By Hsin-Yi Lo. This article is part of our August theme, which focuses on the environment and human rights. Read more articles on this theme. “All individuals are entitled to live in an environment adequate for their health and well-being“. Australia’s mining boom has attracted many local and international mining companies. International companies such as BHP Billiton, […]
By Shae Courtney. In 2008 the State Coroner for Western Australia, Alastair Hope, released his report into the deaths of 22 Aboriginal Australians in the Kimberley region of Western Australia since 2000. The Hope Report outlined some 27 recommendations to the state government and highlighted the urgent need for accountability in the state’s provisions to […]
By Liz Macpherson. This article is part of our August theme, which focuses on the environment and human rights. Read more articles on this theme. In August 2012 the Murray Darling Basin Authority released a third altered draft of its Proposed Basin Plan (Basin Plan). The Basin Plan was prepared by the Authority under the Water Act […]
Australia’s Anti-Racism Strategy is launched Led by the Australian Human Rights Commission, Australia’s National Anti- Racism Strategy, Racism, it stops with me, was launched last week calling on all Australians to say no to racism. The strategy “sets out a three year plan for Government to work with community partners to combat racism across schools […]
4 August 2012 Native Title win in Queensland The Federal Court of Australia has recognised the Djungan people’s native title rights 17 years after the first claim was lodged. Jim Archer lodged the first of four claims with his brothers in 1995. The Archers have lived on the land their whole lives. “We decided to […]
Government fails on child rights The Australian Human Rights Commission has found that Australia’s treatment of suspected people smugglers who said that they were children has breached international human rights law in a report released on Friday. The report An age of uncertainty reveal that between 2008 and 2011 Australian authorities gave little consideration to […]
21 July 2012 Cultural Diversity and child protection A review of Available research literature into the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) as well as refugee families in the Australian Child Protection System (CPS) has been published. The paper looks into what areas still require research in order to meet the needs of migrants […]
These reviews relate to our June theme, which focuses on Indigenous People and their human rights. Read our Editorial for more on this theme. Welcome to Right Now’s new review format! This week, we have pieces by Tess Jaeger and Angus Baird. Each of these reviewers attended particular Victorian NAIDOC Week events: Tess, the Ilbijerri Black Writers […]
Mick Gooda is a descendent of the Gangulu people of central Queensland. Prior to taking up the position of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Mick was the Chief Executive Officer of the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health for almost five and a half years. Commissioner Gooda has been actively involved in […]
This article is part of our June theme, which focuses on Indigenous People and their human rights. Read our Editorial for more on this theme. On Tuesday, 12 June 2012, the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law hosted a panel of two experts on native title to reflect on the legacy of the Mabo case […]
This article is part of our June theme, which focuses on Indigenous People and their human rights. Read our Editorial for more on this theme. Arinya* is a single mother with four children under the age of nine. Although all her children’s births have been registered, only the eldest two have birth certificates as the Registry […]
Right Now spoke to Nicole Watson, author of The Boundary. [Right Now] Congratulations of the success of your crime novel – The Boundary. Would you mind giving us a brief outline of the story, and what inspired you to write such a novel? [Nicole Watson] The story begins with a native title claim, over a […]