Christian leaders in Ghana are trying to reshape government – it may not end well

Oct 25, 2023 14:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law

Ghana is constitutionally a secular state. This means religious liberty is guaranteed, and all citizens are free to believe and manifest any religious faith. No political parties are allowed to base their appeal on...

Global Geopolitics Series

Israeli invasion of Gaza likely to resemble past difficult battles in Iraq and Syria

Oct 25, 2023 14:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Israel appears to be preparing for the next phase of its military operation: a ground campaign to crush and destroy Hamas, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has put it. Israel has signaled that it might be...

Migrant Crisis Series

A migration review could close some disability discrimination loopholes – but not for people already waiting or refused visas

Oct 25, 2023 05:36 am UTC| Insights & Views

The government and the Greens have agreed to a review of the significant cost threshold. It is the backbone of Australias migration health requirement, which all applicants for Australian visas are required to meet. The...

Understanding the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 5 charts

Oct 25, 2023 05:33 am UTC| Insights & Views

Understanding the current war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza requires context and history. These charts aim to show changes in the region that have occurred over time to put some of the events in perspective. This...

‘Digital inclusion’ and closing the gap: how First Nations leadership is key to getting remote communities online

Oct 24, 2023 09:45 am UTC| Insights & Views

There are more than 1,500 remote First Nations communities and homelands around Australia, and about 670 of them have no mobile phone coverage. In research with 495 people from ten remote communities, we found 45.9% were...

Victims of the green energy boom? The Indonesians facing eviction over a China-backed plan to turn their island into a solar panel 'ecocity'

Oct 24, 2023 09:44 am UTC| Business Insights & Views

I first visited Rempang island in Summer 2022. Greeting me were lush fields lined with coconut and banana trees, picture-book fishing villages with houses jutting into the water on stilts, and boats carrying people between...

Israel-Palestine conflict: How sharing the waters of the Jordan River could be a pathway to peace

Oct 24, 2023 09:29 am UTC| Insights & Views

When the Israeli government cut off supplies of water to the Gaza Strip following Hamass brutal attack, it put the role of water within human conflict into particularly sharp relief. The debate on the notion of water...