If implemented, the recommendations of Australia’s online gambling inquiry will advance regulation by several orders of magnitude.
The scandal and its aftermath point to a systemic failure of police accountability. Such failure is fertile soil for police corruption, and makes a repeat of the scandal entirely possible.
Existing research evidence suggests the hegemony of neoliberal measures within Australian welfare policy has resulted in higher, not lower, levels of social and economic injustice.
No one can say Australian sport is worse off without tobacco ads. We can protect a new generation of young sports fans from harm by following other nations’ leads and phasing out gambling ads.
Human rights legislation is a normal part of living in a modern democratic country, but Australia still doesn’t have a legal framework that supports everyone living here.
Post-COVID, teachers have reported student behaviour appears to be getting worse, with students more distracted and less engaged than before the pandemic.
The Australian Greens, rather than the Labor Party, have emerged as the champions of the contemporary Australian welfare state.
The high level of poverty in affluent Australia is a national disgrace, and its prevention should be a priority for all political parties. But it’s not.
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women has achieved a great deal in the past 40 years, but there remains more work to do in Australia.
Researchers estimate about half of the adults who end up in prison are parents, but what happens to their children?
The bill exposes the culture war within Australia’s biggest religious groups, and runs into constitutional problems.
Victoria’s Labor Party flipped and flopped in its support of Melbourne’s first medically supervised injecting room, depending on what was politically expedient and popular at the time.
In light of parliamentary staff facing problems when making complaints, we can learn from reform in the United Kingdom.
While Australians demand change, the silence from Canberra on violence against women and gender inequality is a national shame.
After months of hearings, characterised by spectacular admissions including threats of violence, the report of the Bergin Inquiry into the probity of Crown Sydney Gaming has been tabled in the NSW parliament.
Mark Latham's anti-trans bill that seeks to prohibit NSW schools from teaching gender fluidity faces a constitutional wall.
The system for investigating police misconduct, corruption and criminality in Victoria is hopelessly flawed. A culture of integrity within its police force will take time to build.
From Monash to the Subantarctic and the Pilbara, Tim Ealey was a trailblazing academic and adventurer.
Children’s invisibility in domestic and family violence responses must be addressed as part of the COVID-19 recovery phase.
COVID-19 has proved that the homelessness problem is solvable, but will Australia make good on its human rights obligations once the pandemic has passed?
At this time, we need to accept that a powerful healing influence can only be launched when a society knows and acknowledges all episodes of its history.
The COVIDSafe contact tracing app raises serious concerns for privacy, even if installing it is voluntary.
Despite its high cost, many newsrooms have retained their investigative teams while cutting editors, photographers, artists and general reporting staff.
In the wake of the UN's groundbreaking drug policy commitment, the time is right for drug laws reform.
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