Birth certificates: reforms for the basics of life
The Victorian Parliament is currently considering changes to birth certificate laws. Sally Goldner from Transgender Victoria explains the importance of these changes.
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A unique community put under pressure by development
A Malaysian fishing village with historic Portuguese ties is put at risk by the construction of luxury apartments, hotels and resorts.
Populism, Trump and the perils of ‘Dutertopia’
What’s worse: a president who can’t relate to the majority, or a president who can but chooses to disregard judicial processes to do their job?
The inspiring stories of Australian activists
Breaking the Boundaries is an inspiring reminder that activists come in many different guises.
The most normal thing in the world
Writer James Robertson-Hirst reflects on what it meant to read his story about a same sex relationship for the Emerging Writers Festival.
Mental health services: we can do better
In National Mental Health Week, Cher Tan asks whether our awareness campaigns are actually making a difference.
An unexpected commitment to Aboriginal rights
The Country Women’s Association of NSW promoted positive race relations with Aboriginal women during the 1950s and 1960s.
Don Dale abuses illustrate why Australia needs a bill of rights
Parliament shouldn’t use the NT Royal Commission as a reason to sit on its hands.
Welfare warfare
Social services minister Christian Porter wants to reform welfare, but for all the wrong reasons.
Australia acts against the spirit of New York refugee summits
Australia wasted its recent opportunity at the UN to be a leader in international cooperation for refugees.
Teaching gender identities in early childhood education and care
Gender-based bullying in schools show that gender diversity education is important not just for trans and gender-diverse children, but all children.
Lionel Shriver and combating the selfishness of freedom of expression
Right Now columnist Adolfo Aranjuez weighs in on the Lionel Shriver controversy, and the role of language in propagating, and curbing, cultural appropriation.