Denham Sadler

post July 07, 2025

Netanyahu in Washington for ceasefire talks

post June 30, 2025

NDIS school-care plan touted to save billions

post June 23, 2025

US claims Iran’s nuclear sites destroyed

News June 21, 2025

Exclusive: Female prisoners going without food and clean water

A leaked report shows staff shortages have created rolling lockdowns at a Melbourne prison, where there have been numerous suicide attempts and limited access to water.

post June 16, 2025

Israel-Iran conflict escalates

post June 02, 2025

Ukraine hits deep into Russian territory

post May 26, 2025

Liberals make room for Nationals’ demands

post May 12, 2025

Election fallout brings on leadership battles

post May 05, 2025

Victorious Albanese starts work on second term

News May 03, 2025

Inside the Footscray police shooting

Following the police shooting of a homeless man in Footscray, there have been renewed calls for a paramedic-first approach to acute mental-health episodes.

post April 29, 2025

Labor costings claim budget improvement

post April 28, 2025

Albanese wins final election debate

post April 17, 2025

No clear standout in second leaders’ debate

post April 16, 2025

Reports of Russian base near mainland ’simply not true’

post April 15, 2025

Election housing promises panned

post April 14, 2025

Albanese offers $1000 deduction for expenses

post April 07, 2025

Dutton dumps mass sackings, WFH ban

News April 05, 2025

Australia’s inhumane floating prisons

Two vessels used by the ADF to detain asylum seekers have been declared by the Commonwealth Ombudsman to be in violation of Australia’s human rights commitments.

post March 31, 2025

Albanese in Perth for hospital pledge

post March 24, 2025

Chalmers heralds budget savings

post March 17, 2025

Alfred blows hole in March budget

News March 15, 2025

Exclusive: Mass defects at $1 billion empty prison

Built at a cost of more than $1 billion, an enormous new jail is empty more than two years after it was built – with millions spent on leaky ceilings and malfunctioning security.

post March 03, 2025

Europe embraces Zelensky after White House ambush

post February 24, 2025

Labor pitches free GP care for all

post February 17, 2025

Dutton in box seat for hung parliament

post February 10, 2025

Labor lines up bills ahead of election

post February 03, 2025

Childcare rebate bill brought forward

post January 31, 2025

No survivors of midair collision in DC

post January 30, 2025

Pre-election interest rate cut appears likely

post January 29, 2025

Coalition rejects Trump’s Gaza resettlement push

post January 28, 2025

Anti-Semitism accusations on Auschwitz anniversary

post January 27, 2025

Calls for Treaty on Australia Day

post January 24, 2025

Labor lures apprentices with bonus

post January 23, 2025

Stronger laws on hate speech imminent

post January 22, 2025

National Cabinet meets over antisemitic attacks

post January 21, 2025

Trump promises ‘golden age’ at inauguration

post January 20, 2025

First hostages released following ceasefire

News January 18, 2025

Serco’s ugly legacy in Australia’s immigration detention system

The company that’s long run Australia’s immigration detention network has lost its contract, but not before building one of the world’s ‘most extreme and secretive’ detention regimes.

post January 17, 2025

Gender parity reached in cabinet reshuffle

post January 16, 2025

Gaza ceasefire to begin on Sunday

post January 15, 2025

Gaza ceasefire ’right on the brink’

post January 14, 2025

National Autism Strategy unveiled

post January 13, 2025

Dutton launches ‘back on track’ campaign

post December 09, 2024

New dawn for Syria as Assad flees

post December 02, 2024

ACCC tackles big tech domination

post November 25, 2024

Misinformation bill ditched before vote

post November 18, 2024

Albanese quiet on 2035 emissions target

News November 15, 2024

‘Cruelty upon cruelty’: The lives of asylum seekers on Nauru

Asylum seekers released from detention on Nauru last month are living in the community but are forbidden to work and struggling to afford food, water and clothing.

post November 11, 2024

Chalmers outlines US trade war impacts

post November 05, 2024

America goes to the polls

post November 04, 2024

Labor campaign kicks off with HECS cut

post October 29, 2024

Musk sued over million-dollar giveaways

post October 28, 2024

LNP win puts parties on notice

post October 07, 2024

Rallies mark October 7 anniversary

post September 30, 2024

Chalmers delivers rare feat with surplus double

post September 23, 2024

Dutton nuclear sales pitch lacks costings

post September 16, 2024

Big social housing build kicks off

News September 14, 2024

‘All my dreams shattered’: asylum seekers barred from Australian universities

A flaw in Australia’s refugee laws means asylum seekers in the country on so-called fast-track visas are barred from universities or charged the same fees as international students.

