The tragic deaths of two First Nations women highlight systemic failings, and the urgent need for a Human Rights Act in Australia.
A group of mostly white academics applauding the statement “I hate rap” diminishes the historical and socio-cultural contexts surrounding the form.
We need to move beyond whether cancel culture is good or bad, and understand in more nuanced terms what it means, especially given the political weaponising of it.
New research shows Indigenous women experiencing intimate partner violence had engaged with police to help them. However, many didn’t receive the support that potentially could have saved their lives.
The pandemic has impacted people from all walks of life, but academics, early-career researchers, and PhD students have been particularly hard-hit.
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.
Local councils are the best level of government to protect sports-playing children from pervasive and harmful abuse, harassment, and discrimination.
Only a few Indigenous languages remain strong in modern Australia. On a new episode of Monash University's "What Happens Next?" podcast, linguists and human rights advocates outline what we've lost.
PhD student Aish Ravi was racially vilified in a recent football game, but her pleas for action have gone largely unheard.
Does Collingwood, and indeed the AFL, have a problem with women, or is it a case of “boys just being boys”?
It’s time to ask our politicians the hard questions about what they intend to do to strengthen human rights protections if elected to government.
Join “What Happens Next?” podcast for the second part of the panel discussion ‘Racism: It stops with…?’. Learn how individuals can help in the effort to dismantle racism in our workplaces, communities, and society at large.
Until sporting organisations rectify their structural racism problems, players like the former Yorkshire cricketer will be forced to work in unwelcome and unsafe environments.
Moderated by Dr Susan Carland, the panel discussion ‘Racism: It stops with…..?’, brought together some of the foremost leaders working to understand and battle racism today. Listen to part one of the conversation now.
The experts uncover some of the policies and initiatives needed for change, and the role of localised actions as part of the solution.
More than 30 years ago, a royal commission was set up to investigate black deaths in custody, But what did we learn from that inquiry?
Amid the inner turmoil at the AFL club, what’s happened to the ‘Do Better’ report into systemic racism?
While stories of human rights violations, and dire warnings about pandemics and an uncertain economic future seem unconnected, research reveals common roots in systemic inequality and discrimination in Australia.
The Collingwood Football Club racism report, and the club’s response to it, is a wake-up call for all of us to reflect more broadly on how we respond to racism.
A "Kwozzie" shares the lessons learnt from living through the COVID-19 lockdown in New Zealand.
Despite the rise in citizen journalism exposing police violence and discrimination, we're yet to see changes to the practices that perpetuate racism and deny transparency in policing.
Academic institutions and the research community play a role in perpetrating and maintaining institutional and systemic racism.
Until we tackle the perception that some minority groups are a threat to society, they'll continue to be subjected to intensive over-policing, leading to a fear of those serving to protect.
Some leaders build walls to keep others out and gain by pushing others down, while there are leaders who invite others in, such as NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
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