By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Piles of applications in the Tel Afar compensation office. © Sarah Sanbar, Human Rights Watch, January 2024 (Beirut) – The Iraqi authorities have finally dispersed a first round of compensation payments to people from Sinjar district in northern Iraq for damages to their property both by the Islamic State (ISIS) and the Iraqi and US-led coalition military battles against them, Human Rights Watch said today. The payments were made after years of delay though recipients are entitled to the payments under Iraqi law.A representative of the Sinjar compensation…
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By Flávia Fayet-Moore, Adjunct Lecturer, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle
Stephen R. Robinson, Professor in Psychology, Research, RMIT University
A careful look at the scientific literature shows humans can absorb some nutrients from the air. Could we use this to our advantage?
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Senate has censured two of its own, Lidia Thorpe and Ralph Babet, both of whom were absent when the votes were taken because of problems with their flights to Canberra.
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By Christopher Pollard, Sessional Academic in Sociology and Philosophy, Deakin University
Thomas Piketty’s Nature, Culture, and Inequality is a little book that addresses an issue of great significance: is the social inequality we observe every day natural?
Drawing on historical economic data from around the world, Piketty describes a tendency since the late 18th century toward greater political and socioeconomic equality. This was particularly apparent in Western countries from around 1914 to around 1980. There has since been a pronounced slowing…
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By Himanshu Gupta, Senior Research Fellow (Lived Experience), Rural and Remote Health, Flinders University
Devaki Monani, Senior Lecturer, Social Work, Charles Darwin University
James Smith, Matthew Flinders Professor (Health and Social Equity), Rural and Remote Health, Flinders University
Noemi Tari-Keresztes, Senior Research Fellow in Mental Health (Lived Experience) College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University
Many migrants, including those in the NT, experience financial, social and emotional pressures. These sometimes lead them to gambling as a means of socialisation or stress relief.
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By Amy Nethery, Senior Lecturer in Politics and Policy Studies, Deakin University
Jemima McKenna, PhD Candidate, School of Social and Political Science, The University of Melbourne
Canberra has reinstated funding for 42 refugees and asylum seekers in the country, but given their deteriorating physical and mental health, it should be doing much more.
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By Penny van Oosterzee, Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University
Jayden Engert, PhD Candidate in Applied Ecology, James Cook University
Australia’s carbon credit scheme largely fails to protect threatened species, despite assumptions to the contrary. The findings provide cautionary lessons for the nature repair scheme.
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By Nikki-Anne Wilson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), UNSW Sydney
The way people living with dementia experience the world can change as the disease progresses. Their sense of reality or place in time can become distorted, which can cause agitation and distress.
One of the best ways to support people experiencing changes in perception and behaviour is to manage…
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By Dominic O'Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
What is the ‘truth’ about colonialism and its modern relevance? This complex question is testing political consensus not only in New Zealand, but in other post-colonial societies too.
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By Dana McKay, Associate Dean, Interaction, Technology and Information, RMIT University
George Buchanan, Deputy Dean, School of Computing Technologies, RMIT University
Links have been essential tools for navigating the web and sourcing information – but they are on the decline as tech companies try to keep audiences from clicking away.
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