Victoria made history this week, becoming the first state in Australia to pass formal treaty legislation with Indigenous traditional owners. The landmark move marked a major step toward truth-telling, justice and self-determination for First Peoples. The Statewide Treaty Bill 2025 passed in parliament late on Thursday night to applause and […]
Human Rights
Victoria has moved closer to becoming the first state in Australia to establish a Treaty with First Peoples, after the Statewide Treaty Bill passed the lower house of Parliament last week. The legislation, backed by Labor and Greens MPs, creates the framework for negotiating a statewide Treaty between the Victorian […]
Residents say cars have been piled high with belongings, neighbours locked out of their own entrances, and families scattered across Melbourne with nowhere secure to go. This was how the Flemington Public Housing Towers looked in recent weeks as demolition works pushed tenants to breaking point. One resident, who preferred […]
It has been more than a month since thousands took to the streets on August 31 for the so-called “March for Australia,” a rally many participants claimed was simply about preserving Aussie values. Yet the aftermath has continued to echo across Victoria, exposing a dangerous undercurrent—one that could see future […]
Australia cannot end workplace sexual harassment unless governments and employers confront how racism, class, disability and insecure work compound discrimination, Sex Discrimination Commissioner Dr Anna Cody has warned in a powerful National Press Club address. “We still have a fairly limited, narrow understanding of sexual harassment… power gets used by […]
The Victorian government has launched a new statutory body, Multicultural Victoria, tasked with developing safety plans for communities affected by serious and distressing events. Premier Jacinta Allan and Minister for Multicultural Affairs Ingrid Stitt announced the initiative on Tuesday, alongside the release of Victoria’s landmark Multicultural Review. Headed by a […]
Two boys have been killed in Melbourne’s outer-west after being attacked by a group of masked men, sparking grief across the community and renewed debate over youth crime. Both victims were African-Australian friends, aged just 12 and 15, whose deaths have shaken families and intensified calls for answers from authorities. […]
Warning: This article contains the names and details of deceased Aboriginal people. The family of Warlpiri man Kumanjayi White has launched a landmark federal court case against the Northern Territory government, alleging police officers used unlawful and unreasonable force that led to his death inside an Alice Springs supermarket. White, […]
Recent images of an emaciated Gazan child, Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, provoked global outrage. Some sought to minimise this harm, attributing it instead to pre-existing conditions or disability. But framing starvation deaths in Gaza in terms of underlying disabilities or comorbidities is misleading. It is essential to recognise these conditions do not justify suffering […]
