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.
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.
Increasing governmental secrecy and expanding executive powers are a threat to our democracy that must be resisted, writes Right Now columnist Senthorun Raj.
The struggle against domestic violence in our society requires a deep cultural shift, explains Sarah George.
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.
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.
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 must develop a stronger human rights framework to grapple with the Rohingya refugee crisis, writes Fia Walker.
Elaine Kelly discusses the impacts of climate change in Torres Strait, and the legal frameworks that assist one of Australia’s most vulnerable communities.
Zoya Patel writes on the government’s recently announced cuts to the Paid Parental Leave Scheme.
While societal silence strips away the rights of fellow individuals who are systemically rendered voiceless, individual courage can realise breakthroughs, writes Mubarak H.
A century ago, at least one and a half million people were massacred in the Armenian Genocide at the hands of the Young Turks. To this day, the Turkish government continues to deny what really happened.