Human Rights
The Turnbull Government appears criminally liable for Manus and Nauru

The Turnbull Government appears criminally liable for health and safety in Regional Processing ...  
Is there a middle path to addressing Australia’s asylum seeker dilemma?

We may be able to combine humanitarian principles with political pragmatism to find an acceptable ...  
Dutton, Payne and Pezzullo: The truth about Australia’s militarised border

Michael Pezzullo denies it but Australia's xenophobia and extravagant security spending have ...  
The impact of refugee detention: A true story

The long term impact of asylum seeker detention on detainees goes well beyond the psychological ...  
Australia out of step as Germany 27th country to recognise Armenian Genocide

The Turnbull Government is now out of step as Germany becomes the 27th country to recognise the ...  
"I just wanted to be free": The radical reverberations of Muhammad Ali

While undeniably a great athlete, it is as a freedom fighter against wars and racism for whic ...  
Safe Schools, Roz Ward and the suppression of dissidents

John Passant discusses the suppression of free speech behind the recent suspension of La Trobe ...  
The cruel pension eligibility tricks facing Australia's disabled

According to the Turnbull Government, if you are 'able to get out of bed in the morning ... you ...  
The empowered, resilient women of Palestine

Despite ongoing trauma and marginalisation, women are leading relief, development and human ...  
George Christensen hasn’t been drinking his LNP Trickle Down Kool Aid

PM Malcolm Turnbull continues to kowtow to the racists and RWNJs in his party by granting Ge ...  
Waleed Aly's soft option on 'The monstrous failure of our bipartisan asylum seeker policy'

Martin McMahon comments on Waleed Aly's assessment of Australia's bipartisan asylum seeker ...  
Asylum seekers: Victims of Australia's selfishness

Our bipartisan asylum seeker policy reveals Australia to be a corrupt country — morally, ethi ...  
Gender dysphoria: A child’s right to self determination

Joshua Dale discusses a court decision to allow gender reassignment for an intellectually disa ...  
Manus and Nauru: Time for the government to be creative

Peter Hughes, who negotiated the Transfer and Resettlement Arrangement with Malaysia, argues that ...  
Utopia: The dirty secret of Indigenous Australia

Nine years after the Howard Government's "Intervention" conditions are dire for Indigenous Aus ...  
Racism or placism?

Nader Galil discusses Adam Goodes’ fight for a tolerant multicultural Australia and argues that ...  
The boats may have ‘stopped’, but more refugees are stuck in limbo in Indonesia

As the Bali Process gets underway in Bali this week,Tom Brown from University of Adelaide and ...  
Refugees: Why we should let them stay

Ross Jones finds only opportunities in Australia's refugee problem and lays out his eight stage ...