‘Good Character’ References: Good to Go?
On the proposed laws to exclude good character references from sentencing.
Law and Policy
Fighting for justice and dignity: Interview with Behrouz Boochani
Right Now speaks to writer Behrouz Boochani about his call for a Royal Commission into Immigration Detention.
Should Prison Mean No Human Touch?
Should going to prison mean never being allowed to hug your partner or child? Is denying physical contact a just punishment, or does it harm families and human dignity? And what do human rights have to say about it?
Young, cheap and disposable: why Australia’s retail and food industry is failing young people
Too many corporations are getting away with exploting young workers, writes student Megan Sapardanis.
After Bondi: In grief, we must come together
Tahlia Bowen reflects on the antisemitic terrorist attack at Bondi on December 14th, and why strength is found in communities coming together.
Waste colonisation: Australia’s damaging textile exports to Fiji
Concerns mount over the growing influx of cheap clothing donated to Fiji from wealthy countries.
We can’t heal what colonialism broke with brutal laws and empty promises
A special kind of betrayal occurs when a government apologises for historic injustice while engineering new injustice.
Why Australia needs a National Human Rights Act
Australia is the only democracy without an enshrined Human Rights Act.
Same boat, different fate: how the government keeps thousands in limbo
Priya and Nades Nadesalingam became household names, as their community fought for them to stay in Australia. But what are the fates of other asylum seekers, who are just like them?
Rondeau: On the road
A poem by awarded poet Sandra Renew
Foiled again: critics condemn FOI delays as “political interference”
A new government department was meant to help Victorians access public information including their own. Instead, it’s made freedom-of-information harder, longer and more annoying. Katherine Everest investigates.
Why is tabloid media writing Victoria’s bail laws?
The Victorian Premier’s so-called ‘Tough Bail Laws’ is regressive reform that represents weak-willed politics, says Monique Hurley and Dr Emma Russell.