Law

The Government Wants To Appeal Australia’s Only Human Refugee Law

The government’s attempt to wind back a bill providing urgent medical care to asylum seekers held offshore has passed the House of Representatives. It’s an ominous sign of what’s to come for Australia’s barbaric offshore detention regime.

GQ, July 28, 2019

Is The Alabama Abortion Ban Illegal? Probably – But That Might Not Matter

Anti-abortion activists who support the law don’t mind that it’s likely to be thrown out. In fact, they’re relying on it.

HuffPost, May 22, 2019

We Need A Bill Of Rights To End Political Point Scoring

A resounding ‘Yes’ to marriage equality has politicians talking about human rights in the context of religious freedom. If only they would apply such discussions to fixing our dreadful and currently desperate record on human rights more generally, writes Lucia Osborne Crowley. 

Women’s Agenda, November 23, 2017