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29 Sep 2021 4 minute read

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Betrayed by Australia

Thanks to newly declassified files, Chilean exiles have discovered that the same country which gave them refuge, was...

24 Sep 2020 3 minute read

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Kids locked up

Amy Hall speaks to the campaigners leading the call against childhood incarceration of Aboriginal and...

Fire trucks are seen during a bushfire in Werombi, 50 km southwest of Sydney, Australia, December 6, 2019. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas/via REUTERS

3 Jan 2020 4 minute read

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A continent ablaze

The fires currently engulfing much of Australian territory are the product of 30 years’ wilful negligence and greed, argues...

Fire and Rescue officer protects the Colo Heights Public School from being impacted by the Gospers Mountain fire near Colo Heights south west of Sydney. Dean Lewins/via REUTERS

26 Nov 2019 3 minute read

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Bushfires: Symptoms of climate breakdown

A coalition of Australian scientists explain the causes and implications of the bushfires sweeping the country.

22 Apr 2019 5 minute read

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Behrouz Boochani: Australia is introducing a ‘new kind of fascism’

New Internationalist interviews Behrouz Boochani, the award-winning, Kurdish-Iranian writer who has been imprisoned on Manus...

21 Jan 2019 6 minute read

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Catching the cops

Aboriginal people are using a new app to record and report police brutality. Will it help break Australia’s culture of...

14 Jan 2019 1 minute read

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Looking through Five Eyes

Britain’s spies and special forces are some of the most secretive in the Western world. Phil Miller reports...

30 Apr 2018 8 minute read

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The case for public ownership

After decades of neglect, the mood is turning. Dinyar Godrej on the fightback against privatization.

20 Mar 2018 3 minute read

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Why land is the lifeblood of Aboriginal people in Australia

Amy McQuire on why life and death are inseparable from land for Aboriginal people in Australia.

World’s largest coalmine: Protesters, including First Nations people, blocking the road to Adani’s Abbot Point coal port.

10 Dec 2017 5 minute read

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Plan for Australia’s largest coal mine faces struggle

Australia’s Adani mine must be stopped, argue Tom Anderson and Eliza Egret.

An example of the proposed solar plant for Port Augusta.

20 Dec 2017 3 minute read

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From smoke stacks to solar: Port Augusta

South Australia’s coal-fired powerhouse is going solar, reports ...

1 Oct 2017 1 minute read

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Whistleblowers un-gagged in Australia

Australia dropped unnecessaray secrecy rules that undermined accountability, writes Kelsi Farrington.

1 Mar 2017 4 minute read

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Mixed Media: Book reviews

Under the Almond Tree by Laura McVeigh; Position Doubtful by Kim Mahood; Radicalized...

22 Aug 2016 7 minute read

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The Nauru Files: It’s time to close Australia’s abusive detention regime

When faced with overwhelming evidence of systemic abuse, the country's prime minister shifted responsibility, writes ...

25 May 2016 2 minute read

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Australia: a nice, friendly, sunny place?

There are many myths about the country that just don't hold up, writes Stephen Langford.

8 Mar 2016 3 minute read

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Worse than fiction: discrimination against women

Too often our legal system privileges the status quo instead of protecting the vulnerable, writes Brian Loffler...

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