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Guest Blog: Protecting children’s rights in Asian tourism destinations: What more can be done?
Guest Blogger: Afrooz Kaviani Johnson When we hear mention of child exploitation in Asian tourism, often the first thing that comes to mind is the sexual exploitation of children. The shocking reports of young girls trapped in horrifying conditions to serve tens of foreign ‘clients’ day in and day out. Or, perhaps you’ve even witnessed…
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Guest Blog: National pride and national unity: why we should get rid of the racial discrimination in our Constitution
By Shireen Morris Australia Day is a day of national pride and national unity – isn’t it? On this day in 1788 Captain Phillip stuck his flag in the sand at Sydney Cove and declared the land British territory, ignoring the people who already lived here. Terra nullius denied Indigenous existence, or at least denied…
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Guest Blog: The unravelling of civil liberties in Queensland
Guest blogger: Kate Galloway The Queensland government has recently implemented a raft of legislation designed to deal with a ‘crisis’ of (bikie) gang related crime. The new laws: Declare certain organisations to be criminal organisations (Crime and Misconduct Regulations 2005; Criminal Code (Criminal Organisation) Regulations 2013) Criminalise attendance at prescribed premises (Criminal Code) Make it…
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2013 Refugee Week Blog: Hope. It’s all I’ve got left
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2013 Refugee Week Blog: Oceans apart: compassion, politics and refugees
By Lizzie O’Shea This week is Refugee Week, an opportune moment to reflect on the year that has passed. We are now detaining more children than ever before. Through the creation of the dysfunctional and inappropriate “no advantage” test, we are also creating a subclass of asylum seekers gripped by poverty. This particular category of…
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2013 Reconciliation Week Blog – “On Reconciliation”
Guest Blogger – The Koori Woman This post forms part of the Castan Centre’s 2013 Reconciliation Week guest blog series. You can also read posts by Inala Cooper of Monash University, Shireen Morris of the Cape York Institute and Luke Pearson of AboriginalOz and Indigenous X. It wasn’t until Kevin Rudd gave his Apology speech that I felt, for…
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