Ross Garnaut The University of Melbourne. 5 March 2021 Talk about returning the economy to normal after the crisis is misguided. Before the crisis,...
Claire Higgins UNSW. As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden promised the US would demonstrate “global leadership on refugees”. Once elected, he pledged vastly to...
The Government’s move to cut support to 576 refugees and asylum seekers is a further blow to an already vulnerable group in their struggle...
Bruce Duncan. How will the Morrison government respond to the desperate plight of some 65 women and children detained in a camp in Syria?...
Bruce Duncan. The appalling massacre in March of so many Muslim people in New Zealand’s Christchurch has shocked our countries deeply, and illustrated how...
John Menadue. The Australia of today is vastly different from the Australia of my childhood. With its widespread racism and sectarianism, it was socially...
Daniel Ghezelbash Macquarie University. Australia’s harsh asylum policies have been touted as a possible solution to Europe’s so-called refugee crisis. Politicians in the UK, France,...
Spencer Zifcak. Nils Melzer is the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment. Recently, he presented a damning report to...
Public forum. Can Australia’s leaders be prosecuted for treatment of refugees & asylum seekers? Thursday 7 December 6-8pm RMIT University City Campus...
Peter Whiting. This must surely seem an odd way to frame a commentary on conscience, but I am having great difficulty reconciling the Australian...
Australia faces a T-intersection: time to resolve our refugee crisis. Bruce Duncan Liberal member for McMillan in Gippsland, Russell Broadbent, challenged his own political...