Justice
Reforms to see 17-year-olds leave adult prisons
17-year-olds will no longer be held in adult prisons in Queensland under new law reforms announced by the Palaszcuk government.......
The perils and opportunities for women crossing borders
Women are increasingly represented in the many people moving across borders in the SE Asia region. These movements are driven......
Afghan bombing leaves legacy of distrust and instability
Since the tragic bombing of a peaceful protest in Kabul in July Hazara people there and abroad have lost faith in......
Grandmothers rise up against the forced removal of Aboriginal children
On Aboriginal Children’s Day today in Sydney, the Grandmothers Against Removals group led a protest against the mass removal of......
Indigenous children’s voices essential to Royal Commission
Children’s advocates say Indigenous voices, and particularly those of Indigenous children, should be given great weight in a Royal Commission into juvenile detention in......
Australia complicit in 1965 Indonesian massacres
The International People’s Tribunal at The Hague has ruled that Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom were complicit......
Chilcot report prompts calls for Australian Iraq war review
A methodical review of the decision making process that led to engagement in the Iraq war in 2003 has been......
Trouble: On trial in Central Australia
The Northern Territory has the worst homicide rate and highest per capita alcohol consumption in the country. Like elsewhere around......
Refugee whistleblower details terrible conditions in detention centres
After coming out about the horrors that asylum seekers face in off-shore detention, psychologist Paul Stevenson had his employment at......
Blanket policy of Welfare Debit trial called into question
Welfare Debit Cards are being initiated as a system of financial control imposed on recipients of government welfare payments in......