The World Needs More Youth Art
By Maria GriffinYouth arts have suffered repetitive funding cuts, at a time when encouraging the arts in our children is more important than ever.
Essay
I don’t dance like the other cats
By Katy Barnett“Who is that child not dancing like the other cats?” one of the other parents asked. Katy’s mother was stuck between embarrassment and intense pride. This is a story of courage, perseverance and overcoming adversity. Katy Barnett is a Professor at Melbourne Law School with extensive publications in private law and remedies law.
In defence of hardship: finding resilience in law
By Menoz BowlerThere is no manual for how to practice criminal law, or how to manage the day-to-day stresses, how to manage your clients, their family, or their friends.
Multispecies stories: Why do they matter for human rights?
By Sophie ChaoMultispecies stories challenge the assumption that humans are separate from and superior to the environment.
Race, poverty and disease: before the age of COVID-19
By Anne O’BrienThe history of epidemics in Sydney uncovers a pattern of scapegoating poor and racially stigmatised populations.
COVID-19 and the unravelling of refugee protection
By Alison FrancisAs nations turn inward in response to COVID-19, the institutions safeguarding refugees face an uncertain future.
After the Flames – A fortnight of frustration, fury and fatigue
By Cate TregellasI don’t know whether to be intensely irritated, that he is telling me the reality I don’t want to hear, or profoundly grateful that I can tell him my darkest thoughts and he responds with love.
Returning to fear and terror: A view from inside Hong Kong
By Stephenie LauStephenie Lau returns to her roots to witness the pro-democracy movement and to experience this defining moment in Hong Kong’s history.
To be or not to be religious?
By Eli GlasmanDo you believe in God? Why? Author Eli Glasman ruminates on the religious themes that have characterised his life.
Life under occupation: Palestinian Peoples’ Right to Health
By Nadia KauneinThe impacts of war on those who reside in conflict zones go beyond immediate threats to one’s life. Nadia Kaunein considers the impacts of the Israel-Palestine conflict on Palestinian peoples’ access to the right to health.
The abstraction of privilege
By Adolfo AranjuezAdolfo Aranjuez interrogates the pervasive but problematic essentialism of identity politics.