Right Now
Fires show the threat of climate change to our human rights
By Hugh de Kretser
Dice playing
By Virginia LoweAfter an unprecedented bushfire season, the curious protagonist of Dr Virgina Lowe’s prose poems considers our planet, the climate crisis and chance.
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Solastalgia: a review
By Amy WaltersThe theme of Tuggeranong Arts Centre’s yearly program is ‘solastalgia’ which asks what the response of art will be in face of destruction, dispossession and the climate crisis. The program was kicked off with moving works from Nick Moir, Tony Curran and Waratah Lahy, and Hannah Bronte.
Guluk naksa
By Leila LoisIn her poems, Leila explores a personal sense of origin that, like the ocean, binds several landscapes and times, coming back to the idea that a timeless, boundless love pervades.
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By Emma HartleyEmma Hartley argues that a democratic deficit at Australian universities is stalling progress on addressing systemic issues like sexual violence and placing the onus of action on students rather than administration.
Accessing the Koori Court is a Human Right
By Tal ShmerlingContributors
Sustainable development needs unlikely partnerships
By Monica Lillas and James CareyHow can we bring together people, who appear to be increasingly divided, be it along geographical, ideological, national, religious or cultural boundaries, to achieve global sustainability, equity, and enhance human rights?
“Our human rights are already being affected and this will increase in severity. People will be displaced. Food production will be damaged. Extreme weather will take lives and homes. The poorest will be hit hardest and will have the least ability to cope.”
Hugh de Kretser, Human Rights Law Centre