Impact stories: the number of young people experiencing homelessness is on the rise
By Olivia MyezaSian has had an unsettled life, and like a growing number of young people, has experienced homelessness throughout. This is her story.
Housing & homelessness
Life on the Margins: a review of Blue Lake
By Liam FallonIn Blue Lake, David Sornig writes about the vulnerability and resilience of a forgotten area of Melbourne, and the people who inhabit it.
The boy in the striped prison uniform: a review of Capharnaüm
By Zhenya BourovaIn one of the opening scenes of Capharnaüm (2018), a boy in a striped prison uniform enters a crowded courtroom. Zain (Zain al-Rafeea) is already a celebrity of sorts, a child who brings a lawsuit against his own parents with the encouragement of a current affairs TV show. He has no birth certificate and no […]
Could sky-high house prices lead to a new uprising in Hong Kong?
By Angus SmithCan you imagine living in the world’s least affordable city to buy a home? Here’s what the residents think about the unfolding housing crisis in Hong Kong.
David
By Andy JacksonPoet Andy Jackson writes about bodily difference and in his latest collection he explores Marfan Syndrome through a series of portraits.
Death Trap Tower
By Mark MarusicMark Marusic reflects on the Grenfell Tower fire in this poem Death Trap Tower.
Right Now’s 2018 Transitions Film Festival Picks
By Heath Chamerski, Rachael Imam and Christopher RingroseWe review three groundbreaking documentaries from the 2018 Transitions Film Festival that explore society and environment.
City of Sirens
By Saoirse NashPerformance poet Saoirse Nash reflects on inequality and housing affordability in her latest piece, City of Sirens.
Housing: always was and always will be a human right
By Lucy WhyteHousing affordability in Australia is reaching crisis point.
The price of privacy
By Roj AmediGovernment policy increasingly defines the limits of the right to privacy, excluding marginalised socio-economic groups from its protection.
Right Now’s 2017 Transitions Film Festival picks
By Rob Gilchrist, Alyssia Tennant, Athena Rogers, Heath Chamerski, Stephanie Griffin, Pia White, Rachael Imam and Georgina HainesThe 2017 Transitions Film Festival starts tomorrow and we’ve reviewed our top picks from the program.