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“Universities have experienced protests, encampments and polarised debates,” the report said.

‘Significant hostility’: Scale of racism on university campuses revealed

Racism is “pervasive” across the country’s 43 universities and has worsened with “external events”.

  • Sally Rawsthorne

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Children aged as young as 10 should not be locked up in jail.

One key Australian human rights failing is attracting global attention

No one should be locking up 10-year-old children. We have been asking governments about this for years.

  • Hugh de Kretser
Action stations: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government is being urged to respond to committee inquiry reports.

Albanese says security agency chiefs were the experts who advised against a royal commission

Australia’s current Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay is the first government-appointed official to publicly back demands from the Jewish community and more than 200 former judges and barristers.

  • Rob Harris
Jimmy’s Felafel.

Merivale hit with human rights complaint for allegedly refusing entry to people wearing Palestinian scarves

The Racial Justice Centre has filed the complaint on behalf of six people who were allegedly turned away for wearing Palestinian scarves at Merivale’s Jimmy’s Falafel.

  • Kayla Olaya

‘We need to find common ground’: Hugh de Kretser’s human rights challenge

As president of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Hugh de Kretser walks a fine line. How can the organisation speak to all Australians?

  • James Button
Billionaire Justin Hemmes.

Liberal leaders distance themselves from Hemmes as Merivale faces investigation

NSW Liberal leader said he would back “any worker who speaks up” in relation to the Merivale allegations, months after the billionaire hosted a party fundraiser.

  • Eryk Bagshaw, Jessica McSweeney and Bianca Hrovat
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Netball Victoria refused to respond to detailed questions about the league’s handling of the cases.

Local league, Netball Victoria at loggerheads over transgender stoush

Trans advocates say the Riddell District Football Netball League’s decision to ban two trans netballers sets a concerning precedent.

  • Carla Jaeger
Former social justice commissioner Mick Gooda spoke at the summit in Brisbane this week.

Why more than 100 leaders quietly met behind closed doors in Brisbane this week

Closed to media, the two-day gathering concluded with a public statement that called out “egregious breaches of human rights against children”.

  • Courtney Kruk
Wacol Youth Remand Centre.

‘In crisis’: UN experts condemn youth justice systems, Queensland laws

A special rapporteur on torture has been investigating Australia’s youth justice system following a confidential submission.

  • Courtney Kruk
Michael Waterhouse and Kathryn Greiner, two of the six complainants, at a bus stop outside Waverley Bus Depot on Oxford Street in Bondi Junction.

Residents launch legal action over Oxford Street cycleway

The NSW government wants to build a new bike route between Taylor Square and Centennial Park, but a group of locals wants it diverted.

  • Megan Gorrey