Pfizer from Poland directed to young super spreaders
People aged 20-39, who were identified by the Doherty Institute modelling as super spreaders of COVID, will be targeted for…
#FreeBritney has many of us wondering: do we have conservatorships in Australia?
News Britney Spears’ father has agreed to step down from her conservatorship might have you wondering how equivalent laws work…
Brad Hazzard is wrong about multicultural western Sydney: new research shows refugees do trust institutions
With COVID numbers surging in Sydney’s multicultural western suburbs, NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard speculated that migrant and refugee communities…
View from The Hill: Barnaby Joyce repudiates Christensen’s COVID misinformation
Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has dissociated himself from the views of his maverick backbencher George Christensen, who on Tuesday flatly…
Increased incarceration of First Nations women is interwoven with the experience of violence and trauma
There is a national incarceration crisis impacting First Nations women in Australia. First Nations women are the fastest-growing prison population,…
A ‘Christian nation’ no longer: why Australia’s religious right loses policy battles even when it wins elections
Conservative Christians are prominent in Australia’s Liberal-National Coalition parties. Scott Morrison and Tony Abbott are two of the most devout…
Vaccination rate needs to hit 70% to trigger easing of restrictions
Seven in ten people aged 16 and over will need to be fully vaccinated for COVID restrictions to begin to…
Pfizer doses to be spaced out in NSW crisis, but state fails to get change in vaccination program
Pfizer doses in NSW will be spaced out to enable more first jabs to be administered quickly, as the Berejiklian…
The ‘car park rorts’ story is scandalous. But it will keep happening unless we close grant loopholes
On Monday, a senate hearing produced yet more damning evidence about the “car park rorts” affair. The Australian National Audit…
How does class impact on Australians’ love lives? New research brings a complex issue into the open
People from different class backgrounds often fall in love in books and on screen — think Sally Rooney’s Normal People,…
Labor gains clear Newspoll lead during Sydney lockdown, but will the economy save the Coalition?
This week’s Newspoll, conducted July 14-17 from a sample of 1,506, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, a two-point gain for…
View from The Hill: Morrison and Coalition sink in Newspoll on the back of rollout shambles
Support for Scott Morrison and the government have slumped in Newspoll, in a major backlash against the botched vaccine rollout.…
In search of walking equality: 70% of Indigenous people in Sydney live in neighbourhoods with low walkability
Indigenous inequality in Australia has long been known to the public and policy makers. Yet, successive local, state, and federal…
Victoria considers electronic surveillance for alleged stalkers
In 1993, Andrea Patrick was murdered by her ex-partner after a period of severe harassment and despite a restraining order…
As Sydney’s lockdown continues, what support is available — and needed — for people losing income?
Greater Sydney is in its third week of lockdown, with no clear end in sight. The situation calls for support…
First Nations people urgently need to get vaccinated, but are not being consulted on the rollout strategy
This year, just five cases of COVID-19 have been recorded among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. This…
View from the Hill: COVID battle on a knife edge
The argument Scott Morrison has consistently put – that NSW has a better way of dealing with COVID, by avoiding…
‘Waiting to stab me’: new research reveals the threats and daily trauma judges face in their jobs
As a judicial officer, being subject to death threats not only for you but your family is a concern […]…