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With headlines dominated by Canberra’s policy ‘step-up’ in the Pacific in response to China’s rapidly expanding influence in the region, it seems puzzling that the Morrison government would risk disrupting relations with two of its strategically like-minded neighbours—Indonesia and Malaysia—over the potential relocation of Australia’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Jokowi’s running mate Ma’ruf Amin is reinventing himself as a proponent of moderate Islam.

The terrorism threat in Southeast Asia fundamentally changed over 15 years, but Indonesian laws struggled to adapt.

How Indonesia moves rapidly from statement to agreement on contentious revisions to anti-terror laws.

The tomatoes we eat have been carefully bred over generations, but now we can tap into wild varieties.

Decision-makers need input from researchers on issues involving science and society.

The confirmation by President Joko (Jokowi) Widodo’s of conservative Islamic cleric Ma’ruf Amin as running mate for the April 2019 presidential contest evoked disappointment among constituencies in Indonesia committed to democracy and pluralism.

Commercial DNA testing services and crowdsourced genetic databases are helping people find long-lost relatives.

But a recent American case shows how these platforms can be used in criminal investigations, sometimes without a warrant or prior consent.

DNA forensics was once reserved for official police labs, but thanks to the internet and a new wave of start-ups, those official barriers are wearing away. (By Caitlin Curtis)

Australian Indigenous social policy and the nation’s relationship with Indonesia will both come under the spotlight in the coming months, due to a new UQ Fellowship Program.

Queensland is leading Australia’s rooftop solar boom with eight of the country’s top 10 postcodes for installations in the Sunshine State, according to the new Clean Energy Australia 2018 report.

All Australian schools should provide high-quality education to all Australian students, including Indigenous ones.

Two University of Queensland researchers have been named winners of the ABC’s 2018 Top 5 science program.

Could criminals edit their genomes using cheap online kits to avoid being matched to criminal forensic databases?

Our ability to reconstruct physical features from DNA is advancing, but can we ensure the privacy of "anonymised" genetic data if we can predict the face of its owner?