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Christmas Island Wants to Be More Than a Bin for Refugees
That, and they're sick of Australia controlling everything they do. Some residents are even pushing for secession.
Nauru Will Soon Let Detained Refugees Walk Around the Island, But So What?
As one human rights lawyer put it, "letting people go for a walk does not resolve the fundamental problems caused by indefinitely warehousing them on a tiny remote island."
Thousands of Jains in India Protest for the Right to Fast Until Death
The practice has been ruled illegal by Rajasthan's High Court, but adherents of the faith insist that their abstemious preparation for death is not an act of suicide.
Queensland Bikies Lost Their High Court Challenge but Who Won?
Hells Angel Stefan Kuczborski lost his challenge against his state's tough anti-bikie laws. We look at what the ruling means.
Queensland's Bikies are taking their Anti-Bikie Laws to the High Court
Queensland’s VLAD laws have outlawed 26 motorcycle clubs as criminal organisations. Now the bikies will try proving the laws are unconstitutional, before they’re implemented nationally.
The Secrecy Over 157 Sri Lankan Asylum Seekers Is Dehumanising And Irresponsible
Disinformation and labels such as 'illegals' and 'queue jumpers' forms a barrier to empathy and stops Australians from seeing asylum seekers as actual people.