post September 09, 2024

Census adds trans question

post September 02, 2024

Greens unveil policy to protect renters

post August 26, 2024

Aviation reforms to shore up refunds

post August 19, 2024

Labor turns to Coalition for key legislation

post August 12, 2024

ASIO warns of spying states

post August 05, 2024

Labor ‘cops out’ on gambling ad ban

post July 29, 2024

Home Affairs handed to Burke

post July 22, 2024

Biden steps down, endorses Harris

post July 15, 2024

Trump vows to push on after shooting

post July 08, 2024

French reject far-right in shock result

News July 06, 2024

Government ignores UN order to compensate the Torres Strait

As Torres Strait Islanders await a Federal Court decision on the government’s duty to protect them from climate change, it is ignoring a United Nations order to compensate the people of Masig Island.

post July 01, 2024

Payman banned for vow to cross floor again

News May 11, 2024

Controversy surrounds police stop and search laws

Laws that allow police to stop and search people without a warrant – including children and people with no prior offences – are criticised as a breach of human rights.

post March 22, 2024

Cash splash to speed up AUKUS submarines delivery

post March 22, 2024

Plan to axe religious bill’s queer clause outlined in report

post March 22, 2024

US drafts UN resolution called for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

post March 22, 2024

US reportedly mulling plea deal to free Julian Assange

post March 22, 2024

Ex-Senator Rex Patrick secures major FOI win against government

post March 21, 2024

New analysis shows affordable housing an ’impossible dream’

post March 21, 2024

Hate speech laws separated from religious discrimination reforms

post March 21, 2024

Verdict in Bruce Lehrmann defamation case due next month

post March 21, 2024

ABC staff call for chief content officer’s resignation

post March 21, 2024

Labor backs Rudd’s Washington post after Trump comments

post March 20, 2024

Bipartisan support required for religious discrimination reforms

post March 20, 2024

RBA keeps rates steady as energy prices set to drop

post March 20, 2024

Red alert for heating planet as climate indicator records broken

post March 20, 2024

Trump comments attacking Jewish Democrats labelled ’unhinged’

post March 20, 2024

ABC to meet Ukrainian envoy over airing of Russian army doco

post March 19, 2024

Cross bench unites to bring donations bill to parliament

post March 19, 2024

New detainee case in court to test indefinite detention again

post March 19, 2024

Trump unable to pay huge bond for $454m civil fraud judgement

post March 19, 2024

Israeli forces attack al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City

post March 19, 2024

Miles rejects new Olympic arena in favour of $1.6bn refurbishment

post March 18, 2024

Many Palestinians’ cancelled Australian visas reinstated

post March 18, 2024

Putin in power until 2030 with election never in doubt

post March 18, 2024

Queenslanders turn on Labor with huge byelection swings

post March 18, 2024

Netanyahu intent on Rafah raid despite international opposition

post March 18, 2024

Turnbull tops former Prime Ministers’ taxpayer-funded bills

News March 16, 2024

Labor’s plan for aged-care funding

While the government’s plan to fund aged care has been welcomed, it might just be pushing the sector’s problems further down the road.

