Federal budget – more welfare cuts, more inequality
By Fatima MeashamFatima Measham takes a look at how the 2017 federal budget may worsen inequality in Australia.
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The trouble with trigger warnings
By Sayomi AriyawansaMonash University will soon implement a policy of “trigger warnings” for sensitive course content, but is making trigger warnings mandatory a sensible move?
A “tough on crime” approach to youth justice won’t work
By Fatima MeashamAn exclusively punitive approach to youth justice does a disservice to young offenders and the wider community.
We all have a duty to the 15 year old girl on the bus
By Sarah MuldoonWould you step in to help a victim of sexual harassment?
Australia must act immediately to protect the Rohingya people
By Sohini MehtaRohingya refugees need urgent protection from the Australian Government.
Don’t let the scarcity myth take hold in Australia
By Fatima MeashamTo avoid toxic populism Australia, the false perception that “there isn’t enough to go around” needs to be challenged.
Australia’s ‘post-truth’ asylum seeker debate
By Sayomi Ariyawansa“Post-truth” is not exactly new. Successive Australian governments have been engaging in post-truth debates about refugees and asylum seekers for years.
Trump and Trumble’s dumb deal
By Safdar AhmedArtist Safdar Ahmed gives us a comic take on the Australia-US refugee deal.
Confessions of a privileged minority
By Adolfo AranjuezAdolfo Aranjuez dissects the complex ways in which privilege and disadvantage express themselves in our society.
Bringing Nauru and Manus refugees to Australia is a win-win, if the PM is bold enough
By Dennis AltmanBy closing the camps and resettling refugees from Nauru and Manus Island, Australia would demonstrate basic humanity and remove an irritation from its alliance with the United States.
Indonesia’s blasphemy laws oppress religious minorities
By Max WaldenThe blasphemy trial for Jakarta’s Christian governor reflects the pervasive anti-minority sentiment in Indonesia.
Indigenous constitutional recognition and the search for common ground
By Shireen MorrisShireen Morris discusses mechanisms that can be used to create fairer Indigenous-state relationships.