Universal human rights and the Responsibility to Protect

18 Jan 2017 | Dr Adam Henry analyses the international political commitment to the principle of 'Responsibility ...  

EXCLUSIVE: Manus Island — a place of deprivation and despair

18 Jan 2017 | A shocking first-hand account and photos of the appalling conditions on Manus Island. Sarah Smith ...  

Centrelink is working to plan: To drive low income people to despair

12 Jan 2017 | The social services minister et al say the Centrelink system is producing its programmed outputs ...  

Centrelink debacle: A symptom of the Turnbull Government's war on welfare

10 Jan 2017 | There is nothing fair about the Turnbull Government's pension cuts and Centrelink crackdowns, no ...  

'MISS DHU': An ode to remind us to be relentless in demanding change

10 Jan 2017 | 'Miss Dhu’ by Felix Riebl — a song to honour the life and tragic death in custody of Ms Dhu. A ...  

Manus: Australia cannot wash asylum seeker blood off its hands

7 Jan 2017 | The lengths the Turnbull Government goes to to hide the sheer level of barbarity of Manus proves ...  

Empathy: What our dysfunctional world needs

5 Jan 2017 | As a new year dawns, let's resolve to reach out beyond our comfort zone to be more tolerant ...  

Another Manus refugee dies as Turnbull dishes out hypocrisy to the homeless

2 Jan 2017 | Another refugee in our care dies needlessly as Turnbull dishes out a few meals and lectures us to ...  

IA #6 top story of 2016: The cruel pension eligibility tricks facing Australia's disabled

26 Dec 2016 | This May 2016 story on the Government's cruel changes to the disability pension had a lot of ...  

Top IA story of 2016 #9: Census name and address collection — is it legal?

24 Dec 2016 | Even before its website collapsed, #Census2016 was controversial. This story from August appealled ...  

A trip to the job agency: What life is really like for the unemployed

20 Dec 2016 | Despite talk of "jobs and growth", unemployment is not a crisis for the government.  

'Open government' promise still undelivered

19 Dec 2016 | "Open government" needs more than buzzwords, starting with transparency in Australia's offshore ...  

Review — 'Not Quite Australian: How temporary migration is changing the nation'

18 Dec 2016 | Kevin Bain reviews Peter Mares new book, 'Not Quite Australian: How temporary migration is ...  

UN warns of South Sudan genocide, but what will the UN do about it?

16 Dec 2016 | If the UN doesn't act to end it, the civil war in South Sudan is set to repeat the genocide ...  

Dylan Voller was 'set up to fail' says his fmr case worker at NT Royal Commission

15 Dec 2016 | The law is not colour blind. The law sees colour and makes sure that the status quo of black ...  

The myth of 'over-funded' Indigenous communities

14 Dec 2016 | The reality of remote Indigenous communities is a 40% poverty rate —"over-funding" is just spin ...  

Let's not all be 'Dicks' about immigration

7 Dec 2016 | Dick Smith is living up to his name by pledging support for Pauline Hanson's One Nation.  

Speaking up for asylum seekers on Nauru — but only when spoken to

7 Dec 2016 | Have pro-refugee protestors in Parliament House inspired action for Australia's stranded asylum ...