Julia Gillard has launched a Parliamentary inquiry into Australian media but it is unclear what it will achieve for media diversity. Nathan Coates reports.
It was the incident that divided a nation and led to the Howard Government’s Pacific Island Solution. The Refugee Action Coalition organised a forum marking the tenth anniversary of the Tampa boat crisis and it’s political remnants. Rashida Yosufzai reports.
Peter, a former public housing tenant in Werrington in Sydney’s west, talks to Paul Farrell about the campaign of harassment, victimization and death threats he endured from his fellow tenants.
A proposal by university professor Dr John Hadley to grant endangered animals property rights has caused a number of farmers groups and ecologists to react. Jamesina McLeod reports.
On May 18th 2009, upon the sands of a tropical paradise, one of the world’s longest running civil wars drew to a bloody end. Myuran Elango and Silvina Molkenthin explore the experience and fears of a Sri Lankan refugee.
Australia is known as a secular country, but the rise of varied spiritual practices highlight the undying quest for answers and meaning. Mariana Soares, Orion Mitchell and Nick Vela report.
Attendees of Sydney SlutWalk rallied on the Queen’s birthday holiday last Monday to demand honour and respect for a woman’s right to dress how she pleases. Rashida Yosufzai writes.
They’ve been called inflammatory, provocative, and controversial. Rashida Yosufzai investigates the religious billboards sparking debate between Muslims and Christians.