Topic: Indigenous People

18 May 2012 Board member of VEOHRC offers resignation after opposing same-sex marriage Professor Kuravilla George has offered to resign from his position on the ... Read More

11 May 2012 Federal Government announces budget On Tuesday, the Federal Government announced its budget for 2012-2013 which included plans to scrap billions from company ... Read More

On the afternoon of Saturday 21 April, as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, emerging and established comedic talent came together at the Melbourne ... Read More

One of the most problematic areas of international human rights law is the right to culture. It is ambiguous, yet the right to culture manifests ... Read More

4 May 2012 Announcement of new Commonwealth Children’s Commissioner The Commonwealth Attorney-General has announced that the Government will appoint a Children’s Commissioner to sit within ... Read More

27 April 2012 Indigenous communities in West face losing a generation The small community of Mowanjum, which is a 10 minute drive from mining hub ... Read More

13 April 2012 Sentencing Advisory Council releases report on sentencing children and young people in Victoria The Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council has released a report ... Read More

6 April 2012 Landmark Parliamentary Inquiry recommends capping length of asylum seeker detention A landmark parliamentary inquiry has found that all reasonable steps should be ... Read More

This article is part of our April and May theme: the relationship between art and human rights – a topic very close to our hearts. ... Read More

On the 17th of April, Read & Rights will meet at LOOP to discuss the human rights issues in Chloe Hooper’s The Tall Man. Here’s ... Read More