Until it is properly acknowledged that centuries of ill-treatment of Aboriginal people is linked to our imprisonment and deaths in custody, our circumstances will not improve, writes Meena Singh. Governments…

Australia’s social security net is failing to keep vulnerable families out of poverty, with researchers warning the child poverty rates for single-parent families is set to soar now that the…

As the March floods highlighted, we can’t continue to build cities and towns based on business-as-usual planning principles — especially as these disasters tend to disproportionately affect disadvantaged populations. Elizabeth…

A planned overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme has been soundly rejected by the disability sector. Christopher Kelly reports. The federal government’s proposal to introduce independent assessors to review…

As Hal Pawson and Vivienne Milligan discuss, the NSW government’s new 20-year housing strategy gives a broad nod to issues at play while offering few actionable solutions. With a transition…

With the Green Park sold and the Hollywood on the market, Christopher Kelly laments the closure of two of Sydney’s iconic hotels. When I heard the news that the Hotel…

A spate of deaths across Australia has renewed calls for a move away from the current punitive approach to drug taking towards policies of harm-minimisation. Jake Kendall reports. Following an…

The NSW police officer who was filmed slamming an Aboriginal teenager face-first to the ground in Surry Hills in June 2020 has been charged with two counts of assault. Alec…

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Aboriginal Legal Service. Here’s how it all began. In Inner Sydney in the 1960s, police were enforcing a curfew at night that…