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Gaza war fuels hatred and division at home in Australia

The war in Gaza is fuelling hatred, division and violence far beyond the Middle East, with Aust ...  
Obscene wealth: Money and political power accumulated by a minuscule few

The average billionaire generates around one million times more carbon emissions than the average ...  
Australia's sanctions aren't stopping Israel's settler funding

Despite three rounds of sanctions, Israel's financial support for the settler movement Aust ...  
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EDITORIAL: Big Tech — When 1984 meets The Godfather

It's obvious that technology will evolve and that the development of artificial intelligence is i ...  
Ceuta crisis exposes Europe's dangerous dependence on Morocco

Spain's latest border crisis exposes Morocco's growing leverage over Europe and the unresolve ...  
The healthcare ethics crisis inside Nauru

New research reveals how Australia's offshore detention system placed health professionals in ethi ...  
Human rights activist Naâma Asfari is starving for justice, and the world is looking away

A human rights activist in Morocco is starving himself because every other peaceful avenue has ...  
JEFF MCMULLEN: FIFA World Cup and fun and games in the time of war

Moral amnesia: How can we be distracted by fun and games in the midst of protracted conflicts?  
Australian flotilla survivors describe ordeal after Gaza mission

A humanitarian mission may have ended at the border, but for some Australian participants, the ...  
Beneath Mexico’s World Cup host city: A crisis of forced disappearances

The 2026 World Cup is set among cartel violence and families desperately searching for their loved ...  
New Caledonia: Paris continues to obstruct decolonisation

New Caledonia is a test of whether France is prepared to apply the human rights principles it ...  
Why we have a housing crisis and why government cannot fix the problem

Australia's housing crisis is a violation of basic human rights and international law.  
Gaza flotilla exposes world’s selective attention to suffering

The Gaza flotilla drew global attention, but its activists delivered a stark message: the suffe ...  
Beyond the sentence: Why Australia’s justice system fails at the point of release

Examining Australia’s prison system through the lens of release and reintegration, the greatest ...  
Caroline Graham’s enduring legacy of resistance and activism

The life and legacy of activist Caroline Graham reflects decades of struggle across feminism ...  
Breaking cycles of disadvantage: Australia versus global economic models

Breaking cycles of disadvantage is a test of a society’s commitment to fairness and human ...  
Australia’s migrant communities are filling the gaps in refugee protection

From Iranian footballers to Hong Kong dissidents, recent cases show that protection in Australia ...  
Two words: Case closed

"ISIS brides" – the two words that ended a debate before it began.  
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