Human Rights Should be at the Heart of Australia’s COVID Response
By Lee CarnieThis sidelining of human rights makes it easier to subordinate human rights as less important than economic interests, writes Lee Carnie.
Opinion
It’s Always Stage 4 in Locked Mental Health Wards
By Simon KatterlSimon Katterl takes us inside a public mental health hospital where it’s a daily battle for power and control.
A Source of Shame: Australia’s Failure to Uphold the Human Rights of Refugees
By Sohee Park KwonAustralia’s public health response to COVID-19 demonstrates a double standard that blatantly disregards refugees and asylum seekers’ fundamental right to health.
Juries in an age of trial by media
By Greg BarnsCan juries really be impartial on high profile cases when they are saturated by the media with information, opinion and propaganda about the people they are judging?
Australians can no longer look away from BLM
By Lena Mountford and Keenan MundineAs the world learns of police brutality in the US, Australians are too ready to ignore the deaths of Bla(c)k people in their own country.
Balibo 5 Murders Remain a Secret 45 Years On
By Clinton FernandesOn the 45th anniversary of the Balibo 5 murders, Australia’s secret intelligence service still refuses to publicly reveal what it knows, writes Clinton Fernandes.
COVID-19 must not normalise digital surveillance
By David ParisAfter a huge campaign to encourage every smartphone user in Australia to install and use the ‘COVIDSafe’ app, the effectiveness of the app has been negligible. But the impact of the app is much more significant, writes David Paris.
Drop the Prosecutions: Statement on Bernard Collaery, Witness K
By Coalition of Supporters of Bernard Collaery and Witness KThe Coalition of Supporters of Bernard Collaery and Witness K are calling for the prosecutions to be dropped, issuing a statement signed by leading public figures.
The Legacy of the Asylum Seeker Phone Ban
By Sangeetha PillaiA proposed law that recently went before the Australian Federal Parliament would have given the Department of Home Affairs the power to ban access to mobile phones and other communication devices for some of the most vulnerable and isolated people in Australia: the refugees, asylum seekers and other non-citizens who are held in immigration detention.
Reflections of a Welfare Righter
By Bill MitchellBill Mitchell OAM writes on the changes, challenges and victories of a welfare righter on the 30-year anniversary of Economic Justice Australia, the peak body for community legal centres.
Freedom Street: A Documentary Journey into the Australian Border policy
By Alfred Pek and JN JoniadFilmmaker Alfred Pek and journalist JN Joniad discuss Freedom Street, their ongoing documentary project into the lives of refugees in Indonesia