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Australians Abandoned in India – the latest victims of political expedience
By Esther Rockett
We Cannot be Neutral on Israel-Palestine
By Sharara AttaiAustralia must stop its equivocation on the rights of Palestinians and address the illegal occupation and apartheid system perpetuated by Israel.
Coming of Age in the War on Terror: A Review
By Sam BrennanA generation of Australians have now grown up during the war on terror, the effect this has had on Australian society is pervasive, and nowhere more so than in our schools, as Randa Abdel-Fattah writes in her book Coming of Age in the War on Terror.
Watching Australia’s Terror Watch List
By Mikele PrestiaIn early March, then Minister of Home Affairs Peter Dutton signalled his intention to proscribe British Neo-Nazi group Sonnenkrieg Division (SKD), a terrorist organisation. This represented a significant, if contextually alarming, moment in Australian history.
New Spaces at National Gallery of Victoria’s Triennial
By Kate JamaBlackness has long been absent from Australian public galleries. And if present, it is often portrayed as the voiceless and nameless muse or servant to the whiteness of the protagonist. Importantly the National Gallery of Victoria’s Triennial shows signs of change.
Are We There Yet? Five Human Rights Questions After Our Mental Health Royal Commission
By Simon KatterlContributors
Fashion & Feminism: The Revolutionary Mary Quant
By Gabrielle EbelingMary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary is an effervescent celebration of the designer’s use of fashion to manifest new attitudes, ideas and ambitions in the post-war landscape.
“The proposal for an Indigenous voice to Parliament unites Australians because it’s a fair and modest idea. It’s a concept based on inclusive dialogue and partnership in Indigenous affairs – itself a unifying concept.”
Shireen Morris, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow at Melbourne University Law School