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From child labor to unethical environmental approaches, chocolate companies can be rife with problematic practices

This Easter it is possible to support firms that are making profits without hurting the planet or its inhabitants.

Exclusive: With almost no publicly available information about ‘Apods’, researchers say the lack of transparency is concerning for human rights

Macquarie University economist Sean Turnell is free and living in Sydney after 650 days of imprisonment in Myanmar, for what appears to be the “crime” of doing an economist’s job, which is trying to make people’s lives better – in this case the lives of the people of Myanmar.

The nature of the construction industry makes it very vulnerable to modern slavery. Addressing the problem will take more than just legislation.

Yaoi or Boys' Love (BL) has grown from an underground to mainstream fictional genre. It emerged from women's manga comics in Japan in the 1980s, which portrayed the relationship between young boys based on the seme (active) and uke (receptive) dichotomy. Through an informal fan network, the transnational phenomenon came…

Flooding stirs up river sediments, which can spread contaminants in our waterways and floodplains. Flood water can carry sediments bearing contaminants from a range of sources, both historical and new, such as sewage, petrol stations, industrial yards and farming areas. This is worrying many people whose homes and gardens have…

Exclusive: Organiser says income from gas company was tied to deal and ‘we are now searching for a new sponsor’

The University of Melbourne topped The Times Higher Education World University Rankings list for the nation, coming in at number 34 in the world. Find out how your uni went.