Topic: Race & Discrimination

No.167 - 7 March 2012 The Legal System’s Approach to Tackling Race Discrimination

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This article is part of our March theme, which focuses on an ongoing challenge to Australian society: Race & Discrimination. Read our Editorial for more ... Read More

No.153 - 20 February 2012 Callout for Submissions: Race & Discrimination

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Right Now is looking for pitches or submissions on human rights issues in Australia. Specifically, we are looking for submissions that focus on the issue ... Read More

No.150 - 16 February 2012 The Prisoner as a Human Being

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This article is part of our February theme, which focuses on one of the great silences in the human rights conversation in Australia: Prisoners’ Rights. ... Read More

No.146 This Week’s Human Rights News

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9 February 2012 Australian Lawyer’s Alliance warns of risk of increase in Indigenous incarceration rates The Australian Lawyers alliance has warned that high incarceration rates ... Read More

No.132 This Week’s Human Rights News

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24 December 2011 Robert Manne encourages self-scrutiny on asylum seeker policy The recent sinking of a fishing boat that was carrying asylum seekers to Australia ... Read More

No.123 The Home in Human Rights

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This article is part of our December theme, which focuses on one of the least appreciated but most fundamental aspects of well-being: housing. Read our ... Read More

No.101 Exhibition – Look Closer

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Look Closer, a photographic exhibition by Daniel King, recently ended at the Level 17 Art Space at Victoria University. The exhibition set out to address ... Read More

No.100 Conference – Amnesty International Human Rights

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Amnesty International’s “Change The World” Human Rights Conference, held in Brisbane from 6 to 8 October 2011, was no ordinary conference. More like the “Woodstock ... Read More

No.99 Exhibition – War at a Distance and Tall Man

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Tasked with clearing a town of insurgents during the second Iraq war, a soldier and his partner defy their training and split up. Suddenly explosions ... Read More

No.97 Theatre – Foley

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Gary Foley’s one-man theatre show tells the story of his life as an Aboriginal rights advocate. Foley is written, performed and co-devised by Foley himself ... Read More

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