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U16 Social Media Ban - Right Idea, Wrong Execution?
On the 28 November 2024, the Australian government passed a bill that required a minimum age of 16 to create an account on certain social media platforms. Coming into effect on the 10 December 2025, the ban is the first of its kind and the subsequent events since the imposition of the law have been watched very closely by the rest of the world, with many countries seriously considering the idea of introducing similar legislation. Leader of the Conservative party, Kemi Badenoc
Cash-upfront ‘no questions asked’ migration ends in Australia
By Raphael Hammond For 12 years, Australia’s so-called ‘Golden Visa’ scheme has allowed people making investments of at least 5 million...
New Zealand's 2023 Election: A battle for the middle ground
BY LOUIS SAMARASINGHE It was only last year when Jacinda Ardern announced her shock resignation as the Prime Minister of New Zealand....
Outbound President of Micronesia unwilling to comply with China’s Pacific influence
BY TAYLOR GREEN President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) David Panuelo certainly has been a proponent of speaking his mind...
Politics of Privacy: What happens when data falls into the wrong hands?
By ENAYA NIHAL Since the COVID-19 pandemic, we have become more aware than ever that companies and governments are constantly monitoring...
The Erosion of Democracy in Australia
As featured in Edition 41, available here. By DEVINA SINGH (2nd year - History and Politics - Gurgaon, India) It has recently come to...
The Australian Election: Climate change redraws the electoral map, ousting Scott Morrison
At the weekend of the 2022 federal elections, the Australian left-leaning party crushed the ruling Liberal-National coalition. The...
Tonga’s Volcanic Eruption: Tensions are Brewing Beneath the Surface
As featured in Edition 40, available here. BY LIM SHU YU (1st year - Philosophy, Politics, and Economics - Singapore) The volcano Hunga...
$1 billion Australian dollars – Enough to Fight Against Environmental Catastrophe?
As featured in Edition 40, available here. BY KALLI JAYASURIYA (Masters student - Gender and International Development - Coventry, UK)...
COP26 and the Dubious Promise of Climate Change Relief for Developing Countries
BY VLASITS ESZTER and JAZIR MOHAMMED (Special thanks to Globus for collaborating with us on this article - see their website here)...
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