Jarni Blakkarly

“This land is our past, present and fu­ture and we don’t want a nu­clear waste dump on it.”

As Aus­tralians pre­pare to elect a new fed­er­al gov­ern­ment, we ask if it will re­flect the racial di­ver­si­ty of the coun­try.

As the num­ber of refugee sui­cides rise, we ex­am­ine the de­ten­tion cen­tre at the heart of Aus­tralia’s asy­lum poli­cies.

Top-rank­ing Vat­i­can car­di­nal George Pell de­nied in­volve­ment in sex abuse cov­er-ups, as vic­tims still deal with trau­ma.

In­dige­nous Aus­tralians say the na­tion­al hol­i­day is deeply of­fen­sive and should be dubbed ‘In­va­sion Day’.

Re­cent mass protests have raised con­cerns of a fur­ther clamp­ing down on me­dia re­port­ing and free speech.

De­spite threat of mil­i­tary de­ploy­ment, tens of thou­sands of Malaysians ral­ly over al­leged cor­rup­tion and eco­nom­ic woes.

Refugee-run or­gan­i­sa­tion pro­vides new­ly ar­rived mi­grants with a vi­tal sup­port net­work – and a voice.

De­spite the glob­al push to­wards eco-in­dus­try, in­vest­ment in large-scale re­new­able projects has plum­met­ed 90 per­cent.

Re­cent ‘Re­claim Aus­tralia’ ral­lies and counter-ral­lies across coun­try high­light so­cial ten­sions and xeno­pho­bic fears.