Human Rights
Four Corners shifts spotlight to Neo-Nazi cult tactics endangering children

A Four Corners program has helped reposition the spotlight away from neo-Nazi cult groups' sala ...  
Muzzling Māori voice: NZ responds to attack on Treaty

New Zealanders continue gathering to oppose a political threat to the Treaty of Waitangi, which ...  
Education Minister pressured as Israel lobby attacks academic freedom

Minister for Education Jason Clare is under increasing pressure to show support for academic ...  
New law renders neo-Nazis into needless martyrs

If the intended aim of legislating against Nazi gestures and symbolism is to stop racist fascists ...  
The Lattouf trial: A question of bias at the ABC

Democratic freedoms, employee rights and public trust in the national broadcaster are all on trial ...  
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EDITORIAL — The Lattouf trial: A question of bias at the ABC

It says a lot about the state of our Fourth Estate when the publicly-funded national broadcaster ...  
Devil in the double-bill detail: Attacks on Treaty

Following Australia's rejection of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, New Zealanders are curr ...  
Compulsory voting and the illusion of choice

Compulsory voting is meant to ensure freedom, but when we're forced to choose between the less ...  
Peter Dutton sets eyes on Trump’s mass deportation plan

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton may be tempted to emulate Donald Trump's deportation plan desp ...  
Peter Greste hungry for justice

Peter Greste, in London supporting the release of activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, says he’s coping ...  
The homeless standard we walk by

Naomi Fryers discusses the growing gap between the haves and have-nots and how we've got to the ...  
How the Israel lobby tries to silence criticism of Israel

There’s a long history of the Zionist lobby pressuring and bullying critics of Israel and ...  
Zionist Federation v Mary Kostakidis: A defining moment for press freedom

Genocide is occurring in Gaza and Israel is currently a rogue state — but let’s be sure not to ...  
IA Writing Competition Most Enthralling Creative Work 2024: Changing the words

This poem by Karen Throssell is the winner of the 2024 Independent Australia Writing Competition ...  
IA Writing Competition Most Compelling Article  2024 — The perils of indifference: History repeats itself in Gaza

This beautifully written and compelling May article on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, by ...  
Anti-Israel protests being banned amid claims of anti-Semitism

A heavy-handed crackdown on protesting Israeli atrocities is another move against freedom of ...  
Robodebt shadow leaves fears NDIS will be next victim of disabling policy

While assurances have been made that NDIS reforms will not be 'Robodebt 2.0', many fear that the ...  
Former Israeli Defence Minister admits to Gazan genocide

A former Israeli Defence Minister and IDF chief of staff has accused his nation of carrying out ...  

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