Social Justice
The Federal government has been unable to confirm funding for a number of Aboriginal corporations that provide basic services in...
Politics & Economy
The fate of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit remains uncertain. The Palestinian militants holding Shalit had demanded that Israel release...
Today, as the world awaited the fate of Gilad Shalit, the Australian Jewish News website asked its readers if they...
The Law
The Euthanasia debate is back on the agenda following the assisted suicide of a 93 year old woman from Adelaide....
Science & Environment
A community group in Rathdowney, Queensland has had a win today, with Premier Peter Beattie announcing the government would not...
Last month The Wire aired an interview with a homeless lobby organization about changes to the government’s “welfare to work”...
Today is Independence Day for the US, marking the publication of the Declaration of Independence, which set out a list...
State governments such as NSW and Victoria have signed regional forest agreements, protecting large amounts of old growth forests, environmentalists...
It’s NAIDOC week, a national week that aims to focus on indigenous issues. NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders...
The relationship between our Federal and state governments is often a strained affair. This weekend, this strain was particularly pronounced...
