‘Australia should follow suit’: Trump withdrawing the US from the UN ‘sets a new stage’
GOP pollster Mitchell Brown claims US President Donald Trump's latest actions against UN agencies “sets a new stage”.
‘Un-Australian’: Industry leaders call out government amid booze price increase
Industry experts are pleading with the government to put an end to the twice yearly alcohol price increase, with the latest ...
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Australia violated human rights treaty with Nauru detainees, UN committee finds
A UN committee finds Australia violated a human rights treaty by detaining a group of asylum seekers, including minors, on Nauru even after they were granted refugee status.
UN calls for peace as conflict in the DRC continues to escalate
General has called for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The three-decade long conflict has escalated, after the M23 ...
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The UN says Australia violated human rights law, but it’s unlikely to change the way we treat refugees
She is the volunteer Director of the Rights Resource Network SA and a member of the Law Society of South Australia's Human Rights Committee. The United Nations Human Rights Committee has ruled ...
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U.S. Withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council Is Performative Disregard for Human Rights
Amnesty International Australia strongly condemns the withdrawal of the United States from the UN Human Rights Council. This ...
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Australia violated rights of asylum seekers held in Nauru, UN watchdog says
The UN Human Rights Committee said Australia violated two provisions of the legally binding 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – one on arbitrary detention and one ...
Australia spends $714 per person on roads every year – but just 90 cents goes to walking, wheeling and cycling
Walking and cycling get 90c per person each year from the Australian government. What if that figure rose to $5, $10 or $15?
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UN watchdog says Australia violated asylum seekers' rights
Australia violated the rights of asylum seekers arbitrarily detained on the island of Nauru, a UN watchdog ruled Thursday, in a warning to other countries intent on outsourcing asylum processing ...