Does Australia need tougher cyberbullying legislation?
Nadia Wu considers whether tougher laws are needed to combat the pervasive and insidious phenomenon of cyberbullying.
Health – Page 6
The Medicare co-payment: the future of public health in Australia?
Dario Mujkic scrutinises the rhetoric of making Medicare more “sustainable”, and reveals a surprising history of government attitudes towards Medicare in Australia
Medical Ethics and Human Rights: Respect for Culture
Bebe Loff – Director of the Michael Kirby Centre for Public Health and Human Rights in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University – considers the need to respect culture and autonomy in the provision of health care
Doctors beyond our borders – Is Australia turning a blind eye to human rights abuses in Burma?
Monique Hurley reflects on Australia’s silence following the Burmese Government’s expulsion of Doctors without Borders from Burma’s Rakhine state
The 757 million people also affected by Australia’s 2014-15 Budget
For whom else does the bell toll? Madolyn Smith asks how the Abbott/Hockey Budget will affect the 757 million people living in extreme poverty in the Asia Pacific.
Australia’s rare earth mining and waste in Malaysia
Dario Mujkic explains the concerns with Australia’s rare earth mining in Malaysia, and the irony of using social media to put a stop to it.
Editorial: Technology and Human Rights
Right Now puts technology under the microscope in February.
After Humanity
As humanity merges with ever more advanced machines, we will evolve into a new species that blends human and technological traits – the posthuman. But do new technologies dehumanise us? Scott Arthurson explores what it means to be human.
Waste Not: Disposing of Waste in the Digital Age
Australia’s E-waste. What is it? How does it effect the international community? What can we do about it? Erin McGinty explains.
Fighting the Stigma
Australia is seeing the largest spike in new HIV cases in 20 years. While antiretroviral drugs can fight the virus, they cannot fight the stigma that comes with it, writes Broede Carmody.
Regional detention centres still without independent medical oversight
As more asylum seekers are being processed outside of the public eye there is a clear need for an independent medical panel to ensure that each person’s human right to sufficient physical and mental health care is being met, writes Chloe Potvin.
Estuary – Mid-Week Review
Sonia Nair reviews John Bartlett’s second novel Estuary, which explores the chasms of the modern Australian character through themes such as indigenous rights, mental health, sexuality and disability.