Water, water, everywhere?
We are inseparable from water — more than relying on it, we are constituted by it. Alison Whittaker reflects on the water crisis and its colonial roots.
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Legislating against discrimination in religious schools is harder than you think
With anti-discrimination law as complex as Australia’s, our lawmakers must be scrupulous with how anti-discrimination legislation is designed, or risk stigmatising our young LGBTIQ+ people.
Too many milkshake ducks: Elections, digital rights and privacy
When it comes to trusting those in power, we comfort ourselves with the belief that checks will balance back to our favour. But what if they’re written out of the legislation?
Who will lead the way? Fashion is a human rights issue
I recently found myself, an avid lover of fashion, remarking to a colleague: ‘Really, all aspects of the fashion chain are terrible. The more I think about it, the more I feel like we shouldn’t wear clothing at all – we should all just be nude’. She laughed, but I was kind of serious. It […]
The future of work: how can we adapt to the automation of the workforce?
How will automation and globalisation affect the way we work in the future?
Remembering the Holocaust means upholding human rights
How can we use human rights to ensure that the worst of what humanity is capable of is kept at bay?
Violence and Disability: Will a Royal Commission help?
Anna Arstein-Kerslake and Claire Spivakovsky discuss the draft Terms of Reference recently released by the Disability Royal Commission, and whether it will address the issues of violence experienced by persons with disabilities.
Stop the boats but don’t stop humanity
I still remember the callous advertising campaign from 2014. You couldn’t turn on the TV without seeing the commander of Operation Sovereign Borders in his military uniform, patriotic as can be, threatening anyone arriving by boat, “You will not make Australia home”. The then prime minister, Tony Abbott, made his stance against people smugglers painfully […]
How the Consumer Data Right Ignores Economic and Social Rights
The Australian Consumer Data Right fails to recognise consumer rights and essential services as human rights.
To Be Australian
In her first column for Right Now, Lur Alghurabi considers one’s relationship to country and to citizenry through the lens of her experience and through that of those around her, including her father.
Humanitarian aid needs cash, not donated goods
The donation of goods that can’t be used adds an extra burden to communities affected by disaster. This is why cash is always best.
Up close and personal with people from Timor-Leste’s LGBTIQ+ community
Content warning: please note this article may be confronting to some readers. Described within are the experiences of LGBTIQ+ people in Timor-Leste.