Human Rights
Will the Ruddock 'Religious Freedom Review' be the bigots' own goal?

The 'Religious Freedom Review' and its attempt to enshrine the religious "right" of schools  ...  
MUNGO MACCALLUM: Mental health on Nauru not our problem, says PM

The Morrison Government is unperturbed that Medecins Sans Frontieres has been ordered to cease ...  
Education becomes a weapon against terrorists

A story of hope has emerged from a senseless tragedy caused by Islamic State militants in Kabul ...  
Will the #AgedCareRC help us value the elderly?

As the Aged Care Royal Commission begins, it is important that broader socio-political factors ...  
Morrison, Dutton, Coleman: Cold, heartless, sadistic

Children continue to suffer untold cruelty under Australia’s indiscriminate asylum seeker ...  
Trouble in China: Xi Jinping and the looming collapse

Is President-for-Life Xi Jinping tightening the screws in China because he knows trouble is ...  
Kaepernick and Nike’s takeover

Nike's support of Kaepernick is not a sign of progress. It is an attempt to reduce the issue of ...  
Unsettled business: Was sovereignty transferred by cession or conquest?

In a modern legal context, the transferring of the sovereignty of Australia from the Indigenous ...  
Australia's child suicide epidemic

The death of a child is always heartbreaking but when it is by suicide it is as devastating as it ...  
Are boat turnbacks unlawful under Australian workplace law?

Australia's boat turn-back legislation is based on a legally invalid declaration, making boat ...  
Australian crimes: the tragic results of Nauru and Manus

Offshore detention centres are far worse than their intended purpose, they're a death sentence for ...  
Behrouz Boochani's Manus memoir a privilege to read

Romaine Rutnam reviews Behrouz Boochani’s powerful memoir of five years imprisonment on Manus ...  
Anning and Latham fight for a white male privilege 'final solution'

Fraser Anning's careless mixing of race and politics is just one example of how of white male ...  
Simele: The massacre that history forgot

Vanessa Powell recounts her experience visiting the site of the Simele Massacre, an event that ...  
EXCLUSIVE: Sleeping Giants awake and rise up against Sky and News Corp

A small group of social media activists is irritating Australia’s biggest media monopolist by ...  
Abbott and Turnbull: Opening the door on your privacy

Never before has there been a more pressing need for a strong voice acting on our behalf on ...  
The 'Data Sharing and Release Act' is coming for your data

Anyone remotely interested in MyHealthRecord needs to keep reading, because it's only one small ...  
BEHROUZ BOOCHANI TALKS TO IA: No friends in the Australian Government

Senior editor Michelle Pini speaks with Behrouz Boochani about the release of his book, 'No ...  
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