Student Poverty, Human Rights and Academic Silence
By Len BaglowPoverty amongst University students is rife, yet many are turning a blind eye to its implications.
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Merging of Family Court, Breakdown of Family Law
By Gabrielle EbelingWith the support of One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson, the Federal Parliament has passed a bill that risks saturating the Federal Circuit Court and endangering the safety and welfare of families in critical need of expert attention, writes Gabrielle Ebeling.
Are We There Yet? Five Human Rights Questions After Our Mental Health Royal Commission
By Simon KatterlThere was one message that sung through Royal Commission’s final report into Victoria’s mental health system, “the system is broken.”
Stranded Aussies and Advance Australia Unfair
By Esther RockettEsther Rockett, the co-founder of the Stranded Aussies Action Network, writes on the Government’s failure to guarantee the right to return to one’s home country for Australia’s abroad during the pandemic.
Why Criminalisation of Coercive Control is Not Enough
By Gabrielle EbelingWhile coercive control legislation would mark a monumental shift away from the violence model of abuse, which sensationalises discrete episodes of physical assault, the reality is that the laws are unlikely, in and of themselves, to serve victims’ needs and prevent future harm.
Failbook: How to Lose Friends and Influencers
By Angus SmithFacebook tried to use Australia as a warning to the rest of the world about what happens when you try to regulate them. Instead, they have shown that they are no longer the friendly social network and will go to great lengths to get their way.
Don’t Erase Trans Kids
By Roslyn CookThe NSW One Nation Education Legislation Amendment (Parental Rights) Bill 2020, which is currently open for public comment, would deny children in our community the right to be seen, to be protected, and to be treated with integrity by schools and teachers.
The African Australian Question Part II: Trying to form an identity on an anxious and isolated island
By Leon KalumbaThis is the second part in a two-part series on Australian identity and the African Australian Question.
The African Australian Question Part I: Trying to form an identity on an anxious and isolated island
By Leon KalumbaThis is the first part in a two-part series on Australian identity and the African Australian Question.
It Is Not Rocket Science: Australia Needs to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons.
By Sam BrennanOn January 22 the possession and facilitation of nuclear weapons will be prohibited by international law, however, Australia has at every stage of the law’s process shown its unwillingness to create an anti-nuclear world.
Right Now’s Most Read Stories in 2020
By Angus SmithOur three most-read stories this year encapsulate the adage ‘the personal is political,’ exploring wider issues in the world through lived experiences. Look out for these writers in 2021.
Can You Just Walk Away From the Gig Economy?
By Mikele PrestiaLast month in Sydney a 37-year-old Malaysian man, whose name has not yet been disclosed, was riding his bike to deliver a meal for UberEats when he was hit by a truck and killed. His death is the most recent of five delivery drivers killed on Australian roads in the last three months, further intensifying the scrutiny of working conditions within the gig economy.