Ever-increasing police powers but no accountability in sight
The Victoria Police response to the Land Forces expo raises crucial questions about police accountability.
Tag Archives: human rights
Pathway to freedom – the end of indefinite detention in Australia
Right Now interviews Josephine Langbien, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, about the significance of the High Court’s ruling on indefinite detention, and the Australian Government’s response.
The demolition of Melbourne’s public housing towers and public housing tenants’ right to housing
The Victorian Government has plans to demolish all 44 public housing towers across Melbourne by 2051. But are the human rights of public housing tenants being properly considered?
Editor’s note on Gaza
Civilians should never be a target of war, terrorism or violence. The international community, including the Australian Government, must call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.
Australia’s mistreatment of asylum seekers seeking refuge by air must end
Australian governments have quietly worked to prevent people seeking asylum from taking safer journeys by air.
Lucy Norton on Listening to Flood
Lucy Norton compassionately reflects on living through the 2022 Lismore Floods and how colonial frameworks misplace our grief in light of climate events.
Sun, sea and … storm surges: bayside buyers beware
Planning experts believe many Port Phillip residents are under informed about how climate change will increase their risk of flooding in coming decades
Canary in the coalmine
Gippsland’s industrial and economic past is returning to haunt it, with weather extremes and rising sea levels associated with human-induced climate change, driven by the use of fossil fuels.
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.
Right Now’s Most Read Stories in 2020
Our three most-read stories this year encapsulate the adage ‘the personal is political,’ exploring wider issues in the world through lived experiences. Look out for these writers in 2021.