Australia’s national plan says existing laws are enough to regulate AI. This is false hope
By Jessica Russ-Smith, Immaculate Motsi-Omoijiade & Michelle D. Lazarus Earlier this month, Australia’s long-anticipated National AI Plan was released to a mixed reception. The plan shifts away from the government’s previously promised mandatory AI safeguards. Instead, it’s positioned as a whole-of-government roadmap for building an “AI-enabled economy”. The plan has raised alarm bells among experts for its
Internet of Animals,’ a unified wildlife tracker, set to resume after hiatus
By Abhishyant Kidangoor A global system dubbed the “internet of animals,” which tracks wildlife via satellite, is one step closer to becoming a reality. Project ICARUS, an initiative that taps into advances in wireless sensor technology, has resumed operations after a three-year hiatus. In late November, a satellite carrying an ICARUS receiver was launched into
What Canada’s public sector voting divide could mean for future elections
By Matt Polacko, Peter Graefe & Simon Kiss The Liberal government’s recent budget aims to reduce the size of the federal public service by around 40,000 positions, which is roughly 10 per cent of the workforce. The government argues that the size of the public service has swelled to an unsustainable level. Needless to say, federal public sector
Life at the U.S.–Mexico border under the Trump administration
By Migrant Women Press This article by Tania Roa and in partnership with Border Kindness, first appeared in Migrant Women Press on October 26, 2025. An edited version is being republished on Global Voices under a content partnership agreement. Every day, hopeful migrants traverse the harsh deserts and treacherous mountain regions of the southern United States in search of
Corridors, not culls, offer solution to Southern Africa’s growing elephant population
By Ryan Truscott Since being collared in Zambia two years ago, a young bull elephant known to researchers as Z16 has walked nearly 12,000 kilometers, or 7,500 miles — three times the distance between New York and Los Angeles. In that time, Z16 has traversed four countries and visited six national parks. In Southern Africa
