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Back to SearchAustralia's struggle with surging feral deer numbers
Australia's wild deer population is on the rise, but the management of this introduced species remains a vexed issue. In Tasmania and Victoria, deer continues to be classified as a game resource for …
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Why isn't Egypt doing more to help the Palestinians?
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is coming under increasing pressure to take a stronger stance on the atrocities unfolding in Gaza. It has take the Egyptian leader months to condemn Israel's a…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Bruce Shapiro's USA: Trump's DC takeover, and an electoral map fight in Texas
Trump is taking over the police force of Washington, DC — why? Plus, the battle over electoral distributions in Texas.
Guest: Bruce Shapiro, Contributing Editor for The Nation, and Executive Director…Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
The first Tasmanians: what emerging evidence tell us about the peoples of long ago
A groundbreaking book collates all that is known about Tasmania's first inhabitants, back to 40,000 years ago, by surveying contemporary scientific evidence, and re-interpreting colonial records. It…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Australia recognises Palestinian statehood
Australia will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, joining the UK, France and Canada. The Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says a two-state solution is ‘h…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
One hundred years on Mein Kampf is having a worrying revival
100 years ago Adolf Hitler wrote Mein Kampf in prison. It would become compulsory reading in Germany, and millions of copies sold around the world. On its centenary, the acclaimed journalist and auth…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Satyajit Das on the looming US debt crisis
The national debt in the United States now sits at over $USD36 trillion, with a debt-to-GDP ratio around 124 percent – it’s what some economists call the death zone. President Donald Trump is hoping …
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Politics and pomposity: inside London's exclusive clubs
London’s exclusive clubs date back hundreds of years and many a secret has been shared in them, from exclusive business deals to plots destined to unseat Prime Ministers. Now there is a comprehensive…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
80 years since Hiroshima the nuclear threat is on the rise
Japan has marked 80 years since the Americans dropped “Little Boy” on the city of Hiroshima which killed 80,000 and changed global power dynamics forever. Nuclear expert Ankit Panda says we have ente…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Beef and biosecurity fears: revisiting the mad cow crisis
Australia recently lifted biosecurity import controls placed on US beef that have been in place since a 'mad cow' disease outbreak in the US in 2003. Mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago