Why ABC chiefs should back Laura Tingle for calling out racism
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Racism

Why ABC chiefs should back Laura Tingle for calling out racism

As is often the case in Australia,the person who calls out racism faces far more scrutiny than the racism itself.

  • byGiri Sivaraman

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I was stranded in a wheelchair at the airport. Something’s finally being done
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Air travel

I was stranded in a wheelchair at the airport. Something’s finally being done

Eighteen months ago,I was almost left stuck on the kerb in a wheelchair at Sydney Airport. Finally,the airport and airline are making changes.

  • byTracey Spicer
The award for worst job of 2024 goes to these folk. I almost feel sorry for them
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Harassment

The award for worst job of 2024 goes to these folk. I almost feel sorry for them

A nation that has done an appalling job of protecting women at work – or of paying them fairly – is about to hear what’s real and what’s not.

  • byJenna Price
Alicio speaks three languages,loves science and is popular at school,but Australia doesn’t want him

Alicio speaks three languages,loves science and is popular at school,but Australia doesn’t want him

Alicio has cerebral palsy. While his condition hasn’t held him back from swimming lessons,nor from playing with his friends in the school playground,it means Australia’s migration system won’t let him stay.

  • byAngus Thompson
Almost two-thirds of ASX300 board directors not ready for new sexual harassment laws

Almost two-thirds of ASX300 board directors not ready for new sexual harassment laws

Almost two-thirds of ASX300 company directors do not believe their boards are prepared to meet new laws that will be enforced from next week to eliminate sexual harassment in the workplace.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey
Professors named as NSW’s Australians of the Year for life-saving works

Professors named as NSW’s Australians of the Year for life-saving works

Oncologist Georgina Long and pathologist Richard Scolyer have improved outcomes for people with melanoma. They’re now working to save Scolyer from brain cancer.

  • byJulie Power
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Lesbian Action Group loses bid to exclude trans women from events

Lesbian Action Group loses bid to exclude trans women from events

The Australian Human Rights Commission rejected the bid on the basis that sex is neither fixed nor binary and transgender women can be lesbians too.

  • byChip Le Grand
‘Very concerned’:Influential senator David Pocock raises free speech objections to misinformation bill
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‘Very concerned’:Influential senator David Pocock raises free speech objections to misinformation bill

The ACT independent senator said he could not support Labor’s proposed misinformation laws in their current form,and urged government to address the free speech concerns raised by legal experts.

  • byLisa Visentin
‘People deserve to have stories told’:Human rights chief urges wider COVID review
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COVID inquiry

‘People deserve to have stories told’:Human rights chief urges wider COVID review

Lawyers who have spent years trying to overturn unlawful fines issued during the pandemic also said the federal government had taken a “nothing to see here” approach.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Phil Krakouer leads racism class action against the AFL

Phil Krakouer leads racism class action against the AFL

North Melbourne great Phil Krakouer,one of the league’s most exciting players in the 1980s,is among a group of seven Indigenous players who have launched a class action against the AFL for historical racist abuse.

  • byJon Pierik
Bid to exclude trans women from lesbian event sparks stand-off

Bid to exclude trans women from lesbian event sparks stand-off

Equality and gender inclusion advocates are squaring off against women’s rights groups in submissions to the Australian Human Rights Commission.

  • byChip Le Grand