Abbott's Road to Damascus

11 Sep 2015 | As a desperate Syrian refugee on Manus opts to return to Syria to be bombed rather than face years ...  

Elites want more refugees. Why?

11 Sep 2015 | There is much being written about the refugee crisis in Europe at the moment but none of it ...  

Just to be heard

7 Sep 2015 | Child molestation and abuse is not merely sexual, writes Hannah Odobia, who says all of us must be ...  

Juanita Nielsen Memorial Lecture 2015 — Values in an age of uncertainty

5 Sep 2015 | Since 2001 Lee Rhiannon has hosted the annual Juanita Nielsen Memorial Lecture to commemorate her ...  

Overcoming authoritarianism: Who would you like to grope your kids’ brain?

2 Sep 2015 | Social media and street protesters working together to stop Border Force harassing innocent people ...  

Total Border Farce: The dud minister and the Twitterati

1 Sep 2015 | Unless the Government and Border Force are utterly incompetent, a lot of people are lying about ...  

The West Papuan nightmare: Australia’s Inconvenient Truth

28 Aug 2015 | There is a human rights catastrophe happening right on our doorstep in West Papua. The Abbott ...  

Achieving policy ends via unlawful means: Will that be Abbott's defining legacy?

28 Aug 2015 | As definers of poor government, Abbott's dishonesty and chaotic incompetence are stand outs. But ...  

After the spill: Montara’s murky shadow lingers six years on

25 Aug 2015 | Six years ago, in the Timor Sea, one of the worst oil spills in Australian history occurred. Emily ...  

Abbott's fear-mongering threatens our civil liberties

21 Aug 2015 | There are ominous signs our civil liberties will increasingly come under threat as Abbott's ...  

Australia's Abu Ghraib moment

18 Aug 2015 | Allegations that asylum seekers are being waterboarded while held in detention in Nauru – and ...  

Abbott bill relies on a legal fiction to revoke citizenship for dual nationals

17 Aug 2015 | The bill to strip to strip dual nationals involved in terrorist activities of their Australian ...  

Right-wing media falsehoods at heart of racial hatred

8 Aug 2015 | With Sydney Swans champion Adam Goodes set to return to senior AFL footy today, the racists who ...  

Beyond the boos — I #StandWithAdam

7 Aug 2015 | There is no place for fence sitters, you are either a booer or a cheerer — someone ready to ...  

Flouting 'duty of care' to asylum seekers may result in huge damages claims

7 Aug 2015 | Recognition is growing that a number of feasible claims against the Commonwealth for failing to ...  

'Half a Step Forward': ALP policy on asylum seekers

6 Aug 2015 | There is more to the ALP policy on refugees and asylum than what we heard from the media, focused ...  

Free speech vs Hateful speech: Striking the right balance

5 Aug 2015 | Freedom of speech is central to liberal democracy, but it does not extend to the right to under ...  

The Trans-Pacific Partnership has stumbled: Now it's time to walk away

5 Aug 2015 | Last week's failure to conclude the TPP in Hawaii signals a potentially fatal stall in negotiat ...