In case you missed it — abortion is still illegal in NSW and QLD in 2017

16 May 2017 | The debate over abortion is alive and well but there might be a flaw in the pro-life position, one ...  

Pre-empting Faysal Ahmed's death

15 May 2017 | FOI docs indicate the death of a refugee was pre-empted by Immigration before his transfer to ...  

Women's rights are human rights

11 May 2017 | For Kurdish women in Iraq, sexual harassment, violence and honour killings are commonplace.  

EXCLUSIVE: FOI documents expose Australia's abandonment of Assange

6 May 2017 | FOI documents reveal the Australian Government has deliberately sat on its hands in the case of ...  

United in profit: Overbooking and violent removal all part of the service

12 Apr 2017 | United Airlines violently dragged a passenger off an overbooked flight in full view of shocked ...  

Hey Dutton/Turnbull, Australians say: #closethecamps and #letthemstay

11 Apr 2017 | A new poll shows Australians are "bleating all they want" for the Turnbull Government to close the ...  

#FreeSaeed: 'I am a human being too'

7 Apr 2017 | There are no cute baby photos of Saeed, but still he shouldn't be deported into danger  

The banality of Peter: Is Dutton the new Adolf Eichmann?

6 Apr 2017 | A comparative study of two notoriously zealous immigration specialists.  

Australia disagrees but Turnbull dithers as Abbott sools Dutton's homophobia

4 Apr 2017 | Egged on by Abbott et al, Dutton leads the charge against marriage equality while PM Turnbull just ...  

The humanitarian crisis: Australia fiddles while the world burns

27 Mar 2017 | The Turnbull Government denies human rights to asylum seekers and simultaneously cuts foreign ...  

Amending the Racial Discrimination Act: Making bigotry great again!

26 Mar 2017 | The unpopular proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act are likely to fail, just like the ...  

Dogwhistling Malcolm's Disharmony Day

24 Mar 2017 | Watering down protections against racist hate speech on Harmony Day sends an unmistakable messa ...  

Top class! Free speech is a fundamental right ... but only for the ruling Right

23 Mar 2017 | Any debate about free speech in our society is really about free speech for the ruling class.  

Dutton’s marriage equality tantrum reveals a pretence of innocence

23 Mar 2017 | Peter Dutton has gotten himself in a a tizz over business leaders’ outspoken views on marriage ...  

No 'slut shaming' of vets says Minister for Veterans' Affairs Dan Tehan

20 Mar 2017 | Dan Tehan MP refutes claims that the Bill to amend vet affairs legislation will intimidate and ...  

EXCLUSIVE: Fate of Vietnamese asylum seeker children hangs in the balance

16 Mar 2017 | A group of Vietnamese asylum seekers, including 12 children, have tried to reach Australia by boat ...  

Is Australia racist?

6 Mar 2017 | In facing up to racism, we need to deal with Australia's structural racism as well as individual ...