Does Trayvon Martin Matter Here?
The election of the United States’ first black president was one of those moments. Most…More
Browsing: Civil Society
The Seven Step Misogyny Detox
I have just returned from some work in Europe and, being an academic, I inevitably…More
No Place For The Vulnerable
Read part one of Benjamin Potter's report, on the killing of Rebecca Lazarus. Family violence…More
Why Did Rebecca Lazarus Die?
Outside a plain weatherboard house on Central Avenue, Boronia, at 3.40pm on 4 July 2007,…More
Wikileaks On Trial With Manning
The Bradley Manning Support Network has been posting daily reports from the trial of Bradley…More
School Testers Deny NAPLAN Side Effects
The Australian Senate’s Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee is currently holding an inquiry into…More
Villawood Sentences 'Bring The Law Into Disrepute'
On Friday, custodial sentences were handed down in the NSW Supreme Court for five men…More
Curtin Uni Spills Academic Jobs
This week academic staff at Curtin University are contemplating what it will mean to reapply…More
Family Values V The Stalinist Straightjacket
What began as a short, strange and fairly callous Catallaxy Files post by Judith Sloan…More
The 'Good Bloke' Narrative Is A Distraction
On Tuesday last week the St Kilda football club announced that one of its players,…More