City of Sirens
Performance poet Saoirse Nash reflects on inequality and housing affordability in her latest piece, City of Sirens.
Tag Archives: Australian human rights – Page 3
Another Hour Passes
Trauma counsellor and writer Dinesha Perera evokes the human toll of detention in her short story ‘Another Hour Passes’.
An Iranian-turned-Australian love story
Under the Same Sky details the tragic story of Mojgan Shamsalipoor and Milad Jafari.
Drifting
This creative work argues that it’s time to change the violence of offshore detention.
She Keeps Asking
Writer Kelly Walker considers the impact of the same sex marriage plebiscite on the daily life of families.
BEND, an audio-visual poem by Luke Bodley and Matthew Vandeputte
Right Now talks to writer Luke Bodley and photographer Matthew Vandeputte about their audio-visual poem BEND that explores socio-cultural and sexual inclusion.
Middle-class Indigenous Australia exists
Stan Grant argues for a broader definition of Indigenous identity in his Quarterly Essay, The Australian Dream: Blood, History and Becoming.
In a lucky country
We like to pay cheap prices at the supermarket, but do we care how our fresh produce got there?
Respect
A new poem by Sandra Renew calls for marriage equality and respect.
To stop boat deaths, abolish carrier sanctions and let asylum seekers travel by plane
If asylum seekers can’t board a plane to Australia without a visa, they are forced to take dangerous sea journeys to find safety.