Women’s AFL — it’s more than just a game
The inaugural season of AFLW drew huge crowds and lots of media attention, but just how far did the media advance our stereotyped ideas about gender in sports?
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Reclaim the fight for free speech
Roj Amedi wants to reclaim the fight for free speech from dog whistling politics.
Za’atari refugee camp – city of lost children
Save the Children’s Tim Norton spent a day at Za’atari refugee camp, the temporary home for around 80,000 Syrian refugees.
Boundless plains to share – why we need a new narrative on refugees
Australians once celebrated inclusion and mateship, but we have now collectively turned our backs on people seeking asylum.
Federal budget – more welfare cuts, more inequality
Fatima Measham takes a look at how the 2017 federal budget may worsen inequality in Australia.
The trouble with trigger warnings
Monash University will soon implement a policy of “trigger warnings” for sensitive course content, but is making trigger warnings mandatory a sensible move?
A “tough on crime” approach to youth justice won’t work
An exclusively punitive approach to youth justice does a disservice to young offenders and the wider community.
We all have a duty to the 15 year old girl on the bus
Would you step in to help a victim of sexual harassment?
Australia must act immediately to protect the Rohingya people
Rohingya refugees need urgent protection from the Australian Government.
Don’t let the scarcity myth take hold in Australia
To avoid toxic populism Australia, the false perception that “there isn’t enough to go around” needs to be challenged.
Australia’s ‘post-truth’ asylum seeker debate
“Post-truth” is not exactly new. Successive Australian governments have been engaging in post-truth debates about refugees and asylum seekers for years.
Trump and Trumble’s dumb deal
Artist Safdar Ahmed gives us a comic take on the Australia-US refugee deal.