Manus Island crisis: What does Australia owe to refugees

5 Nov 2017 | In light of the crisis on Manus Island, what is a refugee and what are Australia's obligations to ...  

Asylum by Boat: Origins of Australia's refugee policy

4 Nov 2017 | Kevin Bain reviews a new book by Claire Higgins which traces the origins of Australia's asylum ...  

Manus refugees left to rot as son-of-a-refugee Frydenberg whines about s44

3 Nov 2017 | On Manus Island, 600 refugees are left to rot without food or water while Frydenberg whines about ...  

BREAKING: Dutton abandons Manus refugees without food, water or power

31 Oct 2017 | Over 600 refugees have now been abandoned on Manus Island by Australian officials in a hostile ...  

Misogyny, violence and machismo in 2017

23 Oct 2017 | In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, there is much to be gained by shedding the toxic ...  

NEWSFLASH: Victoria's controversial euthanasia bill passes Lower House

20 Oct 2017 | After a marathon all-night sitting of Parliament, Victoria's contentious right-to-die legislation ...  

#MeToo? The hard truth men must face

20 Oct 2017 | Men must confront the facts: too many women are victims of sexual violence and the vast majority ...  

Turning our back on the Rohingya genocide: ‘But this is so un-Australian!'

20 Oct 2017 | The Turnbull Government has refused to condemn the horrific humans rights abuses by the Burmese ...  

Nothing learnt: Balfour and Britain's generosity with other people's lands

19 Oct 2017 | On November 2, the UK will unapologetically celebrate 100 years since the Balfour Declaration — ...  

Festival of the Dead looms for Manus Island refugees

17 Oct 2017 | Manus Island refugees fear a date with death on Halloween, the date the detention centre is set to ...  

Pine Gap FOI bombshell: Australia has 'full knowledge and concurrence'

13 Oct 2017 | New FOI documents appear to show Australia has full knowledge of US activities at Pine Gap, which ...  

Marriage equality on the streets of Randwick: Is this the way it will go?

13 Oct 2017 | Unintentional eavesdropper Lee Duffield tunes in to some opinion-formation about same sex marriage ...  

Support marriage equality? Yes. We do!

11 Oct 2017 | Independent Australia strongly supports marriage equality — as we support justice, fairness ...  

QCCL: Australia's new terror laws take away everyone's rights

10 Oct 2017 | Queensland Council of Civil Liberties says new national drivers licence database and police powers ...  

Gaoling children: Australia’s latest method of 'keeping people safe'

9 Oct 2017 | The Turnbull Government, with the eager support of the state premiers, is marching us towards ...  

The national facial recognition database will not make us 'safer'

7 Oct 2017 | The new national facial recognition system is not necessary, will not make us safer from terrorism ...  

Europe watches nervously as Spain represses Catalonia’s independence

3 Oct 2017 | Catalonians call for a national strike as the world waits to see whether this will be met with ...  

Six more South Australian councils join push for increase to Newstart allowance

29 Sep 2017 | Since the City of Port Adelaide Enfield publicly declared its support for an increase to Newstart ...