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The weight-loss drug divide: private prescribing is lowest where need is greatest
GLP-1 drugs can produce major weight loss, but their wider impact will depend on affordable treatment and appropriate support.
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Peters’ ‘hot air’ over Israeli settlement trade ban rules out of step with world
Asia Pacific Report A pro-Palestine national advocacy and protest group has accused New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs as being “derelict in its duties” if it is unable to identify and ban products from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) made this statement today following announcements by
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The Anthropocene was rejected as a geological epoch – but the idea is still changing how we see the world
New research argues no other concept reflects our planet-wide transformation in its proper context of deep time.
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Blanche d’Alpuget leaves a lasting imprint on Australian literature – and politics
Blanche d'Alpuget had a long and successful career as a writers, but it was her stunning biography of Bob Hawke that brought her fame – and influence.
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Andrew Hastie denounces Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce as ‘lying cowards’
The attack comes after One Nation published a cartoon that makes referenced to Hastie as a “traitor”.
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‘Peaceful’ Sweden once sought nuclear weapons. That legacy still shapes defence planning
Geopolitical tensions and Nato membership have put the nuclear question back on the table.
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RSF slams ‘outrageous’ failure to bring justice 9 years after killing of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
Pacific Media Watch Angered by the lack of full justice nearly a decade after the assassination of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has demanded the government take measures to protect journalists and media freedom. On 2 September 2026, the Criminal Court in Valletta found Yorgen Fenech, the Maltese businessman linked
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View from The Hill: When what’s good for the goose is not okay for the gander
Labor once relentlessly pursued former minister Bridget McKenzie over so-called “sports rorts”. Now the tables have been turned.
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen on co-hosting COP and Australia’s renewables target
The environment minister has fought back against criticisms that very few world leaders will attend the pre-COP meeting in the Pacific.
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Around 90% of refugee kids live in poverty in their first year in Australia: report
New research reveals how the visa someone arrives on shapes whether their first ten years are secure or spent in poverty.
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‘New level of bastardry’ – Australia releases NZYQ agreement with Naoero
By Kaya Selby and Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific An Australian senator says the release of terms for a controversial deportation deal between Australia and Naoero (formerly Nauru) raises more questions than it answers. The Australian government has released an agreement to deport more than 350 refugees and asylum seekers to Naoero, known as the
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Liquid gold: could we turn our pee into fertiliser?
For millennia, farmers relied on human urine for its vital plant nutrients. As synthetic fertilisers get more expensive, is it time to give pee a chance?