The right to protest during the pandemic
By Chris BreenTo protest or not to protest, what is deemed essential when we can’t afford to wait for change?
Opinion
Happening Now: Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
By Maria GriffinBack for its 5th year, the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival has moved online. Here is a brief insight into the fantastic documentaries on offer!
Australia’s moral obligation to military interpreters
By Jason ScanesYou learn a lot about yourself when you are gifted the opportunity to see the human condition stripped of any defining anchors, writes the former army captain.
A critical turning point for First Nations justice
By Sophie TrevittWe have decades of evidence that spells out what governments must do to save blak lives, so how do we use it?
Despite 432 Indigenous deaths in custody since 1991, no one has ever been convicted. Racist silence and complicity are to blame
By Alison Whittaker“It is not enough to hear about justice, justice must be done,” writes Alison Whittaker in this piece for The Conversation.
The Senate inquiry into family violence has closed, missing an important opportunity
Australia has yet to grapple in a co-ordinated and meaningful way with the pervasiveness and severity of coercive control in the lives of abused Australian women.
Why we cannot afford to hit snooze on the latest coral bleaching event
By Elise SpringettCairns resident and community campaigner, Elise Springett on the alarming need to protect our Reef from further bleaching.
Australia should prioritise rights as Asia battles COVID-19
By Elaine PearsonWe need to persistently press abusive leaders to end violations.
Letter from the editor: COVID-19
By Bec BridgesFinding our way to fairer and healthier, rights-respecting systems that serve all our communities equally.
Museum of Inherited Memories launches for Yom HaShoah
By Bec BridgesThe Museum of Inherited Memories exhibits artistic interpretations of the shifting shapes of memories over time.
The government’s COVID-19 relief package leaves out the most vulnerable
By Arif HusseinIn this time of community spirit, our systems continue to marginalise and discriminate against refugees and people seeking asylum.