Right Now spoke to Lucy Feagins, Editor and Founder of The Design Files, to learn more about her fundraising exhibition for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and how art can act towards social change.
Right Now chats to Jason Tuazon-McCheyne of the Australian Equality Party about giving LGBTIQ persons a voice within the Australian Federal Parliament.
Right Now interviews Andrew Zammit, researcher at Monash University’s Global Terrorism Research Centre, about domestic terrorism in Australia.
Jessica Yu speaks to Jack about the good and evil in people, human mortality and how his belief system gives him “vague pointers on how to live”.
Formed out a collaborative process, a series of shorts films produced by a group of community-based asylum seekers challenges perceptions of the refugee experience in Australia.
Jessica Yu speaks to Jarni about meditation, social justice, and why people think Buddhism is “cool”.
Elaine Pearson, the Australia Director of Human Rights Watch, speaks to Right Now about the death penalty in the Asia-Pacific, and whether Australia’s strategy of quiet diplomacy is truly effective.
Leona Hameed speaks with Ramesh Fernandez, the founder and CEO of RISE: Refugees, Survivors and Ex- Detainees.
Right Now’s Kevin Bathman interviews Japanese-Australian photographer and writer Mayu Kanamori on the making of “Yasukichi Murakami – Through a Distant Lens.”
Photographer Ian Flanders documents sexual slavery in Phnom Penh with his project, “By the River.”
By channeling his own experiences into his work, multidisciplinary artist Sha Sarwari draws attention to the untold narratives of asylum seekers and invites the public to engage in conversations on this topic.
Jessica Yu speaks to Amena about her faith, mercy, and the representation of Muslim women in the media.