The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched legal action against supermarket giants Woolworths and Coles, accusing them of misleading consumers through their well-known discount pricing campaigns. The ACCC alleges that both companies’ “Prices Dropped” and “Down Down” promotions falsely suggested a significant reduction in prices, when in fact […]
Human Rights
Last month, the Taliban passed a new “vice and virtue” law, making it illegal for women to speak or show their faces in public. Under the law, women can also be punished if they are heard singing or reading aloud from within their homes. It was approved by the Taliban’s supreme […]
Sudan’s war has been raging since April 2023. The country was on a bumpy road to democracy after mass uprisings in 2019 ousted long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir. This all came to a halt when troops from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary force, attacked a military airstrip in the early hours of […]
A 17-year-old Indigenous boy has died while in custody at a youth detention centre in Western Australia, marking the second such death in the state within a year. The tragedy has reignited concerns over the treatment of Aboriginal youth in the justice system. The teenager was found unresponsive in his […]
Australia has introduced a new “right to disconnect” law, providing much-needed relief for employees who feel pressured to respond to work-related calls or messages outside of their regular working hours. These groundbreaking regulations, which came into effect this year, allow employees to ignore work-related communications after hours without fear of […]
A Black British man has spoken out about his complex relationship with race and identity as far-right violence ignites riots across nearly 30 towns and cities in the UK. In a recent episode of The Back Cover, host Mibengé Nsenduluka was joined by British expatriate, Chris Becks, to discuss the […]
Violent unrest has gripped several towns and cities across the United Kingdom, with chaos erupting over the weekend as far-right agitators staged demonstrations nationwide. The latest wave of disorder has seen anti-immigration rioters clash with police, resulting in numerous injuries and property damage. In cities across England and Northern Ireland, […]
The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee convened on Tuesday to commence public hearings into Senator Lidia Thorpe’s Genocide Bill, formally known as the Criminal Code Amendment (Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Bill, 2024). The session featured testimony from an array of experts and individuals with personal experiences […]
At least 60 people have been killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, health officials reported, as stalled ceasefire talks leave the nearly 10-month-old conflict at a deadly impasse. Among the targets were a school sheltering displaced individuals and an Israeli-designated “humanitarian zone,” escalating an already […]
Human rights activists climbed onto the roof of Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday in a powerful protest against the Gaza war and other atrocities. Police were called after masked protesters scaled the federal parliament building around 10am in a bold act of solidarity with Palestinian, Aboriginal, and Torres Strait […]