post March 15, 2024

NSW government pushes for rethink to how GST is distributed

post March 15, 2024

Government urged to reinstate revoked Palestinian visas

post March 15, 2024

Pharmacists win $3bn sweetener after 60-day scripts fight

post March 15, 2024

Pro-Ukraine exiled Russian fighters out to spoil election

post March 15, 2024

Cabinet documents reveal oil at heart of Iraq invasion

post March 14, 2024

Chalmers ’still shooting’ for surplus amid shrinking revenue

post March 14, 2024

Rinehart-backed firm wins big rare earths government investment

post March 14, 2024

Biden and Trump US presidential election rematch confirmed

post March 14, 2024

Calls for government to close public school funding loophole

post March 14, 2024

Big renewables projects stall in ’alarming’ investment slowdown

post March 13, 2024

Government’s $1bn package to fully fund NT public schools

post March 13, 2024

US submarines cut to have ’profound impact’ on AUKUS

post March 13, 2024

Greens fuel efficiency deal seeks gas promise from government

post March 13, 2024

US to send $300m in weapons to Ukraine as aid package stalls

post March 13, 2024

Pauline Hanson remarks to stand in racial vilification case

post March 12, 2024

Wealthy to pay more for aged care under taskforce recommendations

post March 12, 2024

Internal Labor push to reinstate paused UN Gaza aid funding

post March 12, 2024

Government to announce $4bn housing boost for remote communities

post March 12, 2024

’Unethical’ Canberra travel allowance should be scrapped: Patrick

post March 12, 2024

Antoinette Lattouf fronts Fair Work Commission hearing

post March 08, 2024

US to build Gaza port to deliver humanitarian assistance

post March 08, 2024

Gender equality targets baked into government contracts

post March 08, 2024

Sweden officially joins NATO, ending decades of neutrality

post March 08, 2024

Tesla quits Australian car lobby group over ’false’ claims

post March 08, 2024

Marles puts case to end veteran suicide Royal Commission

post March 07, 2024

Super boost to parental leave to help close gender retirement gap

post March 07, 2024

Haley bows out of presidential race after Super Tuesday losses

post March 07, 2024

Greens unveil ambitious plan for government to develop property

post March 07, 2024

McBride’s sentencing delayed over ’substantial’ new evidence

post March 07, 2024

Victorian offshore Southern Ocean windfarm cut by a fifth

post March 06, 2024

Peter Dutton outlines Opposition’s nuclear energy vision

post March 06, 2024

Paul Keating lambasts Wong and Burgess on China relations

post March 06, 2024

Ukraine claims sinking of Russian warship in occupied Crimea

post March 06, 2024

Lawyers seek ICC probe into Australia’s Israeli support

post March 06, 2024

Private health premiums jump after government agrees to 3% rise

post March 05, 2024

Albanese unveils $2bn ASEAN trade boost with clean energy focus

post March 05, 2024

Trump free to run for president after US Supreme Court ruling

post March 05, 2024

Simon Kennedy appointed as Morrison’s successor in Cook

post March 05, 2024

US Vice President Kamala Harris pushes for ceasefire

post March 05, 2024

Walter Sofronoff ‘biased’ against ACT DPP Shane Drumgold

post March 04, 2024

Liberals shrug off Dunkley byelection loss as Dutton goes nuclear

post March 04, 2024

China named as country behind recruitment of ’traitor’ MP

post March 04, 2024

Hopes of ceasefire before Ramadan as talks resume in Egypt

post March 04, 2024

Treasury aims to force Meta to the table after media deals cut

post March 04, 2024

Voters worried about candidates’ age after Trump and Biden blunders

post March 01, 2024

Dunkley byelection battle turns on detainee’s wrongful arrest

post March 01, 2024

ASIO boss Mike Burgess refuses to name ’traitor’ spy MP

post March 01, 2024

Dozens killed waiting for food in Gaza as ceasefire talks continue

post March 01, 2024

Putin warns of nuclear war if NATO troops sent to Ukraine

post March 01, 2024

Senator Janet Rice censured for Philippines president protest

post February 29, 2024

Foreign spy ring nets former politician

post February 29, 2024

Cash-strapped Donald Trump offers bond

post February 29, 2024

Treasurer warns of shrinking GDP

post February 29, 2024

Ukraine asks Australia for more aid

post February 29, 2024

Parliament to vote on vape sales ban

post February 28, 2024

Dunkley byelection race heats up

post February 28, 2024

Biden ceasefire hope too early

post February 28, 2024

Victoria braces for catastrophic fire day

post February 28, 2024

NATO rules out troop action in Ukraine

post February 28, 2024

Labor unlikely to field candidate for Cook byelection

post February 27, 2024

Gender pay gap data revealed for first time

post February 27, 2024

Greens spurn government’s Help to Buy bill

post February 27, 2024

NSW Police uninvited from Mardi Gras parade

post February 27, 2024

Haines bill aims to kill pork-barrelling

post February 27, 2024

Rolfe says NT police racism ‘normalised’

post February 26, 2024

Universities baulk at funding plan

post February 26, 2024

Zelensky reveals Ukrainian soldier death toll

post February 26, 2024

Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks resume in Qatar

post February 26, 2024

Marles flags Defence battle over ’issues of culture’

