Aylan Kurdi
Poet Virginia Lowe reflects on asylum seekers and the impact such experiences have on children.
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“University is Not Seen as a Black Space”
Dr Katelyn Barney on the need to create pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students into Research Higher Degrees.
Nowhere to go – older women and housing vulnerability
The number of older women who are rental tenants in Australia is growing, and so is housing insecurity.
Generational inheritance of war
A new poem by Abe Nouk, a self-taught spoken-word poet.
Some facts about kindness
Our PM says don’t get “misty-eyed” – when did kindness towards refugees become politicised?
A more humane Australian foreign policy
Advancing human rights protections should be a more central component of Australian foreign policy.
The Breaking of a Man
Mark Isaacs creatively retells the story of one young asylum seeker, Sameer, drawing on his time spent working inside Australia’s detention centres.
Grindring for justice
Mobile social networking app Grindr illuminates not just sexual possibility, but also debates around sexual justice.
The dog in the dungeon – emergency services and trauma
Extraordinary professions can have extraordinary costs.
Erasing Voices: two poems by Claire Wilson
Poetry by Claire Wilson exploring concepts of home and freedom, and the multifaceted experiences of migrants and refugees.
Detention Playground
Mary Chydiriotis’s poetry evokes the emptiness of play in Australia’s detention centres.
At the knife’s edge
Robin de Crespigny looks at our boat towback policies through the eyes of Yaser Naseri, an Iranian asylum seeker who narrowly escaped death at sea.
the finish line
An enthralling creative account of the marathon that face refugees who are constantly uprooted.