Mandatory detention in Australia breeds abusive culture

20 Jun 2014 | Australia's mandatory refugee detention policies are harming asylum seekers and breeding a nati ...  

Slavery isn’t all that bad, is it?

17 Jun 2014 | There is one accessory the mega-rich have that the nouveau riche like Abbott would love, says ...  

Suicide is not painless, Mr Morrison

10 Jun 2014 | Despite some weasel words, it is quite obvious Australia's inhumane refugee policies contributed ...  

How China, the West and the ABC buried the real story of the Tiananmen Square massacre

5 Jun 2014 | Historian Dr Adam Hughes Henry says Western media – and notably our own ABC – are presenting a ...  

Bill of rights a ‘foreign concept’?

28 Apr 2014 | The Australian Government believes there is a conflict between protecting our freedoms and prot ...  

AHRC President: Freedom of speech not in danger — racism is the real risk

10 Apr 2014 | In a speech this week, discussing proposed Abbott Government changes to the Racial Discrimination ...  

All we are saying … is give bigotry a chance!

9 Apr 2014 | Some out there, particularly on the loony left – all those do-gooder liberals who shake their ...  

The Progressive Except on Palestine phenomenon

9 Apr 2014 | While living and working in Israel and Palestine, filmmaker Kate Johnston has discovered an ...  

Murder and mayhem on Manus Island: Scott Morrison and the Salvos

7 Apr 2014 | The tale of murder and mayhem on Manus Island is only made more stark and disturbing by the ...  

Karen's Slipper-y claim: Doane you want me?

2 Apr 2014 | The Ashbygate Trust was at the Federal Court in Sydney yesterday, hoping to catch sight of the ...  

Big Gas and its political lackeys: Attacking Australians' rights

27 Mar 2014 | While the Abbott Government defends the rights of racists and bigots, the gas industry is given ...  

Queensland’s ‘anti-bikies’ laws: Should you be afraid?

13 Mar 2014 | If you are like Ned Kelly you have nothing to fear from Queensland’s VLAD laws, writes Eva ...  

Queensland Government's crusade challenges right to work

9 Mar 2014 | In the important area of the right to work including the right to gain a living by carrying out ...  

Let’s welcome New Australians

27 Feb 2014 | Recent events have been a cynical political windfall for the Abbott Government. Chris de Bono says ...  

Reza Berati's death diminishes us all

25 Feb 2014 | Until Australians accept that we should be helping, not harming, those who are fleeing persecut ...  

The Scott Morrison ‘protection racket’ prevarication

23 Feb 2014 | It is hard to believe a man killed inside a guarded compound can be thought to be killed outside ...  

Churches combine to condemn Abbott’s evils

22 Feb 2014 | Catholics are not the only religious group concerned at the Government’s failures and fiascos. ...  

Manus Island: Must do better

19 Feb 2014 | With the death of an asylum seeker on Manus Island and injuries incurred by 76 others, Chris de ...