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Independent filmmaking is not a career for the faint of heart writes Rebekah Woodford It’s mid afternoon and the scent of freshly painted walls fills the air. Cylinders of brightly coloured fluid in all the colours of the rainbow are arranged along …

In Australia, where repeated governments have pursued ever-tougher ‘Laura Norder’ policies, the barriers are high to establishing a human rights conversation around the rights of prisoners. Such a proposal is frequently dismissed as politically inconvenient – perhaps because the criminal justice system …

Alexis Smith, 22, came to Australia to study. But what started as an academic adventure quickly escalated into a nightmare medical ordeal. She came to learn but left with a piece of Australia that saved her life, and changed it forever.   Alexis …

Following the birth of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s first born on Monday, British news blog the Huffington Post featured a breaking news story with the headline: “Woman Gives Birth to A Boy”. The article read: “A married woman of childbearing age …

High unemployment is pushing thousands of young Italians to seek jobs abroad. They are part of a tidal wave of young Europeans heading for Australia and many are using the 457 visa, Roanna Sanelli writes from Melbourne. Travelling through Italy it is not uncommon …

Convicted murderer of Cabramatta MP John Newman celebrated his 55th birthday in custody this week. The Vietnamese-born former Fairfield councillor Phuong Canh Ngo is serving a life sentence for the shooting murder of Austrian-born Cabramatta MP John Newman. Ngo has spent 15 …

They are familiar murmurings and they gather righteous crescendo as they seep into print, broadcast and online media platforms. But to many of us, we have heard them all before and recognise the strategy for what it is – helmet promotion via …

As a manager of a homelessness shelter in Queensland, Cara* first suspected a problem with management about two months after she left on sick leave to start her treatment for Stage IV esophageal cancer. After a short period at work, she was …

John Pelletier is a victim of a privacy breach so shocking, it could have landed him in jail. Literally. “I had a criminal record and I didn’t even know it,” he says. “It was the most confusing moment of my life.” He …

With the recent change in leadership, there is speculation that Australia’s asylum seeker policy could become even tougher. This raises serious questions about Australia’s commitment to the international protection of refugees writes Daniela Carlucci. For those who’ve come across the seas, we’ve …