Pauline Hanson's defintion of racism ignores both the Racial Discrimination Act and the intimation of racial superiority in her own statements.
Helen Haines tragedy highlights a deteriorating social climate around politicians and media, generating division in the community.
Biyaami's law does not wait for a judge ... Wiradjuri country was never terra nullius.
Human-rights is everyone's business and even the most marginalised can speak up for others who are similarly abused.
The feet are small. I don't know how many, perhaps 15, 20 sandwiched between slabs of concrete. They are NAZA. A husband is calling for his wife, "My love", for…
The culture of First Nations people was cherished by Pope John Paul II in a way few non-Indgenous people have bothered to try.
The carriage of history through song is not unique to Aboriginal people. It is a record of events, as important as Homer, that must be read in context.
Dreamtime and Welcome to Country are continuities of Aboriginal law, unique to each country and extending throughout time.
Section 22C of the NSW Bail Act has stronger expectations for children than adults, presuming them guilty rather than innocent.
The 75th anniversary of the World Federation of the Deaf reminds us that whilst hearing impairment can result in discrimination, not all consider it a disability.
Japan banned telling children they'll go to hell. Its guidance still can't separate coercion from catechesis.
Australia's pitch for a seat on the UNSC is off-key, drawing attention the matters upon which the United Nations has already drawn negative findings.
The Israeli Government response to the screening of NAZA to a select audience at the Venice Film Festival reflects a lack of confidence in the conduct of its military.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the attacks on the United States of America, recalled most vividly by the destruction of the Twin Towers, has stoked a wave of patriotism and reflection…
Freehold has never been at risk from Native Title in Australia, and arguments to the contrary by One Nation demonstrate the manipulation of community sentiment.
Across millennia, continents and technologies, one thing is certain - humankind faces the same concerns, regardless of era.
Road toll cameras have become the means of surveillance in New South Wales, with no checks of balances on their use to protect civil rights.
Throughout the ages, displacement and asylum have tested the willingness of states to balance compassion against risk.
Poetry is the art of remaining human, a happening, an act of resistance that even when the pages that held it are burned, lives on.