Asylum seekers: fear and uncertainty in Timor-Leste
Sharna Jade Bremner explains the plight of asylum seekers in Timor-Leste, the theoretical legal protections and the fear and intimidation they face in practice.
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Written by Robert Verdon, this poem was awarded runner up in the Right Now Poetry Competition, judged by Maxine Beneba-Clarke, Amanda Anastasi and Benjamin Solah.
Short Story Ideas About Violence, after Doris Lessing
Written by Sam Wilson, this story was the joint-runner up of of Right Now’s Fiction Competition, judged by Anna Funder and Tony Birch.
Wednesday is cooking day
Short fiction from Laura McPhee-Browne, shortlisted for the Right Now Poetry and Fiction Competition, judged by Anna Funder and Tony Birch.
Does government spying violate human rights law?
Asher Hirsch on surveillance and human rights.
Timor’s Oil
The final piece in Timor’s struggle for independence remains elusive thanks to Australia’s bullying and greed when it comes to oil and gas, writes the Timor Sea Justice Campaign’s Tom Clarke.
Blood in the water – the legal gymnastics behind the WA shark cull
Beatrice Paull investigates the legal loopholes in the case of the West Australian Government’s shark baiting and killing policy.
Right Now Poetry and Fiction Competition – Shortlists and Winners Announced
The shortlists and winners unveiled.
What the Frack is Coal Seam Gas?
The far north coast of NSW is heating up. Farmers and landowners alike are protesting the aggressive progress of coal seam gas (or CSG) mining, writes Alexandra Hurley.
Waste Not: Disposing of Waste in the Digital Age
Australia’s E-waste. What is it? How does it effect the international community? What can we do about it? Erin McGinty explains.