Social Justice

Bush Tucker can help world food sustainability

Bush Tucker can help world food sustainability

Science & Environment Social Justice The Wire

We are only beginning to learn how Indigenous food systems have been providing sustainable and healthy lifestyles for generations in...

Government faces gambling backlash

Government faces gambling backlash

Health Social Justice The Wire 14 August 2024

The Federal Government’s proposal to put a cap on gambling ads rather than an outright ban has sparked criticisms from...

Homelessness body urges Victoria to build 60,000 homes

Homelessness body urges Victoria to build 60,000 homes

Social Justice The Wire

“A catastrophe in housing provision for First Nations people” is how the leader of Victoria’s Peak Body to end homelessness,...

Australian Government urged to ban forced sterilisation of women with disabilities

Australian Government urged to ban forced sterilisation of women with disabilities

Social Justice The Law The Wire

Forced sterilisation is in the spotlight after the Government’s Disability Royal Commission response failed to condemn the outdated practice. The...

Nuclear weapons test survivor speaks at fifth Yami Lester Memorial Address

Nuclear weapons test survivor speaks at fifth Yami Lester Memorial Address

Politics & Economy Social Justice The Wire

A First Nations woman who survived the fallout from British nuclear tests at Maralinga, South Australia, is urging the federal...

Calls for action amid Australia’s rising homelessness

Calls for action amid Australia’s rising homelessness

Politics & Economy Social Justice The Wire

Over half a million low-income households in Australia are either experiencing homelessness, live in overcrowded homes or are spending over...

Community rallies as family continue fight against deportation risk

Community rallies as family continue fight against deportation risk

Politics & Economy Social Justice The Law The Wire

A Vietnamese family has been battling the risk of deportation from Australia but say it has become a race against...

More Aussies in financial struggles and homelessness

More Aussies in financial struggles and homelessness

Health Politics & Economy Social Justice The Wire 7 August 2024

The current cost-of-living crisis has stung millions, with over half of Australians feeling the pinch. According to a new report...

Prison Reform Advocates Call to Unlock Alternatives to Incarceration

Prison Reform Advocates Call to Unlock Alternatives to Incarceration

Politics & Economy Social Justice The Wire

Is Australia’s prison system really working? According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, figures from a year ago...

Anti-whaling activist could face 15 years’ jail if extradited

Anti-whaling activist could face 15 years’ jail if extradited

Science & Environment Social Justice The Law The Wire

A veteran anti-whaling environmental campaigner is under arrest in Greenland which falls under Denmark’s jurisdiction. Seventy three year-old, Canadian-American citizen,...