Family Violence and the Coroner’s Quiet Revolution
Following the inquiry into the death of Luke Batty, Philip Marquet explores the role of the Coroner in a systemic response to family violence.
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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.
Detention Playground
Mary Chydiriotis’s poetry evokes the emptiness of play in Australia’s detention centres.
At the knife’s edge
Robin de Crespigny looks at our boat towback policies through the eyes of Yaser Naseri, an Iranian asylum seeker who narrowly escaped death at sea.
Abortion Clinic Exclusion Zones and Free Speech
Can the right to free speech be reconciled with the rights of women to access safe and legal abortion procedures? Nina Gibson explains.
What animal abuse can teach us about human rights
Does animal abuse tell us something about our capacity to be cruel to humans, too? Right Now columnist Zoya Patel reflects on the connection between animal and human rights.
Sea justice: Australia is doing the wrong thing in East Timor
Australian governments have been reluctant to embrace a truly principled approach toward East Timor.
the finish line
An enthralling creative account of the marathon that face refugees who are constantly uprooted.
Making Every Child Count: Birth Registration in the Pacific
Lucy Swinnen explores the legal and social implications of the alarming lack of birth registrations across the Pacific Islands.
Last Cab to Darwin
Clare McKenzie reviews the film Last Cab to Darwin, highlighting the complexities involved in the euthanasia debate.
Seeking the Truth on Asylum Seeker Integration
Many Australians perceive people who come here to seek asylum as being reluctant to integrate into Australian society, but the reality couldn’t be further from the truth writes Nicolle White.
Myanmar election: what about the Rohingya?
Myanmar’s landmark general election is a hopeful development but not for the Rohingya who remain stateless and disenfranchised, writes Roselina Press.
How to Improve the Asylum Seeker Debate: Listen to Experts
Why don’t we listen to the range of experts who are criticising our country’s asylum seeker policies?