The Law
The Senate is set to consider a new laws which will criminalize slavery and people trafficking. The amendments will make...
Social Justice
Thousands of single parents rallied across the country today against the government’s single parent payment cuts that came into effect...
As a massive match fixing scandal unfolds in Europe, anti gambling advocates say that Australia’s sporting codes are also vulnerable...
Now the economic arguments support the moral arguments – drug and alcohol rehabilitation produces far more cost-effective and socially-effective results...
Politics & Economy
Julia Gillard has set an election date seven months ahead. Polls are showing the coalition in a commanding lead, but...
The carers who look after our community’s most vulnerable deserve more compensation, especially women, says the Australian Human Rights Commission....
“These are called … regional processing centres and yet there is no processing or assessment going on.” UNHCR says that...
Communications & Culture
Biggest gathering of its kind in Sydney in twenty years aims to showcase Aboriginal playwrights, and now the participants say...
Aboriginal Elder Rosalie Kunoth-Monks is known to be one of the feistiest warriors against the Northern Territory Intervention. She was...
Education
In results released today Australian children were beaten by 26 countries in the 2011 Progress in International Reading and Literacy...
