The Subtle Art of Cultural Activism: a Review of Stateless
By Isabelle WinklerBased on the true story of a woman wrongfully detained in offshore detention, Stateless challenges our capacity for empathy.
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Human Rights Should be at the Heart of Australia’s COVID Response
By Lee CarnieThis sidelining of human rights makes it easier to subordinate human rights as less important than economic interests, writes Lee Carnie.
The System Will Live On
By Zara GudnasonZara Gudnason reflects on the inadequacies of the system in protecting the most vulnerable and the tragedy that can occur when crucial services are under-resourced.
A Source of Shame: Australia’s Failure to Uphold the Human Rights of Refugees
By Sohee Park KwonAustralia’s public health response to COVID-19 demonstrates a double standard that blatantly disregards refugees and asylum seekers’ fundamental right to health.
Juries in an age of trial by media
By Greg BarnsCan juries really be impartial on high profile cases when they are saturated by the media with information, opinion and propaganda about the people they are judging?
Politics and Teen Masculinity: A Review of Boys State
By Charmaine ManuelFilmmakers Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine reflect on the tensions arising from an atmosphere of budding masculinity and divisive politics in their 2020 documentary Boys State.
Incremental Changes
By Dave ClarkIn this moment of rising authoritarianism and political theatre, Dave Clark reminds us not to lose sight of the cumulative effects of small shifts and injustices.
Lawless: a review
By Samaya ArgüelloKimberley Motley’s memoir tells of a personal mission to bring justice to the defenceless. This book is an extraordinary story of an extraodinary woman.
COVID-19 must not normalise digital surveillance
By David ParisAfter a huge campaign to encourage every smartphone user in Australia to install and use the ‘COVIDSafe’ app, the effectiveness of the app has been negligible. But the impact of the app is much more significant, writes David Paris.
Protection Against Unemployment is a Human Right
By Mikele PrestiaIt is clear, now more than ever, that the Federal Government’s policy approach towards unemployment benefits — as a social good and a human right — warrants public scrutiny.
Drop the Prosecutions: Statement on Bernard Collaery, Witness K
By Coalition of Supporters of Bernard Collaery and Witness KThe Coalition of Supporters of Bernard Collaery and Witness K are calling for the prosecutions to be dropped, issuing a statement signed by leading public figures.
The Legacy of the Asylum Seeker Phone Ban
By Sangeetha PillaiA proposed law that recently went before the Australian Federal Parliament would have given the Department of Home Affairs the power to ban access to mobile phones and other communication devices for some of the most vulnerable and isolated people in Australia: the refugees, asylum seekers and other non-citizens who are held in immigration detention.