Right Now
Labor’s Mandatory Sentencing Problem
By Michael StantonNGALI GARIMA MALLA JUGUN (We Look After This Country) – A call for submissions
Through a new editorial partnership, Right Now and Groundswell are platforming stories that explore the intersection of climate change and human rights, pertaining to First Nations justice.
Sun, sea and … storm surges: bayside buyers beware
By Gideon Cohen, Pauline Février, Hannah VandenbogaerdePlanning experts believe many Port Phillip residents are under informed about how climate change will increase their risk of flooding in coming decades
Canary in the coalmine
By Amelia Costigan, Ann Khorany, Hannah HammoudGippsland’s industrial and economic past is returning to haunt it, with weather extremes and rising sea levels associated with human-induced climate change, driven by the use of fossil fuels.
Is Rights-Based Climate Litigation Possible in Australia?
By Sam BookmanLaw has emerged as one the key battlegrounds of the Climate Crisis. As the world heats up, so too have many courtrooms around the world as activists try to hold governments and companies to account for their greenhouse gas emissions
Abuse thrives behind youth prison walls
By Monique HurleyContributors
Review: ‘The Palestine Laboratory’
By Samaya Argüello‘The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology Occupation Around the World’ is a must read for those wanting to understand how the oppression of Palestinians is intertwined with the export of military technologies worldwide.
“Pipelining children into prisons does not make communities safer – it only serves to undermine it and destroy children’s lives in the process.”
Monique Hurley, Human Rights Law Centre