Last week the Australian Human Rights Commission announced Michelle Telfer as a finalist for its human rights award. Less ...

One in three employees in Australia has experienced sexual harassment in the past five years, according to a new analysis, ...

By placing menopause at the centre of a punk-inflected drama, Wainwright opens a new televisual space for midlife women.

A Humphreys victory would not entirely be a first, however. Indeed, the very first president of Ireland, Douglas Hyde, was Protestant. He was also the perfect candidate to inaugurate the office, which ...

A van driver employed by the Association for the Help of Retarded has been charged with rape in the third degree and endangering the welfare of an incompetent physically disabled person in the first ...

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Four scholars at the University of Exeter, Cornwall, have been recognised by the Royal Historical Society (RHS) for their ...

Statement by Family First National Director LYLE SHELTONFamily First condemns the Australian Human Rights Commission's decision to nominate Dr ...

The government’s attempt to silence climate policy critics echoes the tale of the Boy Who Cried Wolf, with devastating implications for public discourse, writes Vikki Campion. Only now, our shepherd ...

Three Territorians have been named as finalists in this year’s Australian Human Rights Awards, the nation’s premier event for ...

Renewables growth is undeniably slow! Which of course doesn't mean it won't be denied.

The race discrimination commissioner hopes the Gaza ceasefire will lessen division at home but says "problems will remain".