watch
The first hearing in the trial of a Turkish environmental activist, who faces charges stemming from a peaceful protest against new coal mining near her home, will begin on April 27. Meanwhile, the court is holding her in detention to prevent her from protesting. Click to expand Image Environmental activist Esra Isik, with her parents. © 2026 Private The detained activist, 26-year-old Esra Işık, has been campaigning against a controversial 2019 government decision to cut down olive groves near her family’s home in Muğla, Western Türkiye, to make way for coal mining. Her detention,…
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