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Indefinite detention continues for people who cannot be forcibly deported
Indefinite detention continues for people who cannot be forcibly deported
Minns Government urged to scrap anti-protest, anti-democratic laws
Minns Government urged to scrap anti-protest, anti-democratic laws
Albanese Government condemned for continued attack on migrant and refugee communities
Albanese Government condemned for continued attack on migrant and refugee communities
Big tech regulation needed to stop disinformation spreading like wildfire in Australia’s democracy
Big tech regulation needed to stop disinformation spreading like wildfire in Australia’s democracy
Rio Tinto faces biggest test of environmental and social credentials since Juukan Gorge with response to former Panguna mine’s impacts
Rio Tinto faces biggest test of environmental and social credentials since Juukan Gorge with response to former Panguna mine’s impacts
Miles Government endangering children in race-to-the-bottom on youth imprisonment
Miles Government endangering children in race-to-the-bottom on youth imprisonment
Landmark EU law highlights need for stronger Australian corporate accountability laws
Landmark EU law highlights need for stronger Australian corporate accountability laws
Argentina: the scramble for lithium threatens the rights of Indigenous Peoples in Jujuy
Argentina: the scramble for lithium threatens the rights of Indigenous Peoples in Jujuy
High Court challenge to Albanese Government's ongoing detention regime begins
High Court challenge to Albanese Government's ongoing detention regime begins
Senate Committee to hear evidence calling for the Deportation and Travel Ban Bill to be scrapped
Senate Committee to hear evidence calling for the Deportation and Travel Ban Bill to be scrapped
Alice Springs curfew criticised
Alice Springs curfew criticised
Whistleblowers must be protected to prevent next PwC tax scandal
Whistleblowers must be protected to prevent next PwC tax scandal
Statement on civil liberties infringements re the war in Gaza
Statement on civil liberties infringements re the war in Gaza
Allan government's feeble response to Yoorrook for Justice report dismisses crucial reform
Allan government's feeble response to Yoorrook for Justice report dismisses crucial reform
Albanese Government’s punitive proposal will endanger people’s lives
Albanese Government’s punitive proposal will endanger people’s lives
Human Rights Law Centre to intervene in High Court challenge to indefinite detention on behalf of client AZC20  
Human Rights Law Centre to intervene in High Court challenge to indefinite detention on behalf of client AZC20  
Police permission for protests would set undemocratic path for Victoria
Police permission for protests would set undemocratic path for Victoria
Reform needed to better balance secrecy, transparency
Reform needed to better balance secrecy, transparency

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