Social Justice
$3 million for Indigenous justice programs
Wednesday, June 29 2011
The Government has announced more than three million dollars in funding to programs helping Indigenous people get on with their......
Deadly attack in Kabul puts peace process in doubt
Wednesday, June 29 2011
Last night local time Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen hit the Intercontinental hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least 10......
Protest against Nukes
Tuesday, June 28 2011
A protest about nuclear energy will be held at a business forum, taking place at the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce......
Stolen Lives – trafficking in China
Tuesday, June 28 2011
A new report about human trafficking along the China-Burma border has uncovered high levels of human rights abuses. The “Stolen......
Carbon Tax – the community perspective
Tuesday, June 28 2011
ACOSS is joined by community based groups around Australia who says carbon tax is inevitable, but the devil is in......
Call for exposure to domestic violence to be classified as ‘child abuse’
Monday, June 27 2011
A new report says that children’s witnessing or exposure to domestic violence should be recognised as a form of child......
Levelling the playing field: sport and social inclusion
Monday, June 27 2011
Australia is known as a sporting nation, but migrants, refugees and indigenous Australians are often left out of the picture.......
The Aboriginal Embassy Symposium
Friday, June 24 2011
This week the Australian Centre for Indigenous History held the Aboriginal Embassy Symposium to pay tribute to the famous tent......
New face of Wikileaks
Friday, June 24 2011
Wikileaks has been heralded as a revolutionary of freedom of information, but with its former head, Julian Assange, facing extradition......
Active Democracy
Friday, June 24 2011
The face of democracy is changing. Where once we would write letters to our MP’s and wait for an answer......