Labor’s Mandatory Sentencing Problem
Labor’s own 2023 National Platform opposes mandatory sentencing. So why is the Albanese Labor Government introducing mandatory sentencing laws now?
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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.
Home alone: An international student’s tale of rentsploitation
International student Sunita was new to Australia and knew little about her rights. Charlotte Walkling reports on one woman’s experience of serial exploitation in the informal rental market.
Exposed: Overseas students most at risk in housing market underbelly
Australia’s housing crisis hurts most those who know little about their rights. Charlotte Walkling investigates how overseas students are especially vulnerable to dodgy and downright illegal practices in the rental market.
Abuse thrives behind youth prison walls
Abuse and mistreatment thrives behind the walls of youth prisons – yet Australian Governments are doing nothing to stop it.
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.
Are Criminal Laws Enough to Protect Victims of Forced Marriage in Australia?
Forced marriage remains one of the most complex and poorly understood human rights and policy issues encountered by Australia in recent years.
“This man is not going to fuck with me” – A Review of Witness by Louise Milligan
Witness reveals how ill-equipped the criminal justice system is to serve the interests of victims of sexual assault.
No refuge: Unpicking the 2021 Australian Budget
Every year, there are high hopes that the budget will usher in new policies for refugees and people seeking asylum. Unfortunately, the 2021-22 budget appears to forecast another bleak 12 months for refugees.
Coming of Age in the War on Terror: A Review
A generation of Australians have now grown up during the war on terror, the effect this has had on Australian society is pervasive, and nowhere more so than in our schools, as Randa Abdel-Fattah writes in her book Coming of Age in the War on Terror.