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Monday 21 July 2025
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International
A record 29,000 Mexicans were murdered last year – can soldiers stop the bloodshed?
Mexico’s war on drugs has left 234,966 people dead in the last 11 years. In 2017 alone, the country saw some 29,000 murders, the highest annual tally since such record-keeping began in 1997.
Environment and Energy
Charging ahead: how Australia is innovating in battery technology
Since sodium is abundant, battery technology that uses it side-steps many of the issues associated with lithium batteries.
Environment and Energy
Common products, like perfume, paint and printer ink, are polluting the atmosphere
Picture the causes of air pollution in a major city and you are likely to visualise pollutants spewing out of cars, trucks and buses.
Environment and Energy
Governments can't be trusted to deliver welfare standards for chickens
Claims of secret meetings and manipulation of the policy agenda. A split in government ranks, and threats to withdraw from a national review.
Environment and Energy
The Murray Darling Basin Plan is not delivering – there’s no more time to waste
More than five years after the Murray Darling Basin Plan was implemented, it’s clear that it is not delivering on its key objectives.
Law, Politics and Society
How blockchain is strengthening tuna traceability to combat illegal fishing
In a significant development for global fisheries, blockchain technology is now being used to improve tuna traceability to help stop illegal and unsustainable fishing practices in the Pacific Islands tuna industry.