Law

Person holding a satirical cat missing poster about climate ambition

Environment

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COP29 wrap-up: Urgent finance needs stall in Baku

PhD students working in climate-related fields give their analysis of the successes – and failures – at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan

COP29 sign in a park in Baku, Azerbeijan

Environment

What can we expect at the COP29 Climate Conference?

Finance is the key to global action and COP29 is the key to unlocking the trillions needed to accelerate action

Hands at wedding

Politics & Society

The real cost of paying for a bride

Bride price is a valued traditional marriage practice of the South Sudanese people, but its moral, economic and human rights consequences mean we may need to move away from the practice in both South Sudan and Australia

Roadsign welcoming King Charles to Samao

Politics & Society

Commonwealth leaders meet to debate the future and deal with the past

CHOGM 2024 in Samoa is King Charles’ first as Head of the Commonwealth, and along with climate change, development and human rights, reparation for slavery has entered the discussion

Strike signs line the sidewalk as members of the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild walk the picket line

Politics & Society

International court to decide if we have a ‘right to strike’

Employers are challenging the legal principle on which the ‘right to strike’ is based in the International Court of Justice. The outcome could change labour laws around the world

The author's father as a young man in military uniform

Politics & Society

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Opinion

Understanding my father

After three years, the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide delivered its recommendations, but for those of us affected, it’s seeing real change that matters

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Politics & Society

Without stronger action, Robodebt could happen again

Despite the deeply disturbing revelations of the Robodebt Royal Commission, many government agencies are still using poor debt collection practices

Gathering at the United Nations assembly

Politics & Society

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In Pursuit of Knowledge

Episode 1: The threat to our global public institutions

In this Episode of In Pursuit of Knowledge we ask what role do global public institutions such as the United Nations and the International Court of Justice play in a crisis-riddled world?

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Politics & Society

The game is up for corporate fraudsters

A landmark decision of the High Court explains how corporations can now be held directly responsible for their predatory business models

Woman looking at a product taken from a shelf at a chemist

Health & Medicine

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Analysis

Corporations are putting profits above the safety of women. And it's evil

The pelvic mesh scandal is an example of the evil of selling unsafe products. The law can and should do something about it