Confronting the need for a Northern Territory Homelands policy
New funding has revived hope for NT homelands, but decades of neglect mean their future still hangs in the balance.
Opinion
Strip searching in prisons needs to end
We should all be outraged by prisons using strip searches, including on children as young as ten, across this country.
Prison lockdowns during Covid-19 and beyond
During the peak of Covid-19, incarcerated people were subject to horrifying lockdowns. Years on, lockdowns continue.
‘Good Character’ References: Good to Go?
On the proposed laws to exclude good character references from sentencing.
When “false hope” is really a failure of offshore humanitarian policy
Is Australia’s migration system really offering “false hope,” or exposing a deeper gap between policy and the lived reality of displaced families?
Should Prison Mean No Human Touch?
Should going to prison mean never being allowed to hug your partner or child? Is denying physical contact a just punishment, or does it harm families and human dignity? And what do human rights have to say about it?
Young, cheap and disposable: why Australia’s retail and food industry is failing young people
Too many corporations are getting away with exploting young workers, writes student Megan Sapardanis.
After Bondi: In grief, we must come together
Tahlia Bowen reflects on the antisemitic terrorist attack at Bondi on December 14th, and why strength is found in communities coming together.
We can’t heal what colonialism broke with brutal laws and empty promises
A special kind of betrayal occurs when a government apologises for historic injustice while engineering new injustice.
Why Australia needs a National Human Rights Act
Australia is the only democracy without an enshrined Human Rights Act.
Lawyers blast government delay to AI regulation
The Human Rights Commissioner says delays to AI regulation are causing “real harms,” while new research shows the role of AI in recruitment is embedding discrimination. Sarah Jensz reports on urgent calls to regulate the new tech frontier.