Climate impacts are forcing people from their homes. When, how and why do they have valid refugee claims?

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For a long time, it seemed refugee law had little relevance to people fleeing the impacts of climate change and disasters. Nearly 30 years ago, the High Court of Australia, for instance, remarked that people fleeing a...

Where should we look for new metals that are critical for green energy technology? Volcanoes may point the way

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Florian Nimsdorf / Shutterstock About 400 kilometres northwest of Sydney, just south of Dubbo, lies a large and interesting body of rock formed around 215 million years ago by erupting volcanoes. Known as the Toongi...

Google has dropped its promise not to use AI for weapons. It’s part of a troubling trend

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Ziv Lavi/Shutterstock Last week, Google quietly abandoned a long-standing commitment to not use artificial intelligence (AI) technology in weapons or surveillance. In an update to its AI principles, which were first...

Antisemitism goes beyond overt acts of hate – subtle forms of bias take their toll, too

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The dramatic rise in antisemitic incidents has dominated headlines in Australia in recent months, with calls for urgent action to address what many are calling a crisis. The Executive Council of Australian Jewry tallied...

Australia’s clinical guidelines shape our health care. Why do so many still ignore sex and gender?

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Krakenimages.com/Shutterstock Youve heard of the gender pay gap. What about the gap in medical care? Cardiovascular diseases which can lead to heart attack and stroke are one of the leading causes of death for women in...

Nature and shops: here’s what people told us they want most from urban planning

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Getty Images Urban planning has a long history of promoting visionary ideas that advocate for particular futures. The most recent is the concept of the 15-minute city, which has gained traction globally. But empirical...

As Trump abandons the old world order, NZ must find its place in a new ‘Pax Autocratica’

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Donald Trump is moving rapidly to change the contours of contemporary international affairs, with the old US-dominated world order breaking down into a multipolar one with many centres of power. The shift already includes...