Human Rights
A universal basic income: Basically, its better for everyone

A universal basic income could combat the inequality driven by governments when it comes to ...  
Anzac Day and Abdel-Magied: The point for migrants and people of colour

By vilifying Abdel-Magied, conservative white Australia was making a point for the benefit of ...  
Modern slavery and food: The unpalatable truth

Modern slavery and atrocities abound in food production but there are ethical alternatives. Bruce ...  
Australia can't rely on 'deterrence' to excuse its immoral refugee policies

The only argument offered for Australia's torturous refugee policies is that it stops others ...  
Panel show by numbers: ABC Q&A, Syria and all the usual suspects

The latest episode of ABC Q&A revealed just how formulaic and two-dimensional the show is in its ...  
Close the Gap still reveals gaping holes in Government efforts

Malcolm Turnbull and the Australian Government are failing Indigenous Australians when it comes to ...  
Queensland Police's Orwellian 'Fixated Persons Unit'

A secretive branch of the Queensland Police has Big Brother's shadow looming over it, writes Chris ...  
Dear President Trump, please don’t bomb my wedding in North Korea

Alek Sigley asks Donald Trump to hold off the nuclear bombing of North Korea for his wedding, then ...  
Not many Likes for Facebook this week

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is having a busy time explaining the abuse of millions of users' ...  
16 people killed at the 'Great Return March' in Gaza

On "Land Day", the Palestinians began six weeks of peaceful protests in Gaza, which have already r ...  
The isolation of Julian Assange must stop

We call on the Government of Ecuador to allow Julian Assange his right to freedom of speech.  
Second walk to Canberra gains little support for Manus Island refugees

Adam Richards' second walk to the steps of Parliament House for refugees was helped by only a ...  
Steve Smith, Cricket Australia, Turnbull and keeping our eye on the ball

Our nation is united in outrage over a cricket scandal — not the child sexual abuse RC or the ...  
‘Dead to me’: The world according to Peter Dutton

Should we take it literally when the singularly most powerful Minister categorises a group of ...  
DUNCAN STORRAR: The insidious consequences of disability pension cuts

Duncan Storrar explains the cruel cycle of poverty and devastation being inflicted on the mentally ...  
Dutton, Sunrise and the invisible system of white privilege

Dr Jennifer Wilson discusses the ethos of white superiority in recent comments by Peter Dutton ...  
Peter Dutton's white SA farmer priorities: Bringing shame on Australia

Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton has gratuitously and outrageously interfered in the ...  
Facing the facts: Hundreds of thousands homeless and unemployed

Gerry Georgatos reveals the unemployment and homeless rates in Australia that we're not being ...  

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