Social Justice

A controversial animal rights campaign has caught the attention of a peak Australian farming body. The Animals Australia campaign accuses...

NSW police have been given increased powers under new surveillance laws. Attorney General, John Hatzistergos announced the changes yesterday. The...

Earlier this week The Wire reported on cases of neglect in some aged care homes in Victoria. Today we look...

The planned truck drivers strike last week dissolved after the Government held a ministerial meeting on Friday. Even though the...

Research Officer, Jennifer Buckingham, from The Centre for Independent Studies has just put out some new research that says that...

Multinational coffee giant Starbucks has announced the closure of sixty-one of its stores across Australia this week, with hundreds of...

1976 marked the ban on advertising of tobacco products in Australia. 30 years later the end of tobacco farming in...

The Federal Government today announced significant changes to mandatory detention. Minister for Immigration Chris Evans said that detention will now...

Welfare and indigenous groups have condemned the federal oppositions plan to extend the idea of so called “welfare quarantining”. The...

Feel like your working too hard? Well you’re not alone. According to the 2008 Australian Work and Life Index released...