An open letter from Manus
By Jane Salmon This epic howl of anguish came from the RPC on Manus via the internet today. Mourning and Weeping From Hell These words […]
Social Justice
Listening to voices of domestic violence and other talking points
John Paul Langbroek brought me to boiling point the other week with his comments about domestic violence. This shows how out of touch and neanderthal the […]
The question should be “Will you marry me?” not “Can you marry me?”
On the 16 September 2015 the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee reported on an inquiry into “The matter of a popular vote, in […]
The Challenge for the New Minister for Women
Today we welcome a new Minister for Women – Senator Michaelia Cash. In December 2013, I wrote a letter to the then Prime Minister and […]
A letter to Peter Dutton
By Vanessa Kairies Dear Peter Dutton, If your wife was raped in another country by foreigners and they fled that country to their homeland, would […]
What have we done?
It took me a few days for the impact of the photo to hit me. I’ve never seen a dead child before. Photos of children […]
What depth we have plumbed as a nation
By Sir Scotch Misery Perhaps the Sydney Morning Herald has not seen just how ironic today’s story of the little Syrian boy lying dead on […]
Dual citizen? Beware the Border Force street patrol
In many cases, buying into a conspiracy theory may result in an instant loss of credibility. However as reality becomes increasingly more absurd and Government […]
Is there a silent partner behind the Republic debate
The AIMN has recently published articles supporting the call for Australia to become a republic. There are, of course, voices who oppose this move for […]
Clever compassion builds national well-being
By Jane Salmon Last week a rough sleeper died out in the open of sheer cold. She was younger than me. She died in a […]
The Invisible Army
By Edward Eastwood You wouldn’t think that Steve was unemployed if you passed him in the street or sat next to him on public transport. […]
Immigration tries first forced removal from Manus Island
Media release from the Refugee Action Coalition Immigration tries to intimidate first removals from Manus Island: injunctions sought Late yesterday afternoon, Thursday 13 August, Immigration […]
The silenced majority
By Vanessa Kairies You wouldn’t want to be gay, transgender, bi-sexual, a refugee, a Muslim, a First Australian, homeless, unemployed, sick, facing retirement, in aged […]
Australia has a duty of care towards asylum seekers
By Vanessa Kairies Is Tony really a good Catholic? I often wonder how he sleeps at night, because there is such hypocrisy between his attitude […]
Abbott is threatening to jail the wrong people.
Tony Abbott has made many terrible decisions during his tenure as Prime Minister. Broken promises, backflips, outright lies, and a fierce defence of travel rorters […]