Australasia
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Kurdish refugee sues federal government after spending 14 months in hotel detention
A refugee who claims he was unlawfully detained in two Melbourne hotels is suing the Australian government. SBS News If…
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If I could go anywhere: Greek cake shops, the Athenian countryside and the sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron
Plato was clearly talking about the Athens of his day, but, over 2,000 years later, he could have easily been…
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José Ramos-Horta talks Timorese independence and Nobel Prize win, 25 years on
During that time, future president and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate José Ramos-Horta navigated Cold War dynamics as he travelled the…
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Australia saves Barrier Reef World Heritage status, cops climate deadline
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) controls World Heritage listings and on Friday night a committee of…
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Reform of police body-worn camera laws flagged
The court ruling in September last year has the potential to deny crucial evidence from being tendered during civil proceedings…
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For eight years, Australia has been taking refugees as hostages. It’s time to ask: who has benefited?
Eight years have passed since the Australian government mandated offshore detention for all asylum seekers who arrive by boat, which…
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The ‘car park rorts’ story is scandalous. But it will keep happening unless we close grant loopholes
The Australian National Audit Office told a parliamentary committee a list of the top 20 marginal electorates guided the distribution…
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Majority of women in Victoria’s prisons have not been found guilty
Ava often feared for her safety when they argued, but kept the police out of it. Megan Pearce The Age…
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Fool’s gold: Believing the hype, NSW ignored lockdown lessons
Specifically, at Sydney, as he gestured towards the most common criticisms of the NSW government. Waleed Aly WAtoday “I am…
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Behrouz Boochani: ‘Human beings don’t have a place to go but to other human beings.’
You’ve described yourself as a child of war. Benjamin Law Good Weekend Magazine in The Age What did your childhood…
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Three countries, eight years: one refugee’s nightmare odyssey through Australia’s detention system
Loghman Sawari was a child when they sent him to what he calls the “prison island”. Ben Doherty The Guardian…
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Safe at home?
Compared to younger homicide victims, older homicide victims are more likely to be women who die in their own home…
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Tasmanian author Amanda Lohrey wins prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award for The Labyrinth
Two of Lohrey’s previous novels (Camille’s Bread in 1996 and The Philosopher’s Doll in 2005) have been shortlisted for the…
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Federal Government faces criticism after telling UN raising the age is the duty of states and territories
Currently, children as young as 10-years-old can be held criminally responsible and face incarceration in Australia. This is four years…
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Regulations governing conduct of Australia’s federal MPs are weakest of comparable nations, study finds
The failure to implement a parliamentary code of conduct has made Australia’s regulation of federal politicians’ conduct the weakest among…
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The untouchables: Top detectives to investigate ‘disgraceful’ kill squad
Until now, it has been unclear what the final report of the heavily redacted Brereton inquiry was referring to in…
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