Social Justice

Japan has been told to halt Antarctic whaling by the International Court of Justice. The verdict came down last night...

President of the Human Rights Commission Gillian Triggs has told The Wire that the government’s cuts to legal advice for...

Youth unemployment has reached concerning levels, in some areas in Australia it has risen above 20 percent. This could have...

The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) will hold a conference on the 22 April to discuss the consequences of...

Aboriginal people in Alice Springs say they are being targeted by police, searched and asked personal questions when they go...

African immigrant Lovette Williams and South Australian aboriginal man Steve Goldsmith say laws are necessary to protect rights. Both have...

Proposed amendments to the race Discrimination Act’s clause 18C would remove the words insult and humiliate, leaving intimidation as the...

Historian and author Henry Reynolds’ new book The Forgotten War calls for acknowledgement of Australia’s frontier wars. He says battles...

Overnight 529 supporters of the deposed Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi were sentenced to death. The defendants were prosecuted in Minya,...

Former High Court Judge Michael Kirby has thrown his support behind Touching Base, an organisation that fights to empower people...