post February 26, 2024

Nikki Haley fights on despite home state loss

post February 23, 2024

Hundreds battle Beaufort bushfire in Victoria’s west

post February 23, 2024

Work from home rights to be tested

post February 23, 2024

Dozens killed in Rafah shelling

post February 23, 2024

Russia demands Navalny’s secret burial

post February 23, 2024

Rolfe objects to line of questioning as inquest resumes

post February 22, 2024

US defends extradition of Julian Assange

post February 22, 2024

Conflict concerns in public service

post February 22, 2024

Opposition take aim at Palestinian visas

post February 22, 2024

Wages grow more than 4% and outstrip inflation

post February 22, 2024

Woolies chief Brad Banducci pulls pin after interview

post February 21, 2024

Assange too ill for last-ditch appeal

post February 21, 2024

Drone-like warships to patrol waters

post February 21, 2024

US rejects UN Security Council ceasefire motion

post February 21, 2024

Queensland top cop Katarina Carroll quits

post February 21, 2024

BHP profits pummelled by nickel crash, Samarco fine

post February 20, 2024

Naval fleet boost as Hunter-class program cut

post February 20, 2024

ATO to expand robotax scheme

post February 20, 2024

Yulia Navalnaya vows to fight on

post February 20, 2024

Dozens killed in Papua New Guinea ambush

post February 20, 2024

Western Australia fries in record heatwave

post February 19, 2024

Labor sets new course for navy

post February 19, 2024

Asylum seeker arrivals ignite border wars

post February 19, 2024

Albanese blames Putin for Navalny’s death

post February 19, 2024

Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks stall on Rafah invasion

post February 19, 2024

Donald Trump scrambles to pay huge court fines

post February 16, 2024

Donald Trump to face criminal trial in March

post February 16, 2024

Australia tops up Ukraine funding

post February 16, 2024

Energy policy war heats up as Coalition focuses on nuclear

post February 16, 2024

Australia expresses ‘grave concerns’ over Rafah invasion

post February 16, 2024

Unemployment rises above 4% for first time in two years

post February 15, 2024

Government NDIS savings secrecy slammed

post February 15, 2024

Suharto general Prabowo Subianto claims Indonesia win

post February 15, 2024

Parliament backs Julian Assange release motion

post February 15, 2024

Fossil fuel tax could reap $100bn in first year

post February 15, 2024

Tasmanian early election called following Rockliff ultimatum

post February 14, 2024

Child commissioner to help Close the Gap

post February 14, 2024

Wild storm batters Victorian power grid

post February 14, 2024

US Senate votes for Ukraine aid package

post February 14, 2024

Lisa Wilkinson felt ‘abandoned’ by Ten

post February 14, 2024

Up to 150 ATO staff involved in GST scam

post February 13, 2024

Jobs boost for remote communities ahead of Closing the Gap update

post February 13, 2024

Dozens killed in Rafah hostage rescue

post February 13, 2024

Doxxing to be criminalised under Privacy Act reforms

post February 13, 2024

Dutton ‘noted’ detention provider concerns

post February 13, 2024

Linda Reynolds to quit at end of term

post February 12, 2024

Greens to force negative gearing debate

post February 12, 2024

Underworld links to offshore detention providers

post February 12, 2024

Literacy crisis a ’preventable tragedy’ in Australian schools

post February 12, 2024

Trump’s NATO comments labelled ‘unhinged’

post February 12, 2024

Israel warned not to attack Rafah

News February 10, 2024

‘He died in full view of custodial and health staff’

An inquest into the death of a 32-year-old Yorta Yorta and Gunaikurnai man in a Victorian jail has heard prison staff did not enter his cell to check on him despite his cries that he was ‘dying’.

