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Fascism and racism: does it really matter what Sunderland’s Paolo Di Canio thinks?
4 April 2013
The resignation of senior British political figure David Miliband as non-executive director and vice-chairman of English soccer club Sunderland AFC – in protest at Paolo Di Canio’s appointment as the Premier League club’s new manager – has engulfed Di Can
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Religious instruction has no place in our public schools
20 February 2013
The policy of Special Religious Instruction or Special Religious Education currently enacted through differing state education statutes across Australia, is an outdated and flawed model of segregated, unaccountable and unprofessional religious instruction
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Australia’s multicultural success
22 October 2012
A new book boldly stakes a claim for the overwhelming success of multiculturalism in Australia.
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Gangnam points to our future
8 October 2012
We like to think we are a leading force in Asia, culturally and diplomatically. We might just be kidding ourselves.
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Muslim unrest doesn't denote cultural crisis
24 September 2012
Conservatives claim multiculturalism has failed. They're wrong.
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A voice from the `60s earns new appraisal
10 August 2012
Revisiting a controversial 1960s account of African student experiences in Maoist China adds a different understanding to the history of Chinese-African relationships.
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Human rights and the Olympics: games of freedom or oppression?
24 July 2012
Despite fervent assertions to the contrary by organisers, the Olympic Games are undoubtedly a political event, and over the decades have highlighted some nasty human rights abuses.
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Racism and Australian soccer: What would Pele think?
16 July 2012
As iconic sporting images go, there are few finer specimens than the picture of Brazilian genius Pele shaking hands with England captain Bobby Moore, after their teams battled to a scoreless draw in the 1970 World Cup.
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Is there a way back from here?
2 July 2012
Most of us following the political debate about asylum seekers could be forgiven for despairing. How did it come to such a dispiriting deadlock in our Parliament?
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Why the moralising left is losing the refugee debate
23 June 2012
World Refugee Week began last Saturday. Protesters chanted slogans and waved banners. Since then we have witnessed a plethora of commentators and politicians, usually of a progressive or liberal bent, fighting the good fight for refugee rights.
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Reflections on Mabo, the case and the movie
11 June 2012
The long anticipated telemovie 'Mabo' aired last night on ABC1. Like many, I sat, transfixed, at this story of a proud Murray Island man, Eddie Koiki Mabo and his refusal to bow to endemic racism.
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New way to measure racism among youth
27 April 2012
A new tool has been developed to formally evaluate the effectiveness of anti-racism programs among Australian youth.
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Tintin, Human Rights and Politics
26 December 2011
A die-hard fan of Tintin as a kid, I have grown up to become a human rights lawyer. And I have learnt to my disappointment that neither Tintin nor his creator had spotless human rights records. Rather, that record is decidedly mixed.
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The Protectors: both good and evil?
16 September 2011
In 2008 the leaders of both major political parties gave two very different apology speeches to the Stolen Generations. On hearing these two very different ‘apologies’ Monash University’s Dr Stephen Gray wondered which one was true.
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