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Nauru Files: Why Does this Policy Continue and What Can We do About it?
By Azadeh Dastyari On 10 August, The Guardian newspaper published the Nauru files, approximately 2000 leaked incident reports from the Australian funded and operated detention centre on Nauru where men, women and children seeking Australia’s protection from harm are selected by our government and sent indefinitely. The more than 8000 pages of accounts paint…
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Australia’s delay in achieving marriage equality is coming at a real cost for our region
By Paula Gerber As we head into the second half of 2016, some might accuse Australia of fiddling while Rome burns. We are debating the why, when and how of a plebiscite on marriage equality when lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in other countries are being persecuted and killed because of who they…
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Do I have to provide my name on my Census form?
Guest post by Dr Caroline Henckels Last week one of my Public Law students asked me whether it was true that the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) could demand a person’s name on the Census form. The issue has been all over social media in recent days. Collecting names on Census night isn’t new –…
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What’s next for asylum seekers under a re-elected Turnbull government?
By Maria O’Sullivan Dealing with refugee flows requires sophisticated policies that reflect both domestic and international realities. These realities include Australia’s status as a sovereign nation that wishes to protect its borders, but also as a country operating in a highly globalised world. That world is experiencing situations of protracted armed conflict and large numbers of…
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Eddie McGuire, Caroline Wilson and when ‘playful banter’ goes very, very wrong
By Kate Seear, Monash University In March 2016, five female friends and I began The Outer Sanctum podcast, a weekly show where we discuss the big footy issues of the day. Through interviews we also aim to provide a platform for voices not usually heard in conventional sports media. As six passionate female foo ty fans,…
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Orlando shooting is the latest chapter in the global fight for LGBT rights
Castan Centre for Human Rights Law 
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