post February 09, 2024

Labor on top in polls with tax and IR wins

post February 09, 2024

Trump ballot ban wobbles at Supreme Court appeal

post February 09, 2024

Public servants face sanctions over robodebt

post February 09, 2024

Thousands to receive Youpla funeral fund compo

post February 09, 2024

PNG PM James Marape makes history in Canberra

post February 08, 2024

Senate to pass IR reforms with crossbench support

post February 08, 2024

Fels report finds market giants ripping off Australians

post February 08, 2024

Netanyahu says no deal with Hamas

post February 08, 2024

US wavers on Ukraine lifeline

post February 08, 2024

Calls for Closing the Gap rethink after damning report

post February 07, 2024

Governments failing to close the gap

post February 07, 2024

Coalition to vote for stage three tax changes

post February 07, 2024

Israel-Hamas ceasefire inches closer

post February 07, 2024

Trump loses immunity argument over 2020 election charges

post February 07, 2024

Sea sponge shows climate change tipping point

post February 06, 2024

King Charles diagnosed with cancer

post February 06, 2024

Chalmers takes tax plan to parliament

post February 06, 2024

Dr Yang Hengjun sentence sours Chinese relations

post February 06, 2024

AFP questioned over ’grooming’ of autistic boy

post February 06, 2024

Ben Roberts-Smith takes appeal to Federal Court

post February 05, 2024

Poll gives thumbs up to tax breaks

post February 05, 2024

US strikes Iranian targets across Middle East

post February 05, 2024

Federal government unveils fuel efficiency standard

post February 05, 2024

Lives cut short by homelessness

post February 05, 2024

Indigenous recognition pioneer Lowitja O’Donoghue dies aged 91

post February 02, 2024

‘Dark money’ donations to political parties hit $50m

post February 02, 2024

European Union agrees to €50bn Ukraine aid boost

post February 02, 2024

No horse-trading over stage three tax changes

post February 02, 2024

US approves strikes on Iran targets

post February 02, 2024

Nazi rally triggers Liberal defamation face-off

post February 01, 2024

GP cash boost lifts bulk-billing rates

post February 01, 2024

Inflation drops to two-year low

post February 01, 2024

Russia-Ukraine prisoners of war swaps resume

post February 01, 2024

States reject federal government’s public schools deal

post February 01, 2024

Man charged with murder over 2013 missing woman

post January 31, 2024

State schools thrown lifeline

post January 31, 2024

Papua New Guinea flirts with China security deal

post January 31, 2024

Jai Wright’s death referred to NSW Director of Public Prosecutions

post January 31, 2024

Biden decides response to drone strike in Jordan

post January 31, 2024

ABC builds bridges while hiring big guns

post January 30, 2024

Teals seek more tax reform in wake of stage three tax cut changes

post January 30, 2024

Negative gearing in focus as rentals drop

post January 30, 2024

La Nina could bring more floods to Australia’s east coast

post January 30, 2024

Iran denies involvement in killing of US troops in drone strike

post January 30, 2024

Victorian duck hunters win another season despite inquiry advice

post January 29, 2024

Paris peace talks inch closer to Gaza ceasefire

post January 29, 2024

PM Anthony Albanese on tax plan campaign

post January 29, 2024

US troops killed by drone in Jordan

post January 29, 2024

NSW Premier Chris Minns seeks stronger neo-Nazi bans

post January 29, 2024

Crackdown on student visas with a fifth of applications rejected

News January 27, 2024

More deaths occur in wait for safe injecting room

Almost four years after announcing it would establish a safe injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD, the Victorian government has been accused of lacking the courage to follow through on its promise – with scores of deaths continuing.

