Human Rights
Manus Island: A crime of the heart

Events on Manus Island reflect a a total collapse of our collective capacity for empathy, compa ...  
Frydenberg and the Manus concentration camps

The brutality shown towards the Manus Island refugees would have seen Frydenberg’s mother barred ...  
Manus Island crisis: What does Australia owe to refugees

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

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

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

Over 600 refugees have now been abandoned on Manus Island by Australian officials in a hostile ...  
Misogyny, violence and machismo in 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

After a marathon all-night sitting of Parliament, Victoria's contentious right-to-die legislation ...  
#MeToo? The hard truth men must face

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!'

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

On November 2, the UK will unapologetically celebrate 100 years since the Balfour Declaration — ...  
Festival of the Dead looms for Manus Island refugees

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'

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?

Unintentional eavesdropper Lee Duffield tunes in to some opinion-formation about same sex marriage ...  
Support marriage equality? Yes. We do!

Independent Australia strongly supports marriage equality — as we support justice, fairness ...  
QCCL: Australia's new terror laws take away everyone's rights

Queensland Council of Civil Liberties says new national drivers licence database and police powers ...  
Gaoling children: Australia’s latest method of 'keeping people safe'

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'

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