Human Rights
The Australian immigration prison system

Australian immigration laws are excessively harsh and our Immigration Minister has near-unchecked ...  
Morrison, Finlay and a tame – but not Tame enough – Women’s Summit

It’s been a disheartening week for Australian women.  
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EDITORIAL: Morrison, Finlay and taming the Women’s Summit

It’s been a disheartening week for Australian women. The PM set the tone once again by ...  
Scott Morrison has destroyed Australia's humanity

Under Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Australia no longer displays compassion and humanity towards ...  
Fire, floods and felonies: Relocation the only option for Rohingya

Rohingya refugees live in squalid shelters in Bangladesh, but camp conditions have worsened due to ...  
Texas abortion laws: A modern Handmaid's Tale

America’s Supreme Court this week declined a request to block a Texas law drastically restric ...  
Wren's Week: Government negligence is dooming our nation

From worsening pandemic statistics to the lack of empathy shown towards Australians in Afghanis ...  
Biden's Summit for Democracy an opportunity to attack China

U.S. President Joe Biden has announced that he will be inviting world leaders to talk about ...  
The debt Australia owes the people of Afghanistan

The Australian Government owes a debt to the Afghan people where welcoming 20,000 additional ...  
Media makes light of Taliban terror

Taliban atrocities in Afghanistan over the past few weeks paint a drastically different picture to ...  
Scott Morrison is no supporter of great causes or freedom

With such a poor track record on human rights issues, Scott Morrison's talk of fighting for ...  
Afghan women fear for their rights and safety as Taliban reclaims power

The Taliban's rise to power is likely to mean the abolition of women's rights in Afghanistan ...  
Australia must offer permanent protection to Afghan refugees now

The Australian Government needs to show compassion and be flexible towards asylum seekers fleeing ...  
The real shame: Forcing women to marry their rapists

Women are being shamed and punished worldwide for being 'too sexual', which needs to change.  
What Britney Spears' conservatorship says for all women

As Britney Spears fights to be free of conservatorship from her father, it draws attention to ...  
Double standards in Australian travel ban crisis

While Australians are left struggling to leave the country on compassionate grounds, the Govern ...  
Future Fund's Adani investment supports Myanmar coup

Australia’s Future Fund is still investing in Adani Ports whose contracts with the Myanmar ...  
U.S. to appeal to get their hands on Julian Assange

On July 7, the UK High Court of Justice agreed to hear an appeal from the U.S. Government on ...  

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