Religious Workers Risk Their Lives On The Frontline Of Ebola Epidemic The Huffington Post  | By Antonia Blumberg    Posted: 08/06/2014 2:02 pm EDT Updated: 08/06/2014 2:59 pm EDT The Ebola outbreak in western Africa has claimed at least 932 lives as of August 4, according to the WHO, and it shows no sign of abating. […]

  Guardian Australia exclusive: Doctor who was responsible for mental health of people in detention becomes the most senior figure to condemn system from within, saying immigration department deliberately harms vulnerable detainees in a process akin to torture Asylum seekers’ medical records ‘being used against them’ – video Self-harming is ‘seen as bad behaviour’ – video […]

Detained children’s mental health problems covered up, inquiry told Inquiry into children in detention also hears that asylum seekers’ medications were seized and destroyed on arrival. The immigration department has attempted to cover up statistics showing alarming rates of children’s mental health problems in detention, the Australian Human Rights Commission’s inquiry into children in detention […]

Let’s Tell the Truth About This International Madness Jim Wallis Posted: 07/25/2014 9:04 am EDT Updated: 07/25/2014 9:59 am EDT The horrible human costs and increasing danger the world is now facing in Gaza, Ukraine, and Iraq show the consequences of not telling the truth. And unfortunately, we seem to mostly have political leaders who are unwilling to […]

Tony Abbott has ‘stopped the boats’. But the cost is catastrophic As thousands of poor souls lose their minds in tropical prisons, Australia’s compliance with international law is at breaking point. Political success must transcend three-word slogans Lenore Taylor, political editor theguardian.com, Friday 4 July 2014 11.49 If you judge political success by delivering on a three-word […]

12 May 2014, 11.47am AEST What underlies public prejudice towards asylum seekers? According to a poll taken last December, 60% of those surveyed think the Australian government should “increase the severity of the treatment of asylum seekers”. What’s behind this negative sentiment (otherwise known as prejudice) towards asylum seekers in Australian society?” One very important and […]

If we are to have a limited and flawed patriotism, what would it mean for it to focus not on wartime deaths, but on improvements in the lives of ordinary people? Historian Benedict Anderson wrote that nations are imagined communities, and the stories told about Australia lean heavily on Anzac Day, which is often seen […]

The collateral damage is too great for policy-by-slogan to be sustainable, writes Peter Browne. The alternative can bring benefits for asylum seekers and for Australia 09 April 2014 IN AN ARTICLE last month for the Guardian, Robert Manne argued that the drop-off in boat arrivals is an opportunity for supporters and opponents of asylum seekers […]

As we mark the conflict, we must not forget those who were ridiculed, jailed and worse for daring to fight for peace Priyamvada Gopal  The Guardian, Friday 28 February 2014 02.49 AEST The commemorations of the first world war now under way in the media and museums are, we are given to understand, intended to be […]

The whole point of detention for asylum seekers is horror, whether it is acknowledged or not February 21, 2014 Waleed Aly Illustration: Simon Letch. Sorry, but we don’t get to be outraged at this. The fact that a person is dead, that another has been shot or that yet another has a fractured skull doesn’t […]

You might think that, now that desperate asylum seekers have been killed or severely injured in an Australian-run camp, we cannot possibly sink any lower. That’s unfortunately not true  Jeff Sparrow theguardian.com, Tuesday 18 February 2014 Last week, we learned that the Australian government had funded anasty little comic book intended to deter those seeking asylum from making […]

As World Economic Forum starts in Davos, development charity claims that growing inequality has been driven by a ‘power grab’ by wealthy elites. 85 richest people as wealthy as poorest half of the world. Graeme Wearden theguardian.com, Monday 20 January 2014 09.24 GMT The InterContinental Davos luxury hotel in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos. Oxfam […]