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Sun, sea and … storm surges: bayside buyers beware
By Gideon Cohen, Pauline Février, Hannah Vandenbogaerde
Exhausted: the breathtaking cost of living near a freight route
By Sasha Gattermayr, James Costa, Jade Murray and Helena MorganExperts have warned for some time that if international air quality standards aren’t met, we will face a preventable public health emergency. Global warming is making it worse.
Right Now is back
We’ve been taking a breather.
In that time we’ve witnessed the game changing federal election roll out in the shadow of the pandemic.
A wave of results across the country sent an unambiguous message to Canberra that Australians want action on climate change.
Trashed: the neighbourhood made sick by Melbourne’s landfill demands
By Marilyn Tan and Xinyi Li (Violet)Sunshine Avenue in the Melbourne suburb of Kealba is lined on one side with brick houses with well-tended gardens. At first glance, the western suburbs street looks little different from other post-war suburbs in this city. Except the houses are just metres away from a burning landfill site. A gentle breeze blows odour from the […]
Are Criminal Laws Enough to Protect Victims of Forced Marriage in Australia?
By Famida ZanaForced marriage remains one of the most complex and poorly understood human rights and policy issues encountered by Australia in recent years.
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