Exploited Migrant Workers: Our “Fresh Food People”?
The supply chains of Australia’s supermarket giants are exploiting countless migrant workers around the country, writes Sayomi Ariyawansa.
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Bookings Essential: New rules making detention centre visits harder
Detention centre visitors can be a detainees’ only link to the outside world. Suzana Jacmenovic looks at new rules at the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation centre that are cutting off that link.
Richard Lewer: Worse Luck I am Still Here
Tragic love story or an act of murder? Richard Lewer’s moving animation “Worse Luck I am Still Here” explores themes of love, ageing, death and euthanasia.
Fighting Freedoms
Increasing governmental secrecy and expanding executive powers are a threat to our democracy that must be resisted, writes Right Now columnist Senthorun Raj.
Casual Sexism and Domestic Violence
The struggle against domestic violence in our society requires a deep cultural shift, explains Sarah George.
Australia must show its support for safe schools
Children have a right to education, even during times of conflict. Tim Norton of Save the Children Australia explains why Australia needs to do its part to help protect schools in wartime.
Mental health and the legal profession
The dangers of stigmatising legal practitioners suffering from mental ill health are not confined to the practitioners themselves – they ripple out across the profession and the community at large, writes Dr Michelle Sharpe.
Fair Shipping and Seafarers’ Rights
Consumers in Australia are are increasingly aware of fair trade, but much lesser known is the idea of “fair shipping”. The seafarers that transport the goods we enjoy are a blind spot in consumer awareness, writes Big hART’s Yolande Norris.
ASEAN, Human Rights and the Stateless Rohingya
ASEAN must develop a stronger human rights framework to grapple with the Rohingya refugee crisis, writes Fia Walker.
Beyond Adaptation: Rights, Loss and Climate Change in the Torres Strait
Elaine Kelly discusses the impacts of climate change in Torres Strait, and the legal frameworks that assist one of Australia’s most vulnerable communities.
Women aren’t “double-dippers” – they want a fair and equitable workplace
Zoya Patel writes on the government’s recently announced cuts to the Paid Parental Leave Scheme.
Stateless in Kuwait
While societal silence strips away the rights of fellow individuals who are systemically rendered voiceless, individual courage can realise breakthroughs, writes Mubarak H.