Human Rights
Children in prison deserve proper healthcare

Incarcerated children are not second-class citizens, but our Federal Government is giving them ...  
Yemen: The century’s worst famine and a stain on the conscience of humanity

The conflict in Yemen is a humanitarian crisis made worse by the involvement of Western governm ...  
Morrison wrong on presumption of innocence

The principle of the presumption of innocence has been weaponised to protect Christian Porter's ...  
JULIAN BURNSIDE: Dutton is still spending billions to keep people in misery

Peter Dutton has led the Australian people to accept things that would have been unthinkable ...  
Now or never: Australia must develop its own foreign policy

Australia’s historical reluctance to have its own foreign policy is becoming increasingly ...  
Australia's governments must be held accountable for the homelessness crisis

Our governments aren't showing enough political will to end the homelessness crisis in Australi ...  
Australia palms off alleged Islamic State supporter to New Zealand

Australia has abrogated its responsibilities by revoking the citizenship of a dual national ...  
Australia slides from world’s greatest country to pariah – in just ten years

A decade ago, Australia was lauded worldwide for its accomplishments and today it is condemned for ...  
Systemic 'bogan' racism is on the decline in Australia

Global White supremacist attitudes are on the decline, including those of Australia's bogan ...  
Class actions against governments will prevent social injustices

There should be a call for our court system to bring governments to account for social injustic ...  
BOOK REVIEW: A Secret Australia – Revealed by the WikiLeaks exposés

Claudia Perry-Beltrame examines a new book revealing government secrets, crimes against huma ...  
Assange: What Australia is not doing to save its citizen and media freedom

Given its inaction on the Assange case, Australia risks being remembered as a complicit ally in ...  
Refugees defenceless against politics of cruelty

The Morrison Government is intent on denying refugees resettlement in Australia under its heart ...  
Australia's racism: Changing the anthem won't cut it

Until the mainstream stops demanding that Aboriginal people be proud, on its terms, then nothing ...  
Julian Assange still not in the clear from prosecution or persecution

District Justice Vanessa Baraitser gave supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a surprise ...  
Julian Assange's denial of freedom an affront to human rights

Hopes for the freedom of Julian Assange have hit a hurdle as his application for bail was denied ...  
Assange extradition denial: How human rights experts have responded

Even after the victory of Julian Assange's extradition denial, work still needs to be done to ...  
Trump and U.S. betray the people of Western Sahara

On December 10, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. would recognise Morocco's claim to ...  

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