How the Consumer Data Right Ignores Economic and Social Rights
By Kat GeorgeThe Australian Consumer Data Right fails to recognise consumer rights and essential services as human rights.
Opinion
To Be Australian
By Lur AlghurabiIn her first column for Right Now, Lur Alghurabi considers one’s relationship to country and to citizenry through the lens of her experience and through that of those around her, including her father.
Humanitarian aid needs cash, not donated goods
By Sophie ArnoldThe donation of goods that can’t be used adds an extra burden to communities affected by disaster. This is why cash is always best.
Up close and personal with people from Timor-Leste’s LGBTIQ+ community
By Ali MCContent warning: please note this article may be confronting to some readers. Described within are the experiences of LGBTIQ+ people in Timor-Leste.
Reflections In Visible Ink: Storytelling to Heal What Hurts
By Diana Ong, Sunili Govinnage, Emiko Watanabe and Rhuwina GriffithsParticipants from the In Visible Ink symposium reflect upon the prospects of trauma, memory and healing that emerge when we tell difficult stories.
Towards a new Australian refugee policy: does the UN Global Compact provide a way forward?
By Dr Michael Henry AMHow can Australia use the UN Global Compact on Refugees to fulfil its international human rights obligations on refugees? Dr Michael Henry AM investigates.
In Visible Ink symposium: The museum as a site of trauma and healing
By Sarah YeungSarah Yeung reviews the In Visible Ink symposium, in light of the role of museums as both sites of trauma and healing.
Where do (surrogate) babies come from? Surrogacy as human rights violation
By Dr Renate KleinSurrogacy violates the basic human rights of women and children. Dr Renate Klein explains why the practice should be banned in Australia to protect the most vulnerable.
Queensland’s decriminalisation of abortion is a landmark decision – now we need enforcement
By Kaushi KogarKaushi Kogar suggests that the enforcement of abortion laws is no easy task; we need to do more to ensure that termination services are accessible and affordable to all women.
A short history of Rakhine State (Myanmar)
By Ali MCAli MC considers the statelessness of the Rohingya people, and how the ethnic divisions resulting from colonisation have left them with few allies.
Chronicling displacement with creativity
By Devana SenanayakeHow the work of Perth-based Marziya Mohammedali reflects on narratives of dissent, identity, migration and transition.