Social Justice
According to the UNHCR the number of assylum seekers coming to Australia has increased by 30% in the last year....
Health
While political commentators and the famous “worm” indicated that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd won yesterday’s health care debate, not everyone...
Science & Environment
Elephants living in Zambia and Tanzania may be pleased to know that calls for protection levels to be decreased have...
Police in NSW say crime rates in the notorious Redfern area have declined significantly over the past 5 years. In...
It could be months until the government calls a federal election, but the leaders’ debates have begun early. Prime Minister...
The Law
Former Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu allegedly confessed to accepting bribes on the first day of his trial in Shanghai,...
A human rights group in East Timor has renewed its calls for an international tribunal for crimes against humanity committed...
It was the end of peaceful protest in South Africa. The 1960 massacre of 69 black demonstrators in Sharpeville marked...
Politics & Economy
More Americans will soon have access to health insurance, after controversial reforms were given the go ahead this afternoon. US...
The NSW Greens are holding their annual memorial lecture this evening for 1970’s anti-development campaigner Juanita Nielson. The Greens say...