Through both his role as Attorney-General and as Arts Minister, George Brandis was prominent in human rights media discussion in March, but were the arguments consistent, asks Pia White in the March media review.
Stephen Pham reviews Luke Carman’s An Elegant Young Man, finding that it opened up new ways of exploring his own identity and the culture of his home, Western Sydney.
For a country where more than a quarter of us were born overseas, the Australian media has a very monotone voice, writes Mabel Kwong.
Last month, Right Now focused on rights issues and cultural shifts. Here, Right Now’s editorial team present 10 landmark cases that arguably shifted how rights are protected in Australia.
Lyndal Rowlands explains the how and why of the ghettoisation of voices online, and the need for an inclusive cyberculture.
Michael Green tells the story of how a group of young African-Australians set about challenging institutional racism at Victoria Police.
“What’s your name?”
He told them.
“Where does that name come from?”
“From? My mother.”
In recent times, Victoria Police have faced multiple allegations of institutional racism. Sara Maher looks at Victoria Police’s response, and the effectiveness of community engagement.
The Australian Government and education providers make a nice profit from international students, but fail to protect them from being exploited in the workplace, writes Alexandra Hurley.
With the Coalition set to change racial discrimination laws, John Alizzi explains why the whole debate misses the mark.
In Panic, David Marr chronicles the use of fear in recent years by Australian politicians and the media, and paints a grim picture of more to come, writes Sonia Nair.
Ben Wadham on the need to govern military fraternity.