post January 26, 2024

Dutton demands election over stage three tax flip

post January 26, 2024

Leadership called for as thousands mark Invasion Day

post January 26, 2024

Cyclone Kirrily eases over inland Queensland

post January 26, 2024

PM orders competition watchdog supermarket inquiry

post January 26, 2024

Residents sue over Victorian government’s tower demolition plan

post January 25, 2024

Millions better off with stage three tax tweaks

post January 25, 2024

Russia claims Ukraine POWs killed in plane crash

post January 25, 2024

New ABC chair Kim Williams calls for unity

post January 25, 2024

Mainland Queensland awaits Cyclone Kirrily

post January 25, 2024

Donald Trump clear winner in New Hampshire primary

post January 24, 2024

Albanese to unveil stage three tax cut turnaround

post January 24, 2024

Ita Buttrose defends ABC boss after no-confidence vote

post January 24, 2024

Scott Morrison’s departure triggers another byelection

post January 24, 2024

UN warns of ’catastrophic hunger’ in Gaza

post January 24, 2024

Cyclone building over Whitsundays as Queensland braces for impact

post January 23, 2024

Labor mulls changes to stage three tax cuts

post January 23, 2024

Board meets to quell ABC unrest after no-confidence vote

post January 23, 2024

Fighting intensifies in Gaza as protesters storm Knesset

post January 23, 2024

Victoria launches inquiry into women’s pain

post January 23, 2024

Ron DeSantis quits Republican race ahead of New Hampshire primary

post January 22, 2024

Government MPs to meet in Canberra to tackle cost of living

post January 22, 2024

Gaza death toll reaches 25,000 as war continues

post January 22, 2024

Queensland braces for another cyclone with potentially severe impact

post January 22, 2024

Victorian opposition walks away from treaty process

post January 22, 2024

Calls to study Antarctic changes with Australian impact unknown

post January 19, 2024

Wong calls for two-state solution as Middle East conflict spreads

post January 19, 2024

Tony Burke backs dock workers in industrial dispute

post January 19, 2024

Antoinette Lattouf and ABC mediation fails

post January 19, 2024

Judge threatens to throw Trump out of court for defamation trial

post January 19, 2024

Unemployment remains low despite significant job losses

post January 18, 2024

Australia scolded over Taiwan response as China lodges official complaint

post January 18, 2024

ABC denies outside influence in sacking of Antoinette Lattouf

post January 18, 2024

ACU owes staff millions in underpayments

post January 18, 2024

PM digs in on unchanged stage three tax cuts

post January 18, 2024

Billions tipped to experience new rain patterns

post January 17, 2024

ABC staff want answers over sacking, threaten walk out

post January 17, 2024

Wong boosts aid for Gaza crisis amid ’grave concerns’ over conditions

post January 17, 2024

Trump wins Iowa caucus vote in a landslide

post January 17, 2024

ACCC chasing beefed up powers against price gouging supermarkets

post January 17, 2024

Half of applicants failing to receive government DV payment

post January 16, 2024

Houthis hit US cargo ship, as Albanese declines to participate in ICJ genocide case

post January 16, 2024

Former immigration detainee sues government for false imprisonment

post January 16, 2024

Million GP visits predicted for therapeutic vaping prescriptions

post January 16, 2024

Study claims pill testing could’ve saved dozens of festival overdose deaths

post January 16, 2024

Tiwi Islanders lose Santos gas pipeline action

News November 11, 2023

How parole reform led to a death in custody

Heather Calgaret had been eligible for release for a year when she died in custody, because she had no proper home to go to. Her case reveals the consequences of Victoria’s parole reforms.

News October 07, 2023

Immigration beset by ‘grotesque abuses’

As the government embarks on a major overhaul of Home Affairs, it is taking steps to fix flaws in the immigration system that have been exploited by organised crime groups.

News June 24, 2023

Hotel detention breaches human rights

A new report from the Human Rights Commission has damned Australia’s use of hotel detention as a breach of basic standards – but it is a practice the government has no plans to abandon.

News May 20, 2023

Exclusive: UN set to sanction Australia over human rights abuses

In an exclusive interview, the vice-chair of a United Nations torture prevention committee warns that Australia is expected to become the first OECD nation to be placed on a non-compliance list for failing to meet basic obligations.

post May 10, 2023

Budget balancing act

post May 09, 2023

Budget back in surplus

post May 08, 2023

Cost of living shapes budget

post May 05, 2023

Parents’ work for welfare scrapped

post May 04, 2023

Aged care pay boost locked in

post May 03, 2023

Rate rise surprise

post May 02, 2023

JobSeeker boost for over 55s

post May 01, 2023

Billion-dollar builds to be axed

post April 28, 2023

National cabinet seeks health solutions

post April 27, 2023

Migration overhaul proposed

post April 26, 2023

New medicine deal cuts costs

post April 24, 2023

Missiles lead Defence strategy

News April 22, 2023

Controversial prison health contractor back in business

Despite a report recommending the Victorian government return all custodial healthcare to the public sector, it has signed a $33 million deal to outsource men’s services to a controversial US-based private prison operator linked to the former provider.

News October 29, 2022

Consumer leases prey on the vulnerable

Leases on basic household items – at up to three times retail price – prey on financially vulnerable people. A new bill aims to improve the situation, but it doesn’t stop the practice.

News September 24, 2022

Refugees cut off from support

Refugees who are ineligible for other welfare support and in financial hardship have had their Special Benefit payments cut off, due to a technical glitch that stems from a disconnect between government departments.

