Election 2013 and Human Rights (Part Two)
Right Now looks at the major parties’ policies on five noteworthy human rights issues of this election. Today, marriage equality, asylum seekers and climate change.
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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.
The Banality of Police Racism
Is police racism just a matter of a few “bad apples” or is it a more systemic problem? Mohamad Tabbaa tells us his harrowing account of experiencing years of discrimination by Victorian police.
Profits of Doom – Mid-Week Review
Maya Borom reviews Antony Lowenstein’s latest book, Profits of Doom, which examines the impact of multinational corporations taking charge of traditional government functions.
Providing homelessness services under the Victorian Charter of Human Rights
Chief Executive of Hanover Welfare Services, Tony Keenan, discusses how the introduction of Victoria’s Charter of Human Rights has affected the way the organisation provides services to people experiencing homelessness.
A House is Just a Home
What is a house? What is a home? Ben and Tracey, once homeless, are now in possession of their own homes. But a home is just one tiny part of what they need, writes Carlynne Nunn.
The need for counter-terrorism law reform
Alexandra Hurley on the need for counter-terrorism law reform
Family violence is a homelessness issue
Jessica Szwarcbord highlights the link between family violence and homelessness in the aim of reducing both.
CHOGM and human rights in Sri Lanka
Is Sri Lanka a suitable host for CHOGM considering the poor human rights situation in the country? We speak to Amnesty International’s Ming Yu.
Politicised, privatised and silenced by bureaucracy
In his new book, Profits of Doom, Antony Loewenstein travels to Christmas Island to investigate the reality of Australia’s privatised detention system for asylum seekers. In this excerpt, he recalls the day he saw a boat carrying asylum seekers arrive on the shores of Christmas Island.
Real change for Australia’s homeless requires more than good intentions
Currently before the senate, the Homelessness Bill 2013 is the result of Kevin Rudd’s 2008 promise to halve the number of homeless Australians by 2020. The bill recognises the multifaceted nature of homelessness, writes Stephanie Murphy, but are these empty words?
Human Rights in the Media: July 2013 – Mid-week Review
A series of events with sexism at their core exposed tensions in the media narrative on women’s rights during July, writes Jessica Szarcbord in this month’s review of human rights in the media.
Homelessness is more than rooflessness
In this guest editorial, James Farrell introduces us to August’s theme of homelessness – which has reached crisis proportions in Australia.