Social Justice
Fortescue Metals Mining Deal splits Yindjibarndi community
Thursday, July 21 2011
This week’s Four Corners program looked into a proposed deal that would give Fortescue Metals Group(FMG), access to a large......
Australia’s Afghanistan goals in question
Tuesday, July 19 2011
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) currently has 132 000 troops in Afghanistan. Australia contributes only 1500 soldiers. Despite......
Famine in the Horn of Africa
Tuesday, July 19 2011
The UN is calling the world’s most severe food crisis. The trigger is a drought so severe that its putting......
Anti Bases Campaign
Tuesday, July 19 2011
Currently 14000 soldiers are stationed at Shoalwater Bay US near Rockhampton in Queensland. Along with 8500 Australian troops, they are......
Hundreds dying soon after release from prison
Monday, July 18 2011
Damning new figures show that being released from jail can be 10 times deadlier than remaining on the inside. New......
A new scheme promises to boost Indigenous childcare workforce
Wednesday, July 13 2011
Twenty Indigenous Australians wanting to work in childcare will benefit from a new childhood education training program which will enable......
The Grey Man – the hidden business of child trafficking
Wednesday, July 13 2011
Child trafficking is a growing international problem, but now there’s a small Australian organisation that’s on the case. The Grey......
Christmas Island inquest has many questions to answer
Wednesday, July 13 2011
The coronial inquest into the asylum seeker boat tragedy which left 50 people dead, including babies and young children has......
The Malaysian Solution forces dangerous boat journey to New Zealand
Tuesday, July 12 2011
The Government’s Malaysian solution was proposed as a way to stop asylum seekers taking dangerous journeys by boat to seek......
UN Women – improving women’s lives in the Pacific?
Tuesday, July 12 2011
A year ago, a new United Nation’s agency, UN Women was formed, merging the UN Development Fund for Women and......