News August 06, 2022

Victoria’s Indigenous legal service forced to turn away clients

In a move that highlights a critical shortage of funding, Victoria’s only legal service for First Nations communities has been forced to implement a freeze on new clients.

News June 18, 2022

The aged-care crisis in prisons

Despite ample warning that Australia’s jails are facing a rapidly ageing population, little action has been taken to mitigate the complications of dementia and illness.

News September 25, 2021

Inside the Parklea prison Covid-19 outbreak

Coronavirus has taken hold at Parklea Correctional Centre, with at least 140 inmates infected. Treatment is cursory and prisoners with the virus are largely prevented from contacting family members and even lawyers.

News August 07, 2021

Almost all Covid-19 fines remain unpaid

As Victoria returns to lockdown, new figures show more than 30,000 Covid-19 fines in the state remain unpaid.

News July 03, 2021

Human rights breaches in prisons

Almost four years after Australia ratified the United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, humans rights breaches are still being reported in prisons and detention centres.

News June 12, 2021

Delays in vaccinating prisoners

The rollout of Covid-19 vaccines to Australian prisons has been delayed despite evidence from around the world that the virus can be a disaster for incarcerated people.

News October 03, 2020

Victoria’s punitive fines system

As Victoria raises its Covid-19 fines to $5000, lawyers say the agency overseeing fines continues to take a hardline approach to debt collection, ignoring the devastating effects this punitive system can have on the vulnerable.

Health December 14, 2019

Thalidomide survivors

A senate inquiry into thalidomide in March called for survivors to be better supported and compensated. Months later the government still has done nothing.

News June 29, 2019

Victoria reviews spent convictions

Plans to introduce spent convictions legislation in Victoria – the only state that doesn’t allow the wiping of minor convictions from a person’s record – stalled earlier this year. Now, Reason Party leader Fiona Patten has put the scheme back on the agenda.

News April 06, 2019

Campaign to keep women out of jail

A new campaign is calling on Victorian premier Daniel Andrews to show his progressive values by drastically reducing the number of women and children in jail.

News March 23, 2019

Wider laws to allow Victoria Police to take DNA samples

Privacy fears surround Victoria’s new DNA laws, which would allow police to take samples from suspects before they are charged with any crime.

News November 24, 2018

More cameras on police coming

Victoria Police are expanding the use of body cameras despite concerns from community and legal groups about a lack of rules over their use and uncertainty about the accessibility of footage to support complaints about police conduct.

News September 01, 2018

Family violence and mandatory sentencing

New mandatory sentencing laws for assaults against emergency workers could see frightened victims of family violence face jail time while their attackers go free.

News September 23, 2017

Syrian marching band helps refugees

A marching band in Melbourne comprising young refugees from Syria is helping its members adjust to their new home, while providing a connection with their community.

News August 19, 2017

Clinton Pryor’s Walk for Justice

Clinton Pryor has walked across Australia to raise awareness of injustice for Indigenous peoples and now approaches Canberra for a planned meeting with the governor-general.

News May 13, 2017

Did Max Castor disappear deliberately?

The father of a Swedish man missing in Victoria since 2004 believes his son vanished by choice. So is Max Castor still alive?

News April 01, 2017

The murder of Fitzroy taxi driver Mohamud Muketar

Almost a year on from the murder of a Melbourne taxi driver, police are no closer to solving the crime and his father no nearer to answers.

News January 28, 2017

Ms Dhu’s family’s fight for prosecutions

Ms Dhu’s family is determined not to let the coronial report into her death disappear from the spotlight without prosecutions.

News December 03, 2016

Melbourne suburb Eltham welcomes refugees

Plans to use part of an aged-care facility in an outer Melbourne suburb as temporary housing for refugees have been welcomed by the local community. But that hasn’t stopped anti-immigration protesters descending.

News August 20, 2016

WA still waits for Indigenous Custody Notification

The first Aboriginal death in custody for 16 years in NSW has highlighted the effectiveness of a Custody Notification Service, which WA has yet to implement.

News June 20, 2015

Cutting the Aboriginal custody helpline

Instead of expanding a successful legal service with proven success reducing Aboriginal deaths in custody, the federal government is cutting its funding.

Science February 07, 2015

Australian hoping to join the Mars One mission

She was fascinated by space as a child. Now Australian woman Dianne McGrath has volunteered to live out life on Mars.