No.628 - 4 December 2013
Human Rights in the Media: November – Mid-Week Review
Pia White looks into the media’s role in cultural shift, through the recent coverage of two pertinent human rights issues: asylum seekers and gender equality.
Our vision is an Australia where people have informed and
inspired discussions about human rights, equality and justice
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The Long Road to Change
“It’s not about one police officer, it’s about changing a whole system.” Michael Green tells the story of how a group of young African-Australians set about challenging and changing institutional racism at Victoria Police.
Recent
No.627 - 3 December 2013
On making Online Culture more Inclusive
Lyndal Rowlands explains the how and why of the ghettoisation of voices online, and the need for an inclusive cyberculture.
No.626 – 28 November 2013
Fighting the Stigma
Australia is seeing the largest spike in new HIV cases in 20 years. While antiretroviral drugs can fight the virus, they cannot fight the stigma that comes with it, writes Broede Carmody.
No.625 – 23 November 2013
Cried Wolf – Short Fiction by Steven Jerram
“What’s your name?”
He told them.
“Where does that name come from?”
“From? My mother.”
Previous Articles
No.625 – 23 November 2013 Cried Wolf – Short Fiction by Steven Jerram
No.624 – 22 November 2013 Forging Links
No.623 – 21 November 2013 Editorial: Cultural Shift
No.622 – 20 November 2013 Poetry and Fiction Competition
No.621 - 19 November 2013 Security vs human rights – lessons from Israel
No.620 – 18 November 2013 Right Now Radio – Special Interview With Catherine Simmonds
No.619 – 15 November 2013 Passing the buck on international students
No.618 - 13 November 2013 Recipes & Refuge – Mid-Week Review
No.617 - 12 November 2013 Scapegoating the “Bolt laws”: What media and politics missed
No.617 - 11 November 2013 Queensland Political Culture: Executive Dominance Trumps Civil Liberties