Dutton has lost control
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has well and truly lost control of his portfolio. The past year alone provides a rich field of examples of Dutton’s […]
Social Justice
Sexual assault: ask the right questions or you’re part of the problem
There was a brief spat on Twitter this morning with a couple of men who thought the question to ask about the fourteen-year-old girl raped […]
Nauru: What do bird poop, the Russian Mafia and Australia’s refugee policy have in common?
Nauru was described by The Economist in 2001 as a hotbed of incompetence – as “Paradise Lost … an enormous moth-eaten fedora: a ghastly grey mound of rock […]
Abyan needs help, not harassment: bring her off Nauru
A media release from the Refugee Action Coalition The aggressive attempts by the Nauruan police to interview Abyan reveal their complete lack of concern for […]
Turnbull’s actions should carry a trigger warning for all women who have survived sexual violence
At a time when we are struggling in this country with the death of two women every week from male-perpetrated domestic violence, and the physical, […]
What extremism, Australia?
The Federal Government has made quite clear its belief that Australians are at risk from extremists. It is so concerned about the threat of fundamentalists […]
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 […]
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 […]