The “tough on crime” approach failed NT youth
Treating children badly through “tough on crime” measures will never make anyone safer.
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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.
Would Peter Dutton pass his own citizenship test?
In a new bill proposed to parliament, Dutton could play judge, jury and executioner in citizenship matters.
Prevention, not punishment is key to reducing Indigenous youth detention
We chat to human rights lawyer Shahleena Musk about the best ways to address the overrepresentation of Indigenous youth in detention.
Za’atari refugee camp – city of lost children
Save the Children’s Tim Norton spent a day at Za’atari refugee camp, the temporary home for around 80,000 Syrian refugees.
Federal budget – more welfare cuts, more inequality
Fatima Measham takes a look at how the 2017 federal budget may worsen inequality in Australia.
First-hand accounts of Australian offshore and onshore detention
Stories from Detention, the book and exhibition, are an important collection of stories recording lived experiences of offshore and onshore detention.
An uncompromising account from behind the wire on Manus and Nauru
Madeline Gleeson’s award winning book brings to light the shameful ways Australia has treated people fleeing persecution.
A “tough on crime” approach to youth justice won’t work
An exclusively punitive approach to youth justice does a disservice to young offenders and the wider community.
Crossing a line
James Robertson-Hirst takes a journey across borders and wonders how much has really changed in this globalised world.
Australia must act immediately to protect the Rohingya people
Rohingya refugees need urgent protection from the Australian Government.
Don’t let the scarcity myth take hold in Australia
To avoid toxic populism Australia, the false perception that “there isn’t enough to go around” needs to be challenged.
Trump and Trumble’s dumb deal
Artist Safdar Ahmed gives us a comic take on the Australia-US refugee deal.