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Australia
Queensland Allows Children to be Imprisoned in Police Watch Houses
By Dechlan Brennan
A new law allows children to be imprisoned in police watch houses, the equivalent of jails in the United States, as youth detention centers overflow. All while the number of youth offenders hits a decade low.
Australian Lawmakers Tinker Around Hague Convention Flaws
By Grant Wyeth
With only minor attempts to address the Hague Convention’s flaws, Australia’s rhetoric on seriously addressing domestic abuse rings hollow.
Coal Companies and the Media Need to Wake up and Smell the Smoke
By Antony Balmain
Record profits for coal companies shouldn’t be reported on without the necessary climate context.
Australia Resumes Use of the Phrase ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’
By Dechlan Brennan
Internationally, the decision to realign the definition is seen as very uncontroversial. But it does put Australia out of step with the United States.
Is This the Australian Government’s Marshall Plan?
By Marc Purcell and Grant Wyeth
The Albanese government announced its new International Development Policy which aims to create the foundations for a peaceful, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific.
Australian Senate Committee Recommends Government Ban on TikTok be Extended to WeChat
By Rod McGuirk
The committee found that China and other authoritarian regimes continue to pose an unacceptable risk to democracies through targeted online disinformation campaigns.
Australia Welcomes Lifting of UNESCO Threat to List Great Barrier Reef as World Heritage in Danger
By Rod McGuirk
There are fears that a World Heritage in-danger listing would damage a tourism industry that revolves around the reef and employs more than 64,000 people.
Can China Deliver What Solomon Islands Wants?
By Dechlan Brennan
As Honiara denies its new security pact with China poses a threat to the Pacific, it would behoove the West to consider what it is the Solomons want and need from their partners.
Australia Moves Toward Vote on a Voice for First Nations People
By Grant Wyeth
No date has been announced for the referendum yet, but the decision has critical ramifications not just for First Nations people in Australia but Canberra’s international reputation.
Robodebt and the Demonization of Welfare in Australia
By Dechlan Brennan
The scheme, engineered to claw back funds supposedly overpaid to welfare recipients, was broken and cruel from the start. Despite a royal commission’s findings, its political backers are unlikely to face punishment.
Australia Works to Combat Modern Slavery
By Grant Wyeth
Modern slavery ranges from debt bondage and forced child labor to sexual exploitation.
Australia’s Undeclared National Crisis: A Dire Lack of Affordable Housing
By Grant Wyeth
For Australia to be a country that truly values its security, it needs to offer its young, and not-so young, adults the conditions for them